Yes, homemade stock tastes better than packaged broth, but the reality is that most of us rely on supermarket broth for most recipes.
When purchasing chicken broth, look for a short ingredient list that includes flavor-boosting vegetables like carrots, celery, and onions.
Many commercially available vegetable broths contain labels reading “no chicken” or “vegan chicken flavored,” indicating that they are engineered to be meatless imitations of poultry-based products. We prefer true vegetable flavored broth for our vegetarian recipes.
We expect a lot of beef broth. We typically rely on chicken broth to bolster the savory backbone of a recipe. But when we turn to beef broth, we want it to literally beef up the flavor of a dish.