Bone Broths

[bkahle]

Hello I'm new to Whole 30 and I made the beef bone broth in my crock pot exactly as the recipe stated, and it yielded only 7 cups once strained. The recipe said it would yield 1 gallon. Do you think it's ok to add water to the 7 cups up to the gallon intended

yield amount?

Thanks-

 

[ShannonM816]

You could, but you're going to water down the broth and it may not have as much flavor.  

 

I don't know how that recipe says to do it, but for future reference, you can actually make a batch of broth, strain it all, put the bones back in the pot with fresh water and whatever vegetables and spices, and make a second batch -- it may not be as strong a flavor as the first batch, and it may not gel in the fridge as much as the first batch, but it's still got a lot of good stuff in it. 

[ladyshanny]

Depending on how high your crockpot simmered and how air tight the lid is as well as what sort of veggies you used, you can lose quite a bit of the original water. I did a huge stock pot of turkey broth this weekend and I lost about 6 cups of water overnight. When I do a long cook time (greater than 24 hours), I top up the water throughout the cooking time. The more "reduced" your stock becomes or the longer you cook it, the stronger it tends to be.