Left out prepared bone broth too long...what would you do?

[Blessed_Mom]

Hi,

This is only my second time making bone broth . Why is that relevant? because I still haven't gotten my game down pat about things.... so this morning I put the bone broth in the crock-pot for 10 hours and it was supposed to be done by 4.30 PM...

Well around 4.30 we went out for 2 hours and I completely forgot about the broth being done so by the time I got to it ..it had been sitting out for close to 2.5 hrs. It was rather lukewarm (room temperature)

Should I toss it out? Boil it again and use it? Right now I put it on high in the crockpot for 2 hours but am having so many second thoughts about feeding it to my daughter 2.5 yrs old... Am afraid of giving her something contaminated.....

Please help

[craft_media_hero]

Oh, I would definitely reboil and use it. There is no way germs could survive an hour long boil!

[Blessed_Mom]

Boil on the stove versus the high on crockpot (I think high on crockpot is 100 degree C but it doesn't really boil the soup)?

[prancie]

It's not a problem.  Use it as is.  Or re-boil it if you care.  It would be a problem if you let is sit for a long out prior to cooking it, but as long as you cooked it first, and it was mostly undisturbed since then, it is fine.  I always let my stock cool, covered, on the stove top. 

Think of this, how often have you made a soup or any food and left it out on the stove-top while you ate, cleaned up, etc?  This is no different.