Rabbit Bone Broth
*This mineral rich broth is a great way to get more out of each rabbit. This recipe works for all bones, and you can mix bones from different animals in the same batch to vary the flavor of your broth.
Save the bones when you cook or debone rabbit. They store nicely in a gallon ziplock bag in the freezer. You can keep adding to the bag as you have more bones. This is a good use for spines and ribs. When you have enough bones to loosely fill your crockpot, you're ready to make bone broth.
Fill your crockpot with rabbit bones. You can crack or nick leg bones with a heavy knife, which helps the goodness in the marrow extract into your broth.
Add garlic and onions (optional)
Add seasonally appropriate tonic soup herbs (optional)
Fill crock with filtered or spring water
Add a splash of vinegar. The acid helps to draw the minerals out of the bones.
Cook on low for 24 hours, or until the bones become soft or crumbly. This is how you know you've pulled out most of the minerals. Watch the water level, and add more as needed.
I have cooked bone broth for days. The broth will darken, but that's fine. You can also dip out a serving of broth whenever you'd like, and add more water to the crockpot.
When the bones have given up their goodness to your broth, strain out the solids.
This broth can be drunk, or used in the liquid of any other recipe, including rice, beans, soups and casseroles. Extra broth can be frozen in ice cube trays, then popped out of the trays and stored in ziplocks or freezer safe containers. Pop a frozen cube into your soups and sauces for a boost of minerals.
How would you compare the taste to beef or chicken broth? I love chicken broth but am not a big fan of any beef broth I've tasted to date. I do need to drink bone both regularly and organic chicken prices are killing me (we have laying hens but cant keep a rooster to raise meat). I currently have 4 silver fox does and 2 bucks and am going to be breeding soon. I'm just wondering what I have to look forward to. :p
ReplyDeleteRabbit is my favorite, and I freely admit that I am biased. I gather bones in a freezer bag until I have enough for a batch of broth, and while that bag is usually full of rabbit, sometimes there are some chicken or pork bones in the bag. I haven't bothered to keep them separate from each other.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I can't speak to the difference in broths, although I imagine beef would have a stronger flavor than rabbit or chicken bone broth.
I use my bone broth to cook other things, primarily. However, for drinking, I would add seasonings to my taste. I'm really enjoying smoked salt and nutritional yeast lately. I might also add a dash of hot sauce.
I look forward to hearing how this works out for you! Good luck!
I use a pressure cooker and mix with chicken bones.
ReplyDeleteTwo hours gets the same results vs. 24 hours.