One Can Plus Five Soup Recipe

[fenchurch]

I realized I forgot to post the recipe in the last post, so here it is...

One Can Plus Five Soup
From The Complete Book of Soups and Stews by Bernard Clayton, Jr.

1 C finely chopped onions (about 4oz by weight)
2 cloves garlic, diced finely
2 Tbsp butter
1 10oz can of each:
Tomato Soup
Green Pea Soup
Chicken and Rice Soup
Cream of Chicken Soup
Golden Mushroom Soup
1 6oz can lobster or crab pieces, drained
2 C water, approximately (depending on thickness desired)
salt carefully, if at all (canned soup carries a heavy load of salt)
1/2 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
dash of Tabasco (or more if needed)
1/2 C light cream
2 Tbsp sherry

ETA: As Rackham mentions in the comments... Green Pea Soup is not the same as Split Pea Soup. We tried substituting it once and it didn't turn out very well.

In a covered medium (4 quart) saucepan, sweat onions and garlic in butter over medium-high heat until tender and glossy, about 10-12 minutes.

Pour contents of the five cans of soup and one can of seafood over the onions and garlic, then stir to blend. (Note: Do not dilute the canned soup as directed on the can. Liquid will be added later. Use the soups from the cans at full strength at this stage.) At this point the mixture will be very thick. Add two or more cups of water and blend well. Bring to a gentle boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat.

Season with salt, pepper and Tabasco to taste. Add cream and sherry. Serve.

Obviously, it's a recipe that can handle quite a bit of a fiddling. We've tried varying the types of soup involved, but always end up coming back to the five listed... it's a good balance. The soup itself is a bit thick, but perfect for cold blustery days. We also tend to just use milk instead of light cream (simply because we have it on hand) and have never added sherry.

Really, though, the entire recipe is comprised of items that are easy to stock up and/or we have around the house anyway. The perfect last minute meal!

Comments

Yum

[aamah.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to try it! We're a big family and as soon as the weather turns cool, I have a pot of soup on the stove every Sunday. It becomes lunch and snacks all week long. Sometimes, if it's a particularly hearty soup, it becomes dinner with homemade bread.

This sounds like a keeper.

Thanks for sharing.

[sp23.livejournal.com]

I'm going to print off and keep that recipe to fix for my parents when it gets really cold, but, Dude, that looks like enough soup to feed a small battalion. *g*

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Not really, because you don't add a lot of liquid, compared to the number of cans. I think I had one serving last night, Rackham had two, and there's probably three servings left (though, admittedly, we're talking *bowls* not cups).

[rackham.livejournal.com]

One important note -- Green Pea Soup is not the same as Split Pea Soup.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

We have a family favorite like that : Chicken and Rice Casserole
1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 can cream of celery soup, 1 can cream of chicken soup, 1 soup can of chicken broth, 1 small can of drained mushrooms, 1 stick of butter or margarine, 1 1/4 cups uncooked rice, three boneless cooked chicken breasts shredded (I poach the chicken with wine and herbs and then use that for the chicken broth)
Place the shredded chicken in a 9 x 13 glass or pyrex dish. Combine soups, broth, butter and mushrooms in a saucepan. Heat and stir over moderate heat. Add rice and stir. When warm and thoroughly blended, pour over chicken. Place in a 350 degree oven and bake until golden and bubbly (about 1 hour).

[tomte.livejournal.com]

(canned soup carries a heavy load of salt)

I'll second that! In fact, when Gid and I make this now, we usually substitute the low-sodium versions of as many of the soups on the list as we can. Campbell's Healthy Request line has low-sodium versions of tomato, chicken and rice, and cream of chicken soups.

Unfortunately, it's getting more difficult to find green pea soup stocked in the local market, which is rather annoying. How dare they make it difficult to make One Plus Five? HEADS SHALL ROLL!