This cream soup substitute is from One Orange Giraffe and makes a great staple for your pantry. It can be adapted to your tastes and what you have on hand. 1/3 cup mix plus 1-1/3 cups water cooked together over medium heat until thick equals 1 can cream soup.
Cream of Something Soup Mix
Note: Choose the bouillon flavor based on the type of soup mix you would like to make and add dehydrated ingredients whenever available to complement the bouillon flavor. For example, to make Cream of Mushroom Soup mix, use vegetable bouillon and add chopped dehydrated mushrooms. To make Cream of Chicken Soup mix, use chicken bouillon and, if available, add pieces of dehydrated chicken. You may adjust the seasonings according to your preference, creating many varieties of soup mix.
- 1 cup non-fat dried milk
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 cup bouillon granules
- 4 Tbsp freeze dried minced onions
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp pepper
To make the equivalent of one can of condensed cream soup, mix 1/3 cup Cream of Something Soup Mix with 1 1/4 cup water and cook over medium heat until thick.
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Call me crazy but I don’t understand what the message posted above me means at all….
Hi Russo – It’s a trackback, which is an excerpt of a post on another website that links to this one. You would have to click through to the original post to see the context, which was talking about not using canned cream of whatever soup. The poster linked to this recipe as an alternative for the canned soup.
WOW, way too salty and peppery. I love pepper but it is way over done here and the bouillon makes it really salty. Also the seasoning is way too much. Double the milk and cornstarch and added 2 tablespoons of onion granules, wa much better, still had the wang of those seasonings.