How many times have you made a soup or gravy and reached for the tiny, paper wrapped cubes to dissolve into your 'homemade' meal? Although the store bought, pre-packaged kind are handy, they're filled with mostly salt and virtually no nutritional value. It's easy to make them at home more economically and with your own preferred ingredients. In just a few easy steps you can make a variety of different flavors.
Instructions
1. Take any ingredients you wish such as beef, chicken, pork or vegetables. Cook them in a heavy, covered pot on the stove top or in a slow cooker to pull all the flavors out. Add salt or other seasonings if you want to. You can always add them later when you're using the cube in a dish.
2. Let the bouillon cool and then spoon the juice into ice cube freezer trays. Freeze overnight and then store them in zip lock bags.
3. Make a vegetable bouillon by taking celery, carrots, garlic, onion dried thyme and sage and put in boiling water. Add sea salt or table salt and then let boil for an hour. Take the soupy mixture and blend in a blender.
4. Try an asian bouillon cube by combining steak or pork with some soy sauce, fresh ginger and fish sauce which you can find at any asian supermarket or well stocked grocery store. For an added kick put in a small amount of dried wasabi seasoning. Add one part water to the combined soy and fish sauce.
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