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Bone broth is a delicious, nutrient-packed ingredient that’s become increasingly popular amongst food lovers over the past few years. Full to the brim with key vitamins and minerals, bone broth is made from a number of animal sources and is an effortless way to add more nutrients to some of your favorite meals. Discover how to make bone broth at home and read on for our top picks of recipes to add bone broth to below.
Tortellini in broth
Tortellini is a flavorsome stuffed pasta that’s commonly found in the Italian cities of Bologna and Modena. Traditionally filled with salty meat, creamy parmesan cheese, egg, nutmeg, and then served in a warming broth, this is pasta at its best. With flavors like nutmeg present in the recipe, this is typically a festive dish and a brilliant option for a hearty Christmas Eve lunch with all your friends and family before the big day. Usually served in capon broth, it’s an easy recipe to switch bone broth into instead. For the tastiest tortellini in broth, we like it served packed full with a mixture of pork tenderloin, prosciutto, mortadella, parmesan cheese, nutmeg, and egg. The nutmeg brings a festive feel to the pasta, and the mild pork tenderloin doesn’t overpower the inviting umami flavors of the bone broth. In the recipe we’ve shared, all you’ll need to do is switch the meat stock for bone broth, plate up alongside a glass of appetizing dry Italian white wine, sit back, and wait for Santa to arrive.
Risotto
Sticking with Italian cuisine, next up in our picks of recipes to make with bone broth is a classic risotto. A basic risotto recipe is always made with a broth base that can be derived from meat, fish, or vegetables depending on the dish you’re cooking. Unsurprisingly different risotto ingredients pair better with different broth bases. Bone broth has a deep, meaty flavor as a result of the slow cooking process, and chicken broth has a milder, savory flavor. More nuanced still is the difference between beef and chicken bone broths. They both have individual vitamin make ups and chicken is a more versatile base for a broth, whereas beef bone broth is much richer. We think risotto is one of the better recipes with chicken bone broth, as it provides a milder base to build in other ingredients like foraged mushrooms or crispy onions that’ll pair naturally. But of course, you can experiment with ingredient pairings and bone broth bases depending on your individual taste buds.
Bone broth ramen
If risotto is better suited to chicken bone broth, then ramen falls into the camp of recipes with beef bone broth. The rich depth of a beef bone broth holds its own against the numerous vibrant ingredients that find their way into a pot of ramen. From hard-boiled eggs to bok choy to slices of meat to noodles, ramen is created from a variety of different bases and toppings meaning there’s no end to the types of ramen you can make. For a dish that can only really be described as a warm hug in a bowl, bone broth ramen should be your go-to wintertime meal when you’re feeling in need of a huge dose of nourishment. And there’s no need to limit yourself to just one hearty soup, explore a whole world of broth-based soup recipes to keep you going throughout the colder months. Miso soup is another umami-rich recipe hailing from Japan that can easily be made with bone broth as an alternative to dashi broth.
French onion soup
A classic French onion soup is the perfect recipe to convince anyone that soup is far from dull. With an irresistible combination of crunchy croutons and creamy cheese, this is more than your average soup. And when made with a bone broth base, this soup dish reaches new flavor heights. Traditionally made with a beef or vegetable stock, you can effortlessly swap in bone broth to the recipe we’ve shared. As the stock forms the key component of this dish, you’ll want to learn how to cook bone broth properly before making this recipe. Bone broth needs a minimum of 12 hours to create a tasty, nutrient-dense broth. Similarly, French onion soup should not be rushed. In this recipe, we’ve provided a method that will make a brilliant soup in around one hour, but the longer you have to cook the onions and let the soup simmer, the better. Ideally, you want to aim for the soup to have at least 40 minutes of simmering time to bring all of the ingredients and flavors together, and this will give you the finest bone broth results too.
Beef chili
Heading to North America, you might be surprised to find that bone broth is an incredibly delicious ingredient to add to your favorite beef chili recipe. Whilst a traditional chili con carne recipe calls for the inclusion of beef stock, bone broth will enhance the flavors and take your chili cooking to the next level. Best made in the slow cooker, the bone broth adds an even heartier flavor depth to an already indulgent comfort food dish. Chili is an institution, and many different cuisines have their own version of the recipe. In Texas, for example, beans don’t typically feature in a chili recipe and they take a simpler approach to their chili making, with a short list of ingredients. Mexican chili, however, will always contain tomatoes, and often a longer list of spices. Wherever you take your chili inspiration from around the world, there’s one thing we can all agree on, that bone broth brings a welcome and pleasing richness to the base of any chili dish.
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