Stock cubes which actually dissolve - do they even exist

scottishminnie

For years I've bought liquid chicken stock from Costco when I didn't have time to make my own however they've stopped importing it to the UK because apparently people complained it was too expensive:mad:

Anyway I'm more than a bit frustrated with pathetic stock cubes which don't seem to dissolve and more than half of the cube is left stuck to the edge of my Pyrex jug. Is there such a thing as a stock cube which actually dissolves like it should?

In desperation I'm using stock pot things but they are much more expensive than the cubes so in the interests of money saving I'd appreciate some wisdom from my Old Style friends.

Carrot007

I'm sure they all dissolve given enough heat and stirring.


However begin lazy I use the stockpots too! Never buy them at the full price though. It's one of those products thats 50% off a lot of the time,

Smurphington

I like oxo as you can crumble them and saves on stirring. Lidl and heron sells them fairly cheap

LadyDee

I use Marigold Bouillon Powder - works out very much cheaper than cubes, even though initially it seems expensive. It dissolves easily and tastes lovely. Also you use just the amount you need each time. Buy it in 500gm tubs on Amazon as it works out much cheaper than the silly little tubs in the supermarkets.

Petula

As already posted, if you crumble the oxo cubes they dissolve completely and with the ‘hard’ stock cubes (such as Knorr, which imho are more flavourful than oxo) I simply open the foil and then chop it up a bit with a knife and don’t have an issue with them not dissolving ��

maddiemay

I too like Marigold and where appropriate OXO, but when using stock cubes I open the foil wrapper out flat with the cube in the middle, then with the sharp knife I have used for prep cut it into teeny dice still on the foil, pick up the whole thing (carefully) and then sweep it of the foil with the knife into the pot/jug. Works a treat for me, I have arthritic hands and stirring can end up being very painful.

Petula

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maddiemay

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Great minds think alike:D:D

mardatha

Minnie I use Sainsbugs cheap ones, they are fine. Quite soft. I used those bottles from Costco too, wondered where they'd gone

JingsMyBucket

I also second using Marigold Bouillon Powder but that's only vegetable stock as far as I know. I buy it to use when cooking things vegetarian OH will eat. If it's just for me I tend to throw in a meat bone to give flavour or make my own meat stock.

Another alternative is Better Than Bouillon: https://www.betterthanbouillon.com. That's another good American product that Costco may actually carry. If not, I just found a bunch on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Better+Than+Bouillon. All my food friends back in the US swear by it and I keep forgetting to ask another American friend to bring some back for whenever he's over there. I also always forget to buy some whenever I go back home too! :mad:

Callie22

I've seen liquid chicken stock in supermarkets - I think it's Knorr? I'm trying to remember which supermarket I saw it in, it was probably Waitrose or Sainsbury's. However, it wasn't a massive bottle and would probably be more expensive than a big bottle from Costco. Liquid stock (and canned bouillon) seems like such a common thing in the States, I'm always a bit surprised that it never seems to have been launched here.