On the Krispy Saltines box there's a recipe for "Garden Chicken Noodle Soup". It's been there for years. The first two ingredients are 2 cans of chicken noodle soup and 1 cup of frozen green beans. It doesn't even say to serve it with saltine crackers!!The thing I love about recipes is that you don't need to prove your cooking skills to post a recipe. Sometimes it is glaringly obvious they are absent within the instruction. Other times you have to figure it out the hard way.
If you want to wind me up, show me a mushroom soup recipe with a can of mushroom in the ingredients. You will get a fun response.
Reviews are definitely my favorite part. I didn't have A.B,or C and I wasn't going to simmer for 2 hours. I put it in the microwave for 2 minutes and the meat was SO tough.
This recipe sucks!
I have also only made this a few time over many many years. Better than frozen, but I never dazzled myself. The one thing I did get right was presentation. If you make it again a cheap ramekin set for individual servings makes it fun!
Next time save me a piece, would ya?
I will usually follow a recipe pretty much exactly when making it for the first time. But I've always looked at recipes as "someone's idea of how to cook something". They are not cast in stone. To me they are simply a starting point.Mrs. WM81 requested chicken pot pie, so that was dinner last night. I've never been fond of the dish, as the commercial ones are all crust with a tiny bit of bland filling. This is my third time making a pot pie in the last few years, so I researched recipes and got one off AllRecipes.
I followed the recipe exactly, except for changing everything.
It was useful for proportions, but any recipe that says to boil chicken and throw the stock out is NOT to be followed.
Fried the chicken, caramelized shallots, sauted the vegetables (carrots & potato), and made the gravy in one pan. Assembled it in a 9" cake pan, not a pie plate, so each piece is a meal. I'm going to make it again in a couple of weeks, refining what I did this time.
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Getting the first piece out picture perfect quality doesn't happen ... but Mrs. WM81 said it was the best one she's ever had. [To be fair, all she's had before this is commercial frozen ones and my first 2 attempts, which were still better than frozen.]
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Preserving flavors by making everything in one pan (do one thing, remove it, start the next ...) and caramelizing the shallots is the big win.
I'm curious what the other ingredients are. It sounds like we are done already. I know! Parsley to garnish for the garden freshness.On the Krispy Saltines box there's a recipe for "Garden Chicken Noodle Soup". It's been there for years. The first two ingredients are 2 cans of chicken noodle soup and 1 cup of frozen green beans. It doesn't even say to serve it with saltine crackers!!
In addition to the canned soup and frozen beans, it calls for fresh mushrooms and thyme. No parsley!!! Real cooking, eh?I'm curious what the other ingredients are. It sounds like we are done already. I know! Parsley to garnish for the garden freshness.
In addition to the canned soup and frozen beans, it calls for fresh mushrooms and thyme. No parsley!!! Real cooking, eh?
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No pictures, I was too excited to eat it!
Something we like to eat in this house is condensed Mushroom soup with a bunch of added mushrooms of different types.In addition to the canned soup and frozen beans, it calls for fresh mushrooms and thyme. No parsley!!! Real cooking, eh?
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One of the few boxed foods we make are the rice dishes… a good quick meal that you can upgrade with lots of veggies and shrimp or chicken!
That's gourmet eating around here, if you pour it over pork chops or chicken pieces.
Take a can of Cream of Mushroom soup, add a packet of Beef or Pork Gravy mix and a half can of water. Brown a couple of pork chops and pour the sauce over them. Cover and simmer for 45 min to 1 hour. Super tender chops. (Even better with a large sliced onion and a handful of garlic cloves!)That's gourmet eating around here, if you pour it over pork chops or chicken pieces.
Mmmmm.
I make a scratch sauce too, but sometimes the can just hits home.
I have never done the gravy pack, but that is similar to my 'recipe'. Some childhood things you just don't want to grow out of.
