Meat Stock Recipe from Ground Beef

Meat Stock from Ground Beef wording on photo of mason jar with stock and ground beef to the side

Meat Stock Recipe from Ground Beef

Need a quick broth (stock) that's full of flavor and convenient? Look no further than affordable and easy to grab ground beef! This wonderful Meat Stock Recipe from Ground Beef can be made on the stove top or in the Instant Pot. And you'll love how rich and delicious it is. Plus, how fast -- less than 20 minutes! With just 2 ingredients, this recipe is great for a variety of wellness diets, including Paleo, Whole30, AIP, Keto, Gluten-free and more.

Course DInner, ingredient, Main dish ingredient

Cuisine American, British, English, French

Keyword bone broth, broth, easy, fast, ground beef, meat stock

Prep Time 8

Cook Time 10

Total Time 18

Servings servings

Calories 288kcal

Author Megan

Cost $8

Equipment

saucepan with lid, deep frying pan with lid, pot with lid, or Instant Pot

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef (15% fat or not super lean preferred)
4 cups water
1 teaspoon + ¼ to ½ teaspoon additional sea salt divided, or Potassium Salt

Instructions

Stove top: In large deep frying pan or saucepan, cook up beef: Start at medium high heat. Add beef to pan with 1 teaspoon sea salt. Break up meat into small pieces with a spatula as it begins to cook. Reduce heat to medium as needed (if it's cooking up too hot and fast). Cook about 7 minutes, until beef is mostly cooked on the outside, but some pink is still visible in places.
Instant Pot: Place meat and sea salt in IP insert. Press "Saute" button. Once it starts sizzling, cook, breaking up meat into small pieces with spatula, 5 to 7 minutes, until mostly cooked but some pink is still visible in places.
Add water and remaining ¼ to ½ teaspoon salt (amount based on if you want a lower salt broth or not; I use the full ½ teaspoon).
Stove top: Increase heat to medium-high, and bring water to a simmer. As a steady simmer begins, reduce heat to the lowest temperature setting that will maintain a slow simmer when covered: low or medium-low.
Instant Pot: Secure lid. Choose High Pressure, Manual setting for 5 minutes. When timer sounds, do a QPR. (Photo below shows Stove top version.)
Stove top: Simmer 10 minutes.
Strain through a fine mesh colander.
Store broth in 4 cup mason jar, or preferred storage container, or use immediately. Store ground beef separately, or use immediately.
How long it lasts - Meat Stock from Ground Beef has a nice layer of fat that will rise and set when chilled. This fat seals in the stock, keeping it fresh. As long as the seal is not broken, Meat Stock Recipe from Ground Beef will last in your fridge 3 weeks, or possibly a couple of months. You may also freeze it, only if it's stored in a larger container: It needs room to expand when frozen. Ground beef lasts in the fridge 4 to 5 days.

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