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Adding tinned soup to a casserole…

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Happypie Fri 21-Feb-25 10:49:13

Hi Everyone

Has anyone ever added tinned soup, mushroom for example, to a casserole or for a pasta sauce? American recipes often seem to add a can of soup, but it’s something I’ve never done before.

I’ve just seen a delicious recipe for a Chicken and mushroom stroganoff which calls for tinned mushroom soup to be added, together with chicken stock and sour cream.

If you’ve added tinned soup before, is it noticeably soup or does it enhance the dish? I’d appreciate any thoughts you have.

Tinygranma Sun 23-Feb-25 04:46:20

I use Mushroom cup a soup when I make Mushroom Stroganoff and I use Campbells condensed chicken soup for chicken and rice. I also use Asparagus cup a soup in some chicken dishes. Just gives it a bit of extra flavour

grandMattie Sun 23-Feb-25 05:13:17

Curiously, there were several recipes using tinned soups for retro meals in yesterday’s paper supplement, including a chicken and mushroom casserole.

NotSpaghetti Sun 23-Feb-25 06:58:33

Another condensed mushroom soup person here. Only for "quick and lazy" days. Maybe twice a year.

I use it in dishes needing a creamy mushroom sauce - mushroom Pappardelle or a stroganoff type dish. It isn't enough on its own but is a shortcut.

You won't need to add salt .

RosieandherMaw Sun 23-Feb-25 07:32:57

I think adding tinned soup was very much a thing of the 60’s ad 70’s, maybe 80’s - the era of Delia’s “How To Cheat at Cooking” when we were stretching our wings in the kitchen.
I remember (but alas not well enough) a popular starter made with Philadelphia Cream Cheese and condensed Campbell’s Consommé, plus maybe a dash of Lea&Perrins. You served it with Melba toast. I don’t think you can even get condensed consommé any more but if anybody knows better I’d be happy to hear! I always had a few tins of Campbells condensed in the cupboard - oxtail to add to a beef stew, or chicken or mushroom for a chicken casserole or pasta thingy. As GM said, very retro.

M0nica Sun 23-Feb-25 08:14:25

I am not sure of all this retro stuff, if I see a recipe that sounds interesting I will try it and if we enjoy it it gets added to my recipe index.

My reprtoire includes a number of recipes including a tin of soup and I am as likely to have picked them up this century as at any earlier date.

M0nica Sun 23-Feb-25 19:56:07

I also make no class difference between casseroles or dishes containing the odd pack of something not sanctified, and those made with pure as a drivn snow perfect natural ingredients.

If the recipe looks good and when prepared tastes good, it stays in the system, and that is that,

FoghornLeghorn Sun 23-Feb-25 20:00:21

My dad used to make a lovely beef stew. He always put a tin of oxtail soup into it.

Redhead56 Mon 24-Feb-25 09:34:36

My mum used tinned condensed soup especially in between her work shifts. They were used to make up some tasty meals as she had a lot of us to feed.
I always have them in my cupboard they make up some really easy meals chilli pasta pies etc. I cook from scratch most of the time I don’t eat ready meals so a little occasional cheat does me.

NotSpaghetti Mon 24-Feb-25 09:43:49

Readhead - what is a chilli pasta pie please?

Redhead56 Mon 24-Feb-25 09:46:44

Sorry I meant to type chilli pasts dishes and chicken pie hastily posted.

Redhead56 Mon 24-Feb-25 09:48:11

Pasta arthritic hands!

NotSpaghetti Mon 24-Feb-25 10:02:39

Ha ha!
Thank you!