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Kitchen Bouquet
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Tired of dull-looking soups? This homemade Kitchen Bouquet will add that rich, dark color in a snap. So simple yet so effective.
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ingredients
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 cups water
directions
Put brown sugar in a pan on a slow fire and let it burn or parch, slowly stirring all the time. When it turns a dark brown, add water and stir well, and then bottle. Use a few drops at a time to color gravies and soups
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nutrition data
11 calories, 0 grams fat, 3 grams carbohydrates, 0 grams protein per serving. This recipe is low in sodium. This recipe is low in fat.
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reviews & comments
Kitchen Bouquet is NOT intended to be a thickening agent. Per the label which I'm looking at and directly quoting, it is a "Browning & Seasoning Sauce" intended for adding color & flavor. The primary ingredient is caramel which is, basically, browned/burnt sugar. Neither cornstarch nor flour are listed ingredients because it is not intended to be used as a thickening agent. Those who've commented that the poster must never have used Kitchen Bouquet claiming this recipe to be completely off-base would benefit from closely reading the label before "casting stones".
September 20, 2014
Works to color a recipe but not to thicken.
March 28, 2011
I think the original bottle has a vegetable stock listed as an additional ingredient. Maybe you could use ready made vegetable stock instead of the water and don't forget a little salt.
You have to add corn starch, powdered onion, powdered-celery, powdered garlic, I do this all by taste. Burnt sugar will not work, its the corn starch that thickens not the burnt brown sugar. Yes the actual product, does uses brown sugar, but it also includes the above. It also has a additive for longer shelf live.
kitchen bouquet is primarily a caramel colorant derived from caramelizing sugars, typically corn or refined. Flavorings can be added to suit tastes such as sodium.. I burnish refined, corn or what ever is on hand at the time
This isn't even close, it is in no way a sub for Kitchen Bouquet. For one Kitchen Bouquet is not a sweetener, if it has any sugar in it it is very little. 2 - I have never known watered down sugar to be a thickener, not for soup nor gravy. 3 - Who would want to add brown sugar to gravy or soup? Whoever posted this evidentally has never used or tasted Kitchen Bouquet.