Community Pick
Cream of Chicken Soup
"This soup makes a great meal on a cold winter night. Just add a salad and some hot crusty french bread. This also makes a first course for dinner. I like to make this when I have left over baked chicken. If using as a first course or appetizer servings would be for 4. If using as a main dish servings would be for 2"
photo by Marsha D.
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄4 cup celery, chopped fine
- 1⁄4 cup onion, chopped fine
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1⁄2 cup light cream
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup cooked chicken, chopped
- 1⁄4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper (or to taste)
directions
- Melt butter in large heavy saucepan.
- Add onion, celery and garlic and saute until soft.
- Add flour mixing well.
- Cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Add milk, cream and broth mixing well.
- Cook and stir until mixture thickens and comes to a boil.
- Reduce heat and stir in chicken and remaining seasonings.
- Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Cook over low heat 2-3 minutes.
Questions & Replies
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Can brown rice flour be used instead of flour?
Reviews
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I own and operate a western restaurant in Tianjin China. I needed a new cream soup and decided to try this, of course I needed to adjust measurements to make for fifty but kept to the recipe as posted. I will be making another fifty servings today, just three days after the first batch, I think that says it all. -
Delicious and simple, I doubled the recipe and used half olive oil and half butter instead of all that butter. and I used all 2% milk instead of any cream and it turned out great, will be using this recipe as a base to all cream soups thanks a million -
Great taste and easier then I thought to make. I did add carrot to the cerery, onion mix and I agree with others that the cayenne give it a great added flavor -
My husband loved it. My kids are not wild about chunks of veggies in their soup so I put the whole thing in the blender before I finished step number 6. Will definitely make over and over.
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can you freeze this soup?
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Tweaks
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Instead of chicken broth, I used a store-bought chicken STOCK (from The Fresh Market) --more flavor than plain broth; I increased the butter to a full stick, used a cup of half-and-half instead of the separate milk/cream measures (same thing, really), and added a cup of cooked rice.
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I've made this many times and it's always fantastic. The first time I made it I didn't have any cream so made it with all 1% milk. I also only had one of the large cans of chicken from Costco so used that. It was so good I've never tried it with cream or another kind of chicken. I've started putting just a little bit of cayenne in it, even though my daughter doesn't do spicy. It adds a little something even when it isn't enough to make it spicy. Tonight I also added 3 drops of white truffle oil to a double batch. Again, it didn't taste like truffles, but added a depth of flavor it didn't have before. This just might be the perfect soup! -
Loved it. Would be good with potatoes in it too
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Oh, I didn't have the Cayenne, DARN! So I added a teeny tiny touch of Curry powder, a bit of dried Rosemary, and some Greek Seasoning. It was great!
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KETO Version: Double the Butter, Use all Heavy Whipping Cream, Add Chicken FAT to Broth...No Flour or other carb add in's...Heavenly!!!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Luby Luby Luby
Lafayette, LA
Living in the south we are very lucky to have an abundance of fresh seafood and other ingredients at our disposal when trying new recipes. My husband and I both love to cook and have learned a lot about cooking from our native Louisianian, Paul Prudhomme (we learned to be very careful with his recipes as they are very spicy - even for us), native New Orleanian, Frank Davis and transplanted Emeril Lagasse. It would be very difficult to pick an all time favorite cookbook since I have approximately 200. I enjoy collecting local cookbooks as well as others from different areas. This picture is obviously when DH and I got married. I cooked all the food and even made my wedding cake.
