My cousin gave me a chicken enchilada casserole recipe and it looks really good so I'd like to try it. However, the chicken stuffing part calls for cream of chicken soup. What can I use that is more natural than that? Does anyone have any ideas?
Dawn
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So, it is in the oven now. I made a white sauce with organic lactose free milk, cornstarch and some of the chicken stock from when I poached the chicken breasts.
I think this will taste fine, however, with this particular recipe. There is plenty of other liquid between the tomatoes with green chilis, green chilis and enchilada sauce, thatI think I may skip the white sauce next time and garnish with sour cream instead.
Dawn
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JoAnna M Lund, author of Healthy Exchanges Cookbook and The Diabetic's Healthy Exchanges Cookbook uses evaporated skim milk and flour in her "cream of..." soups. She puts them in a covered jar and shakes to make a slurry and then adds to the soup. If you are looking for a "chikeny" flavor you could also use some chicken broth.
Hope you'll reply back about how it went. I have an old fav that I don't think I've made in 5 years because of this issue. It would be nice to tweak it.
Originally posted by Tayhudson: All I can think of is to make white sauce. I was just wondering if anyone else had any better ideas.
Dawn
I'm probably too late, but I would make a white sauce with skim milk and flour. I don't use any butter because of my health concerns, but it would be delicious, I am sure. You could all sauteed onion and celery too. Maybe some white wine?
Not too late Sandy. I'm not going to make them for a couple of days. Thanks for the idea.
Dawn
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Originally posted by Tayhudson: All I can think of is to make white sauce. I was just wondering if anyone else had any better ideas.
Dawn
I'm probably too late, but I would make a white sauce with skim milk and flour. I don't use any butter because of my health concerns, but it would be delicious, I am sure. You could all sauteed onion and celery too. Maybe some white wine?
Dawn, Does the recipe call for the "thinned out" soup, like after you add the water or milk or is it just the thick, condensed blob that comes right out of the can? I'm thinking if it is the thick blob-could you use plain low-fat yogurt doctored with some spices? Or low-fat sour cream, thinned a bit w/maybe low-fat milk and spices added? Or, you could get a pack of seasoning/dressing mix and add it to the yogurt.
I have a beef enchilada recipe that uses canned tomato soup and enchilada sauce but I have used crushed tomatoes or tomato sauce in place of the soup.
Jill
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You could try a recipe like this. At least you control the fat content of the dry milk and no other chemicals.
DRY CREAM SOUP MIX
2 c. dry low-fat powdered milk 3/4 c. cornstarch 1/4 c. chicken bouillon crystals 2 tbsp. dry onion flakes 1 tsp. basil leaves 1 tsp. thyme leaves 1/2 tsp. pepper
Combine all and store in airtight container. To make cream soup, combine 1/4 cup of the dry mix and 1 1/4 cups cold water. Stir until thickened over medium heat. This is the equivalent of 1 can of soup.
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