Well, not quite, but we discovered on a recent trip to Trader Joe’s a new product– chicken broth in a box. Well, actually it comes in little packets in a box and the packets sorta resemble sugar packets.

Official Name: Trader Joe’s Savory Broth Chicken Flavor. (Also comes in a vegetable flavor too).

WHAT- Purchase chicken broth?

Now don’t get me wrong, we love to make our own chicken broth. Browning up the chicken pieces, adding in carrot, celery and onions Then making a little cheesecloth bag of herbs and a garlic clove or two. Finally letting it simmer on the stove for a few hours… Yum!

Confession: we have the time for making homemade broth about once a year.

But we love to cook with chicken broth. What we usually do is buy those quart containers- you know, “Stock in a box” as Rachel Ray says. We use the broth to cook rice or add it to a pasta dish to add liquid and flavor.  Broth is a great way to moisten up stuffing- there are a zillion uses for chicken broth.

Unfortunately, what also happens is we always have some part of the box left over. We always have plans and good intentions to use this leftover broth  up in another meal…. yeah, right. Frequently, this open box is discovered at the back of the fridge weeks later…. Ugh!

So we are always searching for other ways to have broth in the house when we need it. This Trader Joe’s stock is a liquid concentrate that comes in 12 little packets so you can easily choose how much to make. We used it last night when we made brown rice. It added a nice subtle flavor to the rice. Next time we might add two packets when we make rice for a more “chicken soup” strength flavor.

Additional bonus: This liquid concentrate is LOW SODIUM. 1 cup =360 mg Sodium. The “other” brand of dry chicken stock we were using has 870mg Sodium in 1 cup. Eeks!
Also: No MSG in the Trader Joe’s Savory Broth. Yeah!

So check out this product the next time you are shopping at your local Trader Joe’s. Let us know what you think and how you are using it.