Packet soup ideas please

Anne_Marie_2

Got 8 free packets of dried soup with my shopping last week, and looking for some inspiration from you inventive lot, in how to use them, other than soup, as I always make my own.

2 chicken noodle, will give these away as I am vegetarian.
2 tomato
2 cream of potato
2 cream spring veg soup

I haven't bought packet soup in years and forgot it even existed!
I did a quick google but the recipes I've found use French onion soup mix.

PasturesNew

I bought a load about 3 years ago, as lunch at work .... they've been lurking in the cupboard, so I used one to flavour rice the other day, before adding sausage chunks and peas to the rice.

HappyMJ

Anne_Marie wrote: »

Got 8 free packets of dried soup with my shopping last week, and looking for some inspiration from you inventive lot, in how to use them, other than soup, as I always make my own.

2 chicken noodle, will give these away as I am vegetarian.
2 tomato
2 cream of potato
2 cream spring veg soup

I haven't bought packet soup in years and forgot it even existed!
I did a quick google but the recipes I've found use French onion soup mix.

If you ever do slow cooker recipes then throw one of the packets into the pot.

Spring veg can be substituted in the French onion recipes. Just cut up half an onion to add to the recipe and it'll be close enough.

Anne_Marie_2

Good idea for flavouring rice, although I'll leave the sausages out.

Got rid of slow cooker HappyMJ, wasn't used for a year, took up space, so it went. If only I could be so ruthless with my wardrobe!
Thanks for the tip though on using up the spring veg, got some good ideas for dips.

IndigoGirl

Oooh I love the flavoured rice idea. I guess it would work for couscous too.

I've always thought you can use them for anything that would require stock or seasoning. So slow cooker stews and casseroles, braising chicken etc (in my case, not for a vegetarian obvs). I don't see why you couldn't make up half a packet and add a little extra water so that it's not too salty and use it like you would stock. You'd just need to make sure any with veg pieces were cooked out long enough.

What about risotto or pasta sauces too? Lots of options...

SailorSam

I buy dried soup mix the way i buy lentils, in bags about 500gm. Then when i'm making vege soup in the slowcooker i'll put a big handful of soup together with a handful of pearl barley as my base.

Anne_Marie_2

I tried the cream of potato earlier this week, thinking that it would be fine for a quick and easy lunch, as I had forgotten to take soup from the freezer. Glad that I did, as it's far too salty for me, so will pass the packets on to someone else now.

SailorSam, I have a feeling that the dried soup mix that you are talking about is a different thing. I buy that on occasion when I've run out of vegetable stock (which I bring back from the UK as it's hard to get here), and it is more like a stock for flavouring soups with tiny bits of dried veg, but doesn't have a thickening agent.