Adding tinned soup to a casserole…

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

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

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 .

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.

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.

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,

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

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.

Readhead - what is a chilli pasta pie please?

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

Pasta arthritic hands!

Ha ha!
Thank you!