If a recipe says to use broth in a marinade, what would you think that is?

[TsarChasm]

Not stock, 'broth'. I ended up buying a tin of broth soup and using that, but I am a bit confused.

Is it another word for soup or is it really some kind of stock?

I would have thought it means stock if its in a marinade. What is the recipe/dish? Seems odd to marinade in broth of any description

Ah! A reply from very appropriate oxocube!

It's a recipe to cook in a slow cooker. You make a sauce (including this 'broth' - I though it was odd too) then marinate chicken in it over night. You then use the marinade/sauce in which to cook the meat in the slow cooker. I must say it all looks pretty nice, but an odd recipe.

To start with I wondered as it seems an American type book (meaures in 'cups') maybe it was an American term for stock. But looking at other recipes in the book sometimes it says to use stock sometimes broth and that's where I got to thinking.

I would use stock. I'm with you in thinking that it may be an Americanism.

stock

Here you go - the Wikipedia definition!!

"Broth is a liquid in which bones, meat, fish, cereal grains, or vegetables have been simmered. Broth is used as a basis for other edible liquids such as soup, gravy, or sauce. It can be eaten alone or with garnish. If other ingredients are used, such as rice, pearl barley, oatmeal, et cetera, it is then generally called soup."

So stock seems to be right {smile]

or even!

I see..thank you oxo!

It all looks and smells ok. I employ the bung/chuck and cook method in the kitchen so I don't tend to get too hung up on detail when I can avoid it.