How to Use bouillon cube in a Sentence

bouillon cube

noun
  • Instant dashi is to dashi what a bouillon cube is to chicken broth.
    — Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Stir in bouillon cube, brown sugar, and vinegar.
    — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Stir into mushroom mixture, add bouillon cube and bring to a boil.
    — Woman's Day, 1 Jan. 2012
  • Avoid bouillon cubes and granules which are also quite salty and will worsen the problem.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
  • That’s like compressing a planet into a bouillon cube, but, even so, the soup is mighty tasty.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In his earlier books each paragraph felt like a bouillon cube that could be used to brew six other essays.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Stir in bouillon cubes and tofu and simmer, covered, about 5 minutes.
    — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The thin pancakes are then cooled and cut into strips about a quarter-inch wide before they're added to a broth made with bouillon cubes.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Bring water back to a boil, then add beef bouillon cube, meat, and a few hearty shakes of Cajun seasoning.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Lower heat to a simmer and stir making sure bouillon cube is totally dissolved.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Most of the girls boiled them with rice and bouillon cubes from their coffee cans, along with a variety of sea lettuces salvaged from the shore.
    — Susan Shain, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
  • Just one teaspoon mixed with a glass of water will give you a deep green drink that smells a lot like a vegetable bouillon cube and tastes pretty close to one too.
    — Kelsey Kunik, Rd, Health, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Imagine throwing one bouillon cube into an entire stockpot versus a small saucepan full of water.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Crumble the bouillon cube into the milk, then slowly whisk that into the simmering flour mixture.
    — Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Avoid bouillon cubes or soup flavoring packs that may contain up to 1,000 mg of sodium.
    — Md Published, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Add spices, bouillon cube, pepper and salt, combining and cooking for 30 seconds.
    — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
  • While Better Than Bouillon is a good substitute, bouillon cubes are not.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Add hot water, bouillon cube, tomato sauce, chili powder, sugar, salt and cumin and simmer for 10 minutes.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2021
  • In his camps, followers would scoop up shiny wrappers as small as a bouillon cube to avoid surveillance planes, former hostages and members recalled.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 21 May 2021
  • Add two beef bouillon cubes, a half cup hot water, two tablespoons tomato paste, three-quarter cup red wine and a tablespoon of dry mustard to the mixture.
    — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Use low-sodium chicken stock or a combo of half beef and half chicken; consider adding a dash of Worcestershire and a beef bouillon cube, in a pinch.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Add the potatoes, carrots, celery, turnip, leek and the Scotch bonnet pepper, if using, followed by 4 cups of water and the bouillon cube.
    — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Place chicken, carrots, celery, bay leaves, bouillon cube, 2 cups of the onions, 2 teaspoons of the salt, and 1 teaspoon of the black pepper in a large stockpot.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In extreme cases of hyponatremia, doctors feed patients extremely salty solutions, such as a half-cup of broth made with four standard beef bouillon cubes.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 2 July 2026
  • In my life there’s the person who unscrewed his enemy’s showerhead and silently inserted a chicken-bouillon cube before rescrewing.
    — Dwight Garner, Esquire, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Fundholz followed him up, protesting vaguely, but Walter Schreiber was already very cheerfully attending to a working-class wife who was asking for potatoes, carrots, and bouillon cubes.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Boiling produces a richer cooking liquid, eliminating the need for stock or bouillon cubes, the Mexican food writer and historian Pati Jinich told me over the phone.
    — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • One of the most straightforward interventions involves piggybacking nutrients onto existing food staples, such as salt, oil, and bouillon cubes, which many low-resource households rely on to flavor their foods.
    — Alice Park, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024

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