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 into mushroom mixture, add bouillon cube and bring to a boil.
    Woman's Day, 1 Jan. 2012
  • 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
  • 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
  • It’s very much like eating a bouillon cube produced at a superfund site, and a little bit like driving the Polestar 1.
    Wired, 5 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • Crumble the bouillon cube into the milk, then slowly whisk that into the simmering flour mixture.
    Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Or use packaged broth enhanced with a bouillon cube or chicken base, such as Better Than Bouillon.
    Nicole Sours Larson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • 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 hot water, bouillon cube, tomato sauce, chili powder, sugar, salt and cumin and simmer for 10 minutes.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Add spices, bouillon cube, pepper and salt, combining and cooking for 30 seconds.
    Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Lower heat to a simmer and stir making sure bouillon cube is totally dissolved.
    Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Imagine throwing one bouillon cube into an entire stockpot versus a small saucepan full of water.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2022
  • 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

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