Do you use chicken bullion? I do.
I know, in a perfect world we’d all use high quality homemade stock in all our soups and sauces. Life being what it is–I manage my time and resources to the best of my ability and save the homemade stock for nice soups and frequently use chicken bullion to boost the flavor in dishes or make a quick soup.
A few months ago I figured out a brilliant way to save a bundle on my chicken bullion. In the past I’ve usually purchased bullion cubes at the store. 1 cube is intended to be dissolved in 1 cup of water to make 1 cup of broth.
So this Herb Ox brand costs $1.88 for 25 cubes. So doing a bit of quick math– $1.88/25 = $.085 per 1 cup serving.
Over in the ethnic food aisle’s Hispanic section I found this large jar of Knorr’s Caldo Con Sabor de Pollo–that’s chicken flavor bullion, for $4.78.
According to the back of the jar, you use 1 tsp to make 1 cup of broth, and there are 250 servings in the jar. Doing the math that means that $4.78/250=$.019 per one cup serving.
Bullion cubes, $.085 per serving. . . Knorr’s bullion powder, $.019. Basically (rounding up) you are paying 1/4 the price for the Knorrs!
That’s a pretty significant savings.
I made the switch from cubes to powder the last time I was following a recipe that required chicken broth. I only keep bullion powder in my cabinet now. I wasn’t aware that there was such a price difference but knew it had to be a little cheaper. Love your tips!
Wow! That’s a huge difference in price. I would have expected the Knorr’s to cost more !
Is there a way to navigate through your posts chronologically? I don’t see a next/previous anywhere when I click on a post and I find it tedious to click, read, return then click on the next post. I used to be able to do this on your blog, but it’s been months since I could.
Well goodness Noreen–I had no idea that had disappeared, thank you for letting me know! It probably had something to do with automatic software updates. . .I’ll see if I can figure out how to fix it.