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Drinkable Porgy Fish Bone Broth
Zachery Dyke
Fish Bone Broth You Can Drink
I’ve been drinking fish bone broth semi-regularly for about a year now. Like most people, I started buying it at the store after hearing about its health benefits. To be honest, it’s not cheap, and most of the bone broths at the store really aren’t great quality. After realizing this, I decided I should start looking into making my own since I usually have fresh fish bones on hand.
My first venture into broths was using Spiny Lobster. While I do occasionally make lobster broth to drink, I usually make something like Spiny Lobster Knuckle Head Soup instead. I think lobster broth has great flavor, but nothing compared to this Porgy fish bone broth.
Where I Got The Fish Bones
For this recipe, I used the leftover bones and scraps from the meal I made for Brittany on Valentine’s Day. You can see what I made her in my Dry Aged Whole Porgy recipe. It was basically just a dry aged fish that I poured some garlic shishito chili oil over. I used everything that was left on the plate you see below.
There was still some chili oil and shishito tops on the plate that I thought would really add a depth of flavor to this bone broth, and it definitely did! You can omit the other bits and just use the fish bones if you would like, but I think it’s worth adding everything.
The Components Of Fish Bone Broth
The first component is simply the fish bones themselves. As I said above, I just used the porgy bones that I had left over from cooking a whole fish. While these bones were dry aged for over a week and then cooked, you could also make this recipe with bones that are totally raw! I also let these leftover bones sit in the fridge overnight before I made this recipe, so don’t feel like you have to use them right away!
The second component are the aromatics you want to add to your broth. In this case I didn’t add any because there was already some garlic and shishito pepper parts that were on the plate and I just wanted to go with those flavors. You can add whatever you would like to make the bone broth more palatable for you.
If this is your first time drinking fish bone broth, you may want to add some onions, celery, and carrots to the broth, just to add some flavors that you are more familiar with. If you’re more hardcore and really want that fish flavor, don’t use any aromatics and just make pure bone broth.
The final component is actually cooking the fish bones. Be sure to skim any crud that rises to the top once the bones get going, if there is any. I would recommend not ever going over 45 minutes, because the broth will start to get bitter. If your bones are totally raw, 45 minutes should be plenty of time, if they have already been cooked, maybe a little less. You’ll hit that sweet spot with different types of fish once you get more familiar.
After you cook your broth you’ll want to strain it. How finely you strain it is up to you, I like the little bits of seasoning from the fish, so I don’t use a super fine strainer. Again, this is preference, but if you did want to “filter” everything out you could use a cheese cloth or something similar. I chose to jar all of this broth to use at a later date.
I’m not a master at jarring, but all I did was pour the hot bone broth into the mason jars and secure the lid before placing them in the fridge. All of the jars were sealed when I checked the next morning, which means they should last for a long time. The other thing to note is that any oil or fat is going to separate and rise to the top. You can skim it off and use it for something else or mix it in with the broth, totally up to you.
What To Make With Your Fish Bone Broth
So now you’ve got your fish bone broth, what should you do with it? Obviously this recipe was for a drinkable bone broth, but there’s so many other things you can do: make a soup, make gravy, or make fish ramen for lunch.
Get creative and see what you come up with! I still have some left I’ll be making some more recipes with at a later date. I hope you enjoyed this Fish Bone Broth recipe:
Drinkable Porgy Fish Bone Broth
