Make Your Own Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup Substitute

So last night I was making a recipe which called for a can of condensed cream of chicken soup. I don't normally keep that on hand in the pantry. I'm S.....L.....O.....W.....L.....Y trying to cut out processed foods. Seriously, if you can't pronounce the ingredients on the label and do not even know what they are, should you really be putting that in your body? Nope.

Anyways, I really wanted to make this recipe. It was one that my mom used to make and I haven't had it in probably 15-20 years (just recently found the paper where I copied the recipe). Off to Pinterest I go to find an alternative to cream of chicken soup. Up pops hundreds of pins relating to the topic. The recipe I used was super simple, consisted of 4 ingredients, and took maybe 8  minutes to whip up. And a huge plus.....it tasted so much better than the crap you get from the can! I could have eaten it straight out of the saucepan!

Next time you need cream of chicken soup, say no to the can and whip this up instead!

Cream of Chicken Soup Substitute

Ingredients: 

• 1 Tbsp flour
• 3 Tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup milk
• salt and pepper to taste (I didn't add these)

Directions:

Melt your butter in a small sauce pan over medium-low heat. Once completely melted, whisk in the flour and continue to whisk until it is smooth and bubbly. Remove the pan from heat and then slowly whisk in the  milk and chicken broth. Return pan to heat and bring to a gentle boil, whisking the entire time, until the soup thickens. Add salt and pepper to taste. This will make an equivalent to one can of soup. 

Ok, so as I type out the recipe, I think I made a mistake and added too much flour when I made this last night. Mine did look thicker than what you get out of a can. Well, it still tasted pretty darn awesome! I'm not sure how this would turn out using gluten free flour. The good thing is that all of these items are pretty cheap and it wouldn't be too expensive to experiment with gluten free flour!