Vegetable Stock

Ingredients

Preferred base:

• Celery stalks (not the greens)
• Carrots (including the ends but not the greens)
• Onions (including skins and ends)

Preferred addons:

• White miso (3 tbsp)
• Vegetable oil (2 tbsp)
• Tomato paste (2 tbsp)

Any of these can be added:

• Alliums, including skin-on garlic cloves, leek greens and roots, scallion greens and roots, and skin-on shallots
• Tomatoes, including their cores, or tomato paste
• Fennel bulbs, including their cores
• Chard
• Parsnips
• Squash skins
• Asparagus trimmings
• Mushrooms, including the stems, fresh or dried
• Corn cobs
• Small amounts of fresh herbs and their stems, including thyme, parsley, basil, and bay leaves
• Parmesan rinds
• Nutritional yeast
• Seaweed, such as dried kombu, nori, or wakame
• Whole black peppercorns
• Skin-on ginger
• Miso paste
• Soy sauce, gluten-free tamari, liquid aminos, coconut aminos, or MSG

Avoid any of these:

• Leafy green parts of carrots and celery
• Brassicas, including cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, turnips, rutabagas, collard greens, kohlrabi, and kale
• Artichokes
• Beets
• Potatoes and sweet potatoes
• Squash flesh, including winter squash and zucchini
• Green beans

Directions

1. Chop up all the vegetables finely and put into a pan

2. Crush up any dry ingredients (mushrooms, seaweed, etc) and sprinkle over the vegetables

3. Whisk together the tomato paste, vegetable oil, miso, and other liquids/soft ingredients and toss into the vegetables to coat

4. Roast, tossing occasionally, at 300°F for 2-3 hours until the vegetables are shrivelled and browned

5. Transfer vegetable mixture to a large pot and add water (2 parts pre-roasting vegetable weight : 3 parts water)

6. Place back in the oven for another hour and then strain the solids

References

1. Vegetable Stock So Meaty Vegans Think They Are Cheating!
2. Learn How to Make Homemade Vegetable Stock: Easy Stock Recipe
3. A-to-Z List of Vegetables to Include or Exclude from Vegetable Stock or Broth
4. Tip: Save Vegetable Scraps for Stock