Is there a difference between broth and stock?!


Question: Is there a difference between broth and stock!?
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Answers:
Broth is a cooking down of ingredients (whether vegetables, meat, bones etc!.!.!.), to flavor a cooking liquid!. For example you could add a selection of vegetables and seasoning to water let it simmer for awhile and if you would add noodles, you would have vegetable noodle soup!.

Stock is a reduction of this broth that becomes more concentrated and is used in the creation of soups and sauces!. For example when I make a Cream of Vegetable soup I will simmer the vegetable down until they have give up all of there flavors, strain out the cooked vegetables and then reduce it further so it has a greater depth of flavor!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

In a basic vegetable broth, there are no animal bones or "parts" used whatsoever!.!.!.!.!.

Usually in a stock, however, bones are boiled down for a very long time with vegetables to form a stock!.!.!.!.!.!.

Being in the Vegetarian/Vegan section, there are NO animal products, so the difference between a broth and a vegetable stock is the amount of time that it's simmered, if a short time it would be a broth or vegetable bouillon, if let to reduce to a more concentrated form, it would be considered a vegetable stock!.!.!.!.!.better suited for soups and vegetable stews!.!.!.!.!.Enjoy!!

ChristopherWww@FoodAQ@Com

Yes, broth is usually thinner than stock and usually doesn't contain any vegetables at all!. Stock always contains what the french would call a 'maripois' or the french trinity of vegetables which includes carrots, celery and onion but which taken out or run through a strainer so that the vegetables are no longer a part of the stock(although tiny bits may show in a stock)!. Stock is always or almost contains a rendering if meat, fish or shellfish!.

Hope this helps!.

JWww@FoodAQ@Com

There is a difference between meat broths and stocks, but even there the terms are used interchangeably these days!. There's no real difference for vegetable broth/stock!. Producers can just pick whichever name they want to use!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

broth is more clear and lighter tasting, stock is heartier and thicker with a richer flavorWww@FoodAQ@Com





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