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Quick Beef Broth

Name: Quick Beef Broth
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon, vegetable oil; 1 pound, 85 percent lean ground beef; 2 quarts, beef broth; 8 teaspoons, unflavored gelatin

Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2016

Restaurant chefs adhere to time-consuming, involved routines for making beef stock. Our method requires fewer ingredients, less work, and less time than the classic method.

YIELD Makes 8 cups

TIME 50 minutes

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1 pound 85 percent lean ground beef

8 teaspoons unflavored gelatin

Before You Begin

We prefer the flavor of 85 percent lean ground beef, but 90 percent lean beef can be used. Our winning beef broth is Better Than Bouillon Beef Base.

Instructions

Heat oil in large saucepan over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add beef to pot, breaking into rough 1-inch chunks. Cook, stirring occasionally, until beef is browned and fond develops on pan bottom, 6 to 8 minutes. Add broth and gelatin and bring to simmer, scraping up browned bits. Reduce heat to medium-low and gently simmer, covered, for 30 minutes. Strain broth through fine-mesh strainer into large container, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid as possible.

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