Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup

4.88 from 8 votes

Quick and easy recip for homemade condensed cream of chicken soup. This recipe can be used for cream of mushroom, cream of celery or cream of tomato soup.

Prep Time0

Cook Time5

Total Time5

Course: Sauce

Cuisine: American, International

Servings: ounces

Calories: 59kcal

Author: Anecia Hero

Ingredients

½ stick butter , unsalted; (4 tablespoons)
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1½ cups milk (not too cold)
1 teaspoon chicken bouillon , low-sodium: Better Than Bouillon or 1 cube
½ tsp garlic powder (optional)
salt and pepper , to taste

Instructions

Melt butter in saucepan on medium low heat; sprinkle in flour and whisk
½ stick butter, ¼ cup all-purpose flour
Add milk and chicken bouillon and bring to a gentle boil; whisk constantly until mixture begins to thicken (about 2 minutes); remove from heat
1½ cups milk (not too cold), 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon
Taste for salt and pepper; add garlic powder (optional)
salt and pepper , ½ tsp garlic powder

Notes

Yield

This recipe makes 12 ounces of condensed soup. If a recipe calls for "one can of cream of ...soup", measure out one cup and 3 tablespoons of this homemade version.

If you don't have milk, use 1/4 cup nonfat dry milk + 1 cup water = 1 cup of milk
If you don't have butter, use oil
If you don't have chicken bouillon paste or cubes, use chicken broth (if you use broth, you'll want to increase the amount of flour)

Variations:

Make this gluten-free by using an equal amount of gluten-free flour

Use the above recipe and add pureed celery (or celery salt) or pureed mushrooms for these types of flavored condensed soups. For Cream of mushroom, substitute beef bouillon for chicken.

Cream of Celery: add 1-2 stalks of pureed celery or a teaspoon of celery salt to the recipe (yes; you still add the chicken bouillon)
Cream of Mushroom: substitute beef bouillon for chicken; add a pinch of garlic powder; add 4-5 pureed mushrooms per cup of soup
Cream of Tomato: add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste to the recipe (yes; you still add the chicken bouillon)

Nutritional Estimate

The recipe yields 12 ounces. The nutritonal estimate is based on one ounce.

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