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While packaged chicken broth is a go-to for soups and stews, don’t forget that this ingredient plays a key role in recipes like risotto, stuffing and potpies. For when you’re not stirring up soup, our Test Kitchen pros recommend Aneto Chicken Broth.
This near-opaque broth has a mild chicken flavor with plenty of onion and garlic flavor—two essential aromatics for savory dishes. “This makes for a good cooking broth,” explains the Test Kitchen’s Ellie Crowley.
Another reason our team loves this broth: It only uses meat from free-range chickens. Extras like this make spending a little extra on a quality product worth it.
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When you’re making big batches of chicken noodle soup, you may want to save a few pennies on ingredients, including broth. The good news is that you can find one of the best chicken broth options right at Walmart:Â Great Value Chicken Broth.
This Great Value broth costs about $1.25 for a 32-ounce package. That’s a great price for a broth that Catherine Ward in the Test Kitchen describes as smelling like “freshly roasted chicken—real and freshly made.”
You’ll also pick up notes of carrots, celery and sage in this packaged chicken broth—all very welcome flavors when stirring up comforting chicken soups of all kinds.
Testing Chicken Broth
To judge packaged chicken broth, our team kept in mind the features of a good homemade broth. A great homemade broth is savory with the right amount of flavor from aromatics like onion, celery and herbs. Overall, the taste is balanced and not overwhelming—after all, broth is typically a base for soups, stews and other flavorful dishes.
In this taste test, our team sampled 11 brands. In the end, just four were chosen as Test Kitchen-Preferred.
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