4 Kitchen Scraps You Should Always Keep for Your Pantry

4 Kitchen Scraps You Should Always Keep for Your Pantry

HomeCooking Tips, Recipes4 Kitchen Scraps You Should Always Keep for Your Pantry

Instead of throwing them away you can save them and make a tasty broth from them.

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Things I learned when I worked in the restaurant industry: save vegetable scraps to make stock.

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One of my family’s most cherished traditions is our weekly ritual of making broth. Not only does it serve as a foundational ingredient for dishes like congee or variations on Thai noodle soups it’s also a great way to repurpose kitchen scraps from the past week. After all for us making great broth is all about reducing waste and using a variety of leftovers to create a delicious base packed with complex flavors.

Making great stock is easy so easy that you’ll never want to buy store-bought stock again. Whether it’s vegetable stock or meat stock simply gather up your leftover vegetable scraps (think: peels skins and cores) along with any leftover meat bones in a freezer bag and place in the freezer. When you’re ready to make stock throw them in a pot of water and simmer for a few hours until you’re left with a rich flavorful broth.