Chicken noodle soup can be a key ingredient in a surprising range of dishes.
Cans of chicken noodle soup are handy to keep around for chilly evenings and sick days, but sometimes just a plain bowl of soup is not enough. Luckily, there is no shortage of creative dishes that can be made with canned chicken noodle soup. With a few extra ingredients, you can turn an ordinary can of soup into something you'll feel like eating even if you're not recovering from a cold.
Casseroles
Chicken noodle soup is frequently used to add sauciness and savor to casseroles. Because it is so mild in flavor, it slips easily into casseroles featuring ingredients as varied as broccoli, cheese, salmon and curry.
Soups
Creative cooks can also spice up canned soup with additional ingredients -- including other types of soup -- to vary its flavor and texture. Flavor profiles can range from spicy to creamy to mild, depending on the ingredients you choose.
Stuffing
Another creative use for canned chicken noodle soup is as a moistener for crusty, bread-based baked stuffing. This is a twist on the common usage of chicken broth as a stuffing ingredient.
Dessert
The truly adventurous (or foolhardy) can even try putting canned chicken soup in a cake. A pound cake recipe featuring an unexpected combination of canned chicken soup, pistachio pudding mix and frozen spinach appears on websites for strange or lost recipes. None of these sources, however, give any indication of the flavor of the finished product.
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