Frugal Meal Helpers -Roasting Leftover Bones

When we can’t be as picky on certain cuts in the store due to prices or if we are buying bulk quarters or half’s of whole animals, we are going to end up with a lot more bone in cuts. So many recipes call or we just prefer boneless meat for certain dishes.

This recipe above uses the left over bones and meat bits to make a lovely soup with, the key take aways are simple, don’t long simmer your bones with the meat on.. instead deep roast them till lots of lovely brown bits on the bone, then remove that tender roasted meat for adding at the last moments of the dish to reheat, then use the bones, and that pan deglaze to add depth of flavor and mouth feel to the end soup dish itself.

Ideally you want to plan your bone roasting to go with something else so you are not heating your oven just for this or do remember that a smaller Toaster Oven is a excellent choice to save power costs as you are heating a much smaller oven while still having all the benefits of using a oven.

Last but not least, while this style does work better with med to larger bones, it can be done with smaller as well, When was the last time you roasted bones, waste not, want not!

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2 Responses to Frugal Meal Helpers -Roasting Leftover Bones

  1. We use this method all the time. Because we raise our own meat, we have bone-in meat and roasts a lot. Sometimes I make up a small batch of stock right then after we have had our meal, other times I put the bones in a freezer bag and add to it over time and then do a large batch and freeze several quarts of stock at once. Either way, we take the meat bits and use them, either in soup, or just chopped up for lunch. Delicious!

    • For sure this is a common thing i believe for those that work with whole animals, we still cook with so much bone in but there are a lot of people that only shop for their meat at the store and boneless meats have been made so popular both by the grocery shops themselves and by recipes that call for skinless, boneless cuts, as the price point on all types of meat continues to go up, i am seeing more and more in the flyers and at the store that the most economical sale cuts can be a mix of types and they are part bone in so i thought it was great idea to bring this back up, it is indeed Delicious!

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