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What is MSG?
Back to the recipe! It’s super easy to make and doesn’t alter the flavor of recipes at all that call for canned soup. I am going to give you the cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, cream of celery, AND cream of tomato soup recipes.
I will list the ingredients for the cream soup base; which will be the same for all the recipes, then you can switch out the other ingredients for the different kinds of soups.
Cream soup base Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 cup milk or stock ( Chicken, veggie or even powdered milk can be used).
If making stock from bouillon or soup base, 1 tsp. per cup of liquid (McCormick Chicken and Beef Base from Costco doesn’t have MSG)
If you want to make a quadruple batch and freeze (which I like to do), here are the measurements:
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 cups liquid
- 1 tsp. garlic salt
Instructions:
- Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat.
- Add flour, stir with wire whisk until well combined.
- Stir in salt and liquid and whisk until thickened and smooth. (If you need it thicker or thinner for your recipe, adjust liquid amount)
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Cream of Chicken Soup Base
This makes a really good chicken gravy as well!!!
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder instead regular salt
- 1/2 tsp. onion powder
- 1 tsp. instant chicken bouillon granules or chicken base
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup finely chopped cooked chicken (optional)
Cream of mushroom soup ingredients
- 1 cup beef beef bouillon or 1 tsp beef base and 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup finely chopped mushrooms
Cream of celery soup
- 1/2 cup chopped celery, saute with the butter

Tomato soup
- 1 cup tomato juice instead of water or milk (For cream of tomato soup, add 1/2 cup tomato juice and 1/2 cup milk).
This isn’t quite as fast as opening a can, but when you can avoid MSG, it’s worth it!
I hope you’ll give it a whirl in your favorite recipes.
rite canned soup recipes!

Make all your recipes that call for canned cream soups without the MSG! A great tasting, easy to make alternative. Make a yummy gravy as well.
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup milk, stock, or water
- 1/2 tsp. onion powder
- 1/4 tsp. garlic salt
- 1 tsp. instant chicken bouillon granules or chicken base McCormick Chicken and Beef Base from Costco doesn't have MSG
- 1/2 cup finely chopped cooked chicken optional
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Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium high heat.
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Add flour, stirring with wire whisk.
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Add liquid and whisk until smooth and thickened.
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Stir in remaining ingredients.
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Serve or freeze for later use.
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I make a double batch and place the extra in a quart size freezer bag and freeze for another quick dinner.