Beef Bone Stock Recipe

This is the beefcake of beef bone stocks. I am not going to say this is the best beef stock recipe because we all know “best” is subjective to tastes but this stock is damn good.

Now, while this beef bone stock is not on the NYSE it can certainly be traded, sold, and liquidated when needed. It took me many years to get to this level and this is a beef bone stock that I use for almost all my recipes.

Things you must get comfortable with if you want to up your stockiness:

• Find a butcher who can saw the bones down.
• Buy/use a large crock-pot, pressure-cooker, or a very large stockpot.
• You will need a sieve. I use an Advantech #130 which is great for stocks.
• Plan your process out.
• Don’t shy away from bovine tendons, ligaments, knees, joints, etc.

Beef Bone Stock Uses

This is a hyper-rich beef stock I generally use for Vietnamese Pho Bo, Thai Boat Noodle, Irish Beef Stew, Italian Beef Minestrone, Korean Yook Gea Jang, etc. The list could go on but you get the point. It’s an extremely robust beef stock that is sure to please especially with all that collagen.

Tips: I always roast the bones so that my stock is clearer and the flavor is a bit more rustic and robust.

Beef Stock Ingredients

Bovine femurs and necks. Wait that’s it?! Yup. Remember, this is a bone stock, not a broth.

Wait, how much do I use? Good question. It’s all relative to what your goal is. Keep reading…

How to Make Beef Bone Stock

For this recipe, I am going to use a 16 qt. pressure cooker. I want a lot of beef stock for the winter.

I fill the bottom with the beef bones and cover them with about two inches of filtered water. That will give me a great tasting flavor. I seal the pressure cooker and bring it up to 15 PSI. That usually takes an hour. It will take more or less depending on the amount you are aiming for.

Once it reaches 15 PSI I put the timer on for an hour, open one of the kitchen windows, and turn on the overhead exhaust. It will steam and spit and fill the house with that deep beefy aroma. Once the timer goes off, I simply turn the oven off and let it cool to room temperature.

I carefully bring all the bones out with my tongs and put them in a strainer to catch any more stock. Then I filter the beef stock through my sieve into a large stockpot which I will refrigerate for a few hours. This will bring all the fat up to the top to peel away later. This will leave you with a large pot of beef gelatin. This is OK.

I put it over a little heat to liquefy and then let it cool at room temperature. My yield for this approach is about 6 liters of stock which I freeze. You can aim for less or more, just scale the water and bones accordingly.

The beefy-ness should be really pronounced. There is no salt, no additives, no aromatics, nada. This is a pure beef bone stock in all its glory. You also have beef fat now for soaps, stir-frys, candles, or even biodiesel for your futuristic car.

Enjoy.