Soup

This is as good a place to ask as any...

How can I make my own cream of chicken? The canned stuff is full of crap. I'd like to make my own - and I'd like it to be relatively simple.

I found something online that was basically heavy whipping cream + broth + spices but it wasn't any good.

 

He goes heavy on dill which I dont recommend.

 

This **** is amazing

https://www.heb.com/product-detail/meal-simple-by-h-e-b-green-chili-chicken-soup/2849546

Meal Simple by H‑E‑B Green Chili Chicken Soup

 

I don’t want to mess with perfection. And if my wife cracked the code I would be fat then clutchfaps would cry

 

Missed this around but great thread...

I am down for most soups - not a fan of vegetable soup or stew but I like these:

gumbo
chilli (had some at McAlister's today - can have beans or not)
new england clam chowder
lobster bisque
egg drop soup

As someone else said, I could eat soup every day if it is cold outside.

 

It made me think of Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas as the base concept and then adjusted from there.

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Description
A creamy blend of poblano peppers with tender chicken, sour cream, Great Northern beans, onions and roasted corn. Pop it in the microwave and eat in less than 4 minutes!
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I am mainly about asian soups - pho, hot & sour, egg drop. But I also like a nice homemade chicken noodle (with some tomato in the broth to make it red, old school), chili (with beans, I acknowledge that makes it non-Texas chili but so what), and broccoli cheddar.

 

We spent thanksgiving in the PNW, and instead of the traditional turkey, we did prime rib and Dungeness crab. I had also bought about 50 oysters that I shucked myself. They were super (overly) briny, so I made an oyster chowder after having a few raw ones. Holy cow! My favorite dish of the meal. It was thanksgiving, so I didn’t make it healthy. Plenty of butter and heavy cream.

 

A few days ago I used the leftover Turkey and made some stew. I first took the bones and simmered then for about an hour to get as much flavor out of them. Took the bones out and then added carrots and potatoes, more salt, pepper, garlic, rosemary, sage, thyme and onions. Simmered for half an hour, then added the leftover Turkey meat, and celery. It tasted fatty and rich so put in some rice vinegar and cooked for another half hour. Ended up great.

 

Where are the tortilla soup recipes? This thread is 6 years old!

 

Just made some lentil soup/dal ... should've put more heat into it, but no worries - still tastes good. I just wish it would get and stay in the 30s and 40s around here. Of course now we're going to get icemageddon now that I wished that.

*scared of February*

 

If I was working on a Copycat of the H‑E‑B Green Chili Chicken Soup, I would make a batch of Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas (without tortillas) that used mostly the same Main Ingredients (less Northern Beans) as the Soup and have a container or two of the HEB Soup to compare against.

Main Ingredients
Water
Light Cream
Poblano Peppers
Chicken
Rice Starch
Salt
Sour Cream
Great Northern Beans
Onions

2% or Less
Roasted Corn
Corn Starch
Pecorino Romano
Chicken Base * (Several Components Listed)
Butter
White Wine
Lime Juice
Garlic
Jalapeno Peppers
Natural Hickory Smoke Concentrate
Sodium Citrate
Yeast Extract
Smoked Paprika
Nisin Preparation
Spices


Strain both the HEB soup and the Homemade Chicken Enchiladas to remove the solids (Chicken, Poblano Peppers, Onions, Beans, Corn, Jalapeno Peppers, Pecorino Romano?) so the focus can be on duplicating the liquid part of the soup.

In the 2% or Less section, Sodium Citrate and Nisin Preparation are some type of food additives or food preservatives that I would try to skip since an extended shelf life wouldn't be a goal for home use.

Try skipping including roasted corn for now. I don't know if the Pecorino Romano is a solid in the HEB soup, so TBD on whether to include it.

That leaves

Corn Starch
Pecorino Romano (Maybe)
Chicken Base * (Several Components Listed)
Butter
White Wine
Lime Juice
Garlic
Jalapeno Peppers
Natural Hickory Smoke Concentrate
Yeast Extract
Smoked Paprika
Spices


to include to achieve the goal of duplicating the HEB Soup. If they ordered the list in the 2% or Less section with the largest quantities listed first, then I would follow suit and follow a Top Down order on adding ingredients.

Rice Starch (Main Ingredients) and Corn Starch (2% or Less) might be used mainly for thickening, so it will be a judgement call on how much to include versus water added.

Jalapeno Peppers will have been separated when the HEB Soup was strained, so it should be easy to determine how much to include in the Copycat version.


Once the liquid part of the Copycat has been accomplished, decide on the amounts of Chicken, Poblano Peppers, Beans, Roasted Corn to add in to complete the Soup. Maybe use the same proportions that HEB used or roll your own version with the proportions that you prefer.

Good Luck.

 

Just bought some this morning based on this post.

 

I need to give this a try. I usually get my chicken tortilla soup from Chuys and add hatch green chilies.