In the preparation of many dishes, by the way, a vegetable stock prepared in advance will have to be prepared. It can be used as an alternative to chicken, meat or even fish broth. The components are prepared quickly enough, but no housewife will prevent it from having a jar of aromatic composition in the freezer just in case.

Classic vegetable broth

For the base broth, the following set of components is used:

  • a pair of young carrots;
  • onion head;
  • 2 celery stalks;
  • 3 garlic cloves;
  • 3 lavrushki;
  • peppercorns - 6 - 7 pcs.;
  • several twigs of table greens;
  • 3000 ml of water;
  • ordinary small salt - to taste.

Step by step recipe:

  1. Wash and peel the vegetables. Chop everything in large pieces, except onion and garlic. They can be left intact.
  2. Place all ingredients in a deep saucepan. Pour water, put on a large fire, which should be reduced when boiling.
  3. Season with spices.
  4. Cook the ingredients until cooked for about 20 - 25 minutes.
  5. Strain with a colander.

If necessary, you can weld half the norm of such a broth, reducing proportionally the number of components.

Diet recipe

Dieting vegetable broth is often prepared by slimming hostesses as the basis of low-calorie soups. But it can also be used to create many dishes, followed by the addition of various components.

It is necessary to use the ingredients:

  • 1 kohlrabi cabbage;
  • 2 carrots;
  • 2 roots of parsley;
  • 2 - 3 cloves of garlic;
  • 1 onion;
  • 2 bell peppers;
  • 1 celery root.

Step-by-step cooking instructions:

  1. Clean and rinse the broth elements. Cut large vegetables into pieces.
  2. Pour the prepared components into a deep pan, pour water.
  3. Put the dishes on the fire, and after boiling the liquid, it should be reduced.
  4. When the vegetables are ready, the fire can be turned off.
  5. The cooled broth should be filtered with a sieve.

The broth for this recipe does not need to be salted. It should be used immediately to prepare other dishes or frozen in the freezer.

With bell pepper

Are you still wondering how to cook a vegetable broth so that it turns out golden, bright and fragrant?

To do this, use the ingredients:

  • 1 - 2 large bell peppers;
  • 4 potatoes;
  • 2 tomatoes;
  • 1 onion;
  • 2 carrots;
  • 2 broth cubes with mushroom flavor;
  • greenery;
  • ground black pepper;
  • salt.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Rinse vegetables and herbs well under running water. Medium chop.
  2. Put a pot of water on the fire. Pour chopped potatoes into it and add salt.
  3. Heat a pan with sunflower oil, pour onions, and then carrots. Lightly fry foods for 3 minutes over low heat.
  4. Strip the pepper into strips and pour to the onion with carrots.
  5. Add peeled chopped tomatoes to vegetables and simmer all together for 3 - 5 minutes with the lid closed.
  6. When the potatoes are half cooked, it's time to pour the stewed dressing into the pan.
  7. Grind the greens, add it together with the bouillon cubes to the pan and boil for 2 minutes. Bring the soup to taste with spices.

Vegetable broth with mushrooms

Vegetarians prefer to cook fast, vitamin-rich vegetable broth with mushrooms.

To make it, you need the ingredients:

  • 1 onion;
  • 1 potato;
  • 2 zucchini;
  • 1 kohlrabi cabbage;
  • 1 carrot;
  • 0.2 kg of cauliflower;
  • 0.1 kg of green beans;
  • 0.15 kg of champignon mushrooms;
  • 4 tsp tomato juice;
  • parsley, dill, cilantro, paprika, ground black pepper, salt - to taste.

How to cook vegetable broth:

  1. Wash, peel and cut vegetables.
  2. Place a pot of water on a large fire until it boils.
  3. Potatoes should be cut into strips, cauliflower sorted into inflorescences and chopped, grated zucchini and kohlrabi with a coarse grater.
  4. Bean pods cut into pieces, carrots - in circles, mushrooms - slices, chop onion.
  5. Throw potatoes, cabbage, zucchini and kohlrabi into boiling water.
  6. Heat a pan with sunflower oil, fry onions, carrots, mushrooms and beans for 5 minutes, without ceasing to stir.
  7. Add tomato juice, salt and spices to the pan. Greens should be poured at the finish stage and turn off the fire.
  8. Pour the stewed mixture into boiled vegetables in a saucepan and simmer for 3 minutes over low heat. Bring to taste.

The broth can be consumed directly in this form, and optionally with sour cream.

With toasted vegetables

To prepare a vegetarian soup with fried vegetables, the following components are used:

  • 0.3 kg broccoli;
  • 0.3 kg of potatoes;
  • 0.1 kg of carrots;
  • 0.1 kg of green peas;
  • 0.1 kg leek;
  • 50 ml of vegetable oil;
  • salt, ground black pepper, spices.

Step by step cooking:

  1. Peel potatoes, do not chop coarsely.
  2. Disassemble broccoli into inflorescences, cut into cubes.
  3. Chop the onion in the form of circles and, together with the cubes of carrots, place in a preheated pan with butter. Leave on low heat for 7 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  4. Place potatoes in a pot of water, salt and cook for 20 minutes.
  5. 5-7 minutes before readiness, green peas should be added to the future broth.
  6. When the potatoes are cooked, add broccoli and sauteed vegetables.
  7. Bring the liquid to a boil and season with spices to taste.
  8. Leave in a closed pan for about 15 minutes.

When creating such a dish, it is recommended to use a little crushed walnuts for piquancy.

Green vegetable broth

To prepare the vegetable soup broth as fortified as possible, young herbs are often used:

  • nettles;
  • sorrel;
  • beet tops;
  • spinach;
  • arugula;
  • dandelion.

The more greens are used to create the broth, the more saturated its taste and the aroma is brighter.

To prepare green soup, use the following components:

  • 1 green bell pepper;
  • 1 leek;
  • greens with 1 celery;
  • 500 ml of purified water;
  • bouillon cubes and spices to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Dilute broth cubes in water. Put the pot on the fire.
  2. Rinse and clean the pepper. Cut into thin strips.
  3. Thoroughly washed the onion to slant obliquely in half rings.
  4. Cut the celery stalk in the shape of a straw.
  5. First, pepper and celery should be added to the boiling broth, and after 10 minutes - leek. Boil all items together for 5 minutes.
  6. Bring to taste.

Serve hot with slices of fresh baguette.

Options for the most delicious vegetable stock soups

One of the very unusual and delicious dishes on the vegetable broth is cheese soup.

For cooking use the following ingredients:

  • 1800 ml of vegetable broth;
  • 2 potatoes;
  • 3 cream cheeses;
  • 150 g of hard cheese;
  • Wheat bread crackers.

Step by step recipe:

  1. Vegetable broth in the pan should be put on the stove.
  2. Peel and wash the potatoes, toss into the broth. After 12 - 15 minutes, pull out, using a blender to make mashed potatoes and return it back to boiling soup.
  3. When the first bubbles appear on the surface of the liquid, add processed cheese, stirring until completely dissolved.
  4. Boil in this composition for 5 minutes.
  5. Grate hard cheese with a grater.
  6. Serve the cooked soup in deep plates, sprinkled with small croutons and grated cheese.

You can cook soups and broths lean, without adding meat, poultry or frying. Such dishes are very healthy and do not harm the body.

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