Cream of mushroom soup in recipes

[SeattleUte]

Cream of mushroom soup in recipes has become the very definition of middle American bad taste and culinary mediocrity, a veritable social ill. But I think there's a case to be made that in a pinch it's a credible ready made roux. What is roux anyway but butter, flower and broth or milk? Where do you come down on this thorny culinary issue?

[TripletDaddy]

where do you come up with some of these?

At any rate, Jeff Lebowski makes a delicious ramen with cream of mushroom soup. He swears by it.

[creekster]

It reminds me of Bobcay GOldthwaite's line about things like snake that taste just like chicken. If they taste just like chicken then why don't you just eat chicken?

If the roux is so easy and oyu want roux, then why don't you just make roux?

[EuropeanFootballMale]

Cream of mushroom soup in recipes has become the very definition of middle American bad taste and culinary mediocrity, a veritable social ill. But I think there's a case to be made that in a pinch it's a credible ready made roux. What is roux anyway but butter, flower and broth or milk? Where do you come down on this thorny culinary issue?

Good question. What does Niles think?

[MarkGrace]

Take away canned cream of mushroom soup and half of the recipes used across kitchens in Utah would fall apart.

[LiveCoug]

Cream of Mushroom, no. Cream of Chicken, ABSOLUTELY!!!

[beefytee]

If it can't be substituted with cream of chicken. It won't get made at our house.

We don't even have that very often anymore.

[old_gregg]

how are you supposed to enjoy the exquisite homage to our pacific brothers' and sisters' heritage in the form of a hearty hawaiian haystack without cream of mushroom soup? now that's an addiction worth talking about.

[YOhio]

I'll admit that I have one recipe where I use Cream of Mushroom soup. It's one of my childhood favorites and always brings back some good memories whenever I make it.

You get a few pork chops, season with salt and pepper. Toss them on a skillet with a bit of OO and fry 'em up. When they're done, remove the pork chops from the skillet and throw in a can or two of COM (You can also saute' sliced mushrooms prior to adding the COM for a chunkier gravy). Stir and thin with milk until you get a good gravy consistency and you've integrated the browned bits from the pork chop. Add the chops in back the sauce and simmer for a few minutes. Serve over rice with green beans on the side.

It's not gourmet cooking by any stretch. Most people would think it's gross. But with food, sometimes it's those old favorites that are most comforting.

[cougjunkie]

I'll admit that I have one recipe where I use Cream of Mushroom soup. It's one of my childhood favorites and always brings back some good memories whenever I make it.

You get a few pork chops, season with salt and pepper. Toss them on a skillet with a bit of OO and fry 'em up. When they're done, remove the pork chops from the skillet and throw in a can or two of COM (You can also saute' sliced mushrooms prior to adding the COM for a chunkier gravy). Stir and thin with milk until you get a good gravy consistency and you've integrated the browned bits from the pork chop. Add the chops in back the sauce and simmer for a few minutes. Serve over rice with green beans on the side.

It's not gourmet cooking by any stretch. Most people would think it's gross. But with food, sometimes it's those old favorites that are most comforting.

I agree I love the old staple of throwing a few pieces of chicken in the crock pot with a can of cream of chicken and a some cream cheese. Let it cook all day and serve with rice. Delicious!

[NorthwestUteFan]

But with food, sometimes it's those old favorites that are most comforting.

I try to avoid the stuff as much as possible because all my kids refuse to eat it, but beef stroganoff almost demands it. That is one of all-time favorite comfort foods for my wife and me.


Last week I made some stroganoff with ground turkey and put it over some about-to-expire whole wheat egg noodles (it was clean out the pantry week). Yum! It was dinner last Monday and lunch 2 days this week.

Then again, perhaps my liberal application of hot sauce masked the COM soup...

Roux is great, but COM is convenient.

[New Mexican Disaster]

I love cream of mushroom in a number of dishes from growing up. I am proud of my white trash heritage.

[Katy Lied]

Hey Jeff Lebow, can we get that recipe? I have a collection of good ramen recipes for my food storage.

[wuapinmon]

I'll admit that I have one recipe where I use Cream of Mushroom soup. It's one of my childhood favorites and always brings back some good memories whenever I make it.

You get a few pork chops, season with salt and pepper. Toss them on a skillet with a bit of OO and fry 'em up. When they're done, remove the pork chops from the skillet and throw in a can or two of COM (You can also saute' sliced mushrooms prior to adding the COM for a chunkier gravy). Stir and thin with milk until you get a good gravy consistency and you've integrated the browned bits from the pork chop. Add the chops in back the sauce and simmer for a few minutes. Serve over rice with green beans on the side.

It's not gourmet cooking by any stretch. Most people would think it's gross. But with food, sometimes it's those old favorites that are most comforting.

My mom made this, rice, green beans, gravy, and pork chops. I used to love it, and I would absolutely eat it now.

[YOhio]