![]() ![]() ~ Pot Pie (with Chicken or Turkey, or Vegan) ~ Heavenly Hash Browns (Naturally Gluten Free) ~ Gluten-Free and Vegan Deep Dish Pizza Pot Pie ~ Baked Sriracha Ginger Cumin Chicken (Naturally Gluten Free) With the smells that will waft out, you’ll also get lots of company and questions about what’s cooking, so you’ll have time to catch up with family members as it bakes-that’s always nice! Other Gluten-Free Comfort Food Recipes I predict you and your family will love it! As an added benefit, because it cooks in your oven for 90 minutes, during the cold weather days you’re also helping warm the house a tad. In short, the uncondensed version is a winner. The onions, beef broth, and portabello mushrooms provided a rich, complex flavor, but yet it was not a heavy dish (which I remember from the condensed version). No, scratch that … it was actually much better. When I took my first bite of this Chicken and Rice Casserole made without canned soup, the taste was exactly what I remembered! Less the actual oven time, I was surprised how easily this old favorite came together without condensed soups. We always have to inquire on kitchen procedures-in addition to ingredients-to stay truly safe. Some restaurant kitchen personnel still rely heavily on flour that contains gluten and even if they use gluten-free ingredients, there’s the ever present concern of cross contact with gluten ingredients. Of course, never assume that a reduction sauce is gluten free always inquire. Sometimes cornstarch, arrowroot, tapioca, and even potato starch, are used. Also, remember that reduction sauces are often gluten free in fine restaurants as well, with no flour or gluten ingredients added. Yes, you have to stir occasionally or add an ingredient or two, but it’s not a big deal, and the results are incredibly flavorful because you are using real ingredients, usually without additives/preservatives. But making a reduction sauce just means that while you’re washing dishes, wiping down the counters, talking on the phone, or sneaking peeks of your guilty pleasure television show, you’re also making a fantastic sauce. Previously when I’d see the words “reduction sauce,” I used to move on to another recipe myself. Now before you click and surf away, that’s not a hard thing at all. ![]() The easiest way to make many of such dishes is to focus on reduction methods. I’m passing on more and more these days, particularly because I just watched the movie, Food, Inc. So, while I was remembering and craving the chicken and rice casserole, I decided I wanted to make it without any condensed soups-instead making the recipe from scratch like I do for other family favorites. Even if you do find safe, gluten-free condensed soups, you might take a look at the ingredients and decide to pass. I’m gluten free and condensed soups are rarely gluten free (certainly, not the ones in my local store anyway). (It was spooned over the chicken, but, of course, also helped flavor the rice as well.) Cream of mushroom, cream of celery, and cream of chicken were all options.īut fast forward to today. The other soup called for in the recipe was a “cream of” soup of one’s choice. French Onion was the one that was poured over the rice directly. I could still remember the great flavor that the chicken and the condensed soups imparted to the rice. I made it a few time in later years, but Mr. It called for not just one can of condensed soup, but two! It was a “go to” recipe back in my single days. At one point I even had a cookbook (a gift) that consisted completely of recipes using condensed soups.įor some reason, I’d been thinking about one of those recipes lately-a chicken and rice casserole dish that I enjoyed many years ago. In fact, I was the perfect consumer of the various condensed soups. So it’s ironic that for years I was content to make an array of recipes using condensed soups. Plus, I have always wondered what parts were left out, and if, in condensing, the story perhaps took on a slightly different meaning.Ĭertainly we see that type of thing in the media one statement taken out of context has a completely different meaning. It’s always seemed like a type of blasphemy to me to alter original stories. Truth be told, I’ve never liked condensed or abridged versions of books. The original version was not gluten free because of those condensed soups it included. Making this recipe uncondensed also makes it gluten free. Yes, Chicken and Rice Casserole made without canned soup. For affiliate links and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. ![]()
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