This homemade condensed cream soup recipe is a great tasting, easy to make alternative to canned soup. You can make all your recipes that call for canned cream soups without the MSG!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.
Cream of Chicken Soup Base - No MSG
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.
- Prep Time10 min
- Cook Time5 min
- Total Time15 min
- Yield1 cup
- Serving Size1/2 cup
Ingredients
Add these ingredients to the base soup 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)
- 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)
Instructions
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)
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 Mushroom Soup
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.
- Prep Time10 min
- Cook Time5 min
- Total Time15 min
- Yield1 cup
- Serving Size1/2 cup
Ingredients
Add these ingredients to the base soup 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).
- 1 cup beef bouillon or 1 tsp beef base and 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup finely chopped mushrooms
Instructions
INSTRUCTIONS
Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat.
Stir in salt and liquid and whisk until thickened and smooth. (If you need it thicker or thinner for your recipe, adjust liquid amount)
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 Celery Soup
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.
- Prep Time10 min
- Cook Time5 min
- Total Time15 min
- Yield1 cup
- Serving Size1/2 cup
Ingredients
Add these ingredients to the base soup 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).
- 1/2 cup chopped celery, sauté with the butter
Instructions
INSTRUCTIONS
Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat.
Stir in salt and liquid and whisk until thickened and smooth. (If you need it thicker or thinner for your recipe, adjust liquid amount)
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 Tomato Soup
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.
- Prep Time10 min
- Cook Time5 min
- Total Time15 min
- Yield1 cup
- Serving Size1/2 cup
Ingredients
Add these ingredients to the base soup ingredients
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 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).
Instructions
INSTRUCTIONS
Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat.
Stir in salt and liquid and whisk until thickened and smooth. (If you need it thicker or thinner for your recipe, adjust liquid amount)
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.
Jan Howell
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