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Chicken and Potato Soup
Posted by Thomas in Potato soup, Soup, cheap recipes, chicken, college recipes, dorm recipe, easy soup on May 31, 2010
Note: I wrote this post a few months back while I was still in the dorm. I never posted it because I didn’t take any pictures when I made it, but I figure I may as well post it anyway.
Well, like I mentioned in my last update post, I’ve been cutting back on my spending which means I haven’t been buying a whole lot of groceries. I pretty much eat in the school’s cafeteria during the week and I only cook on weekends.
When I first started doing this a few weeks ago, I actually had some cans of food in my dorm that I hadn’t used, so I figured I might as well make something out of what I had before I went grocery shopping. That’s pretty much how I came up with this recipe.
Ingredients:
- One can of Tyson Premium White Chicken Breast ( $2.60)
- One can of diced potatoes ($0.60)
- One can of Cream of Chicken Soup ($0.90)
- 1 tsp of pepper
- 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp of hot sauce
- 1 tbsp of garlic powder
- 1 tbsp of garlic powder
- 1 tsp of Tony Chachores
Optional Ingredients / Substitutions
- Any type of “Cream of ___” soup could be used.
- Season it however you wish.
When I cook this, I usually eat the entire batch, but you could probably split it up into two servings. You may even be able to stretch it to 3 servings if you cook some kind of side dish.
Step 1: Start out by opening the can of chicken and empty out the water inside. Next, empty the can into your microwavable container. Usually the chicken comes in pretty hefty chunks and I try to either quarter them, or at the very least split each chunk in half.
Note: The first time I made this, I actually just shredded the chicken, but I wasn’t a huge fan of the consistency of the soup, but feel free to try it if you’d like.
Step 2: Open up the can of potatoes and drain out as much of the water inside as possible. Now just pour the potatoes into your container along with the chicken.
Step 3: Open up the Cream of Chicken soup can and dump that into the container. Now, fill the can up with water and empty that into the container as well.
Step 4: Throw all of the seasonings into the container and stir it all up.
Step 5: Put your bowl/container into the microwave and let it cook for 5 minutes. I would advise covering the container with a paper towel as soup can sometimes make a mess in the microwave.
Step 6: Enjoy!
I hope you all enjoy, this is probably my favorite recipe as of late. It’s super easy to prepare and cooks very quickly.
Next time I make it I’ll make sure to take pictures and upload them.
Baked Potato Soup with Andoullie Sausage
Posted by Thomas in Microwave, Potato soup, cheap recipes, college recipes, dorm recipes, healthy recipes, potatoes, sausage on May 14, 2009
Baked Potato Soup with Andoullie Sausage
Last week, my girlfriend and I went to an Italian restaurant to eat lunch. I won’t say what restaurant because I didn’t particularly like my meal and I don’t want to bash anyone, but I did have an amazing soup before my meal came out. It was a roasted garlic potato soup and it was undoubtedly the best part of the meal.
Now, I’ve always liked potato soup, something which I think started from eating chunky soup when I was younger. Obviously from there, the soups I’ve tried have only gotten better over time, but I had never made one before. The soup I had last week made all that change. I couldn’t resist the urge to my hand and give potato soup a go.
Also, if you like this, check out my other potato soup recipe.
Ingredients:
6-8 medium potatoes
16oz andoullie sausage
2 cups milk
2.5 cups chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken
1 can cream of onion
1 cup of shredded cheese
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Optional Ingredients:
Any type of sausage
cream of whatever you’d like
Ingredients used in this recipe
Step 1) Peel the potatoes and cut them in 1/2 inch cubes and put them in a large pot and cover them with water. Turn the stove top on high and let water come to a boil. Add a little salt to the pot to give the potatoes some flavor. Let boil for about 20 minutes. You’ll know if they’re done if you can take a spoon and slice a potato in half with ease. When done, turn the stove top off.
Boiling Potatoes
Step 2) Chop up the sausage in small little pieces, similar in size to the potato. I cut the link in half, and then in half again, then cut the 4 slices of sausage into little cubes. Throw this all in a pan and brown the sausage. Shouldn’t take any longer than 10 minutes.
Cooking Andoullie Sausage
Step 3) Once your potatoes are done, drain all the water from the pot leaving just the potatoes. Take about 4 cups (half of the cooked potatoes) and put them in a bowl and mash them up. Leave the other potatoes in the pot you cooked them in.
Mashing the Potatoes
Step 4) Throw your milk, cream of onion, cream of chicken, and chicken broth back into the first pot with the rest of the potatoes. Stir a little bit just to mix everything up. You’re not trying to mash the rest of the potatoes you started with. Now throw in your mashed potato and your sausage and stir again. Now is when you can throw in all your seasonings. I put a lot of garlic in mine because I wanted it to taste garlicky. Turn the stove top back on to medium and continue stirring the mixture so all of the potato and sausage don’t stick to the bottom. I let it cook for about 30 minutes.
Everything together
Step 5) Turn the stove top off after 30 minutes and let the soup sit for about 10 minutes. I found it gets a little thicker after sitting for a while. Now serve in a bowl and pour about a tbsp or two of shredded cheese on top. Enjoy!
Grilled Sausage and Onion Sandwich
Posted by Thomas in college recipes, dorm recipes, onion, sandwich, sausage on April 11, 2009
Well, it seems as though people are enjoying the simpler recipes so far, so I’m going to try and post more of these from now on. This one really is about as easy as it gets. It involves cutting a few things up and then throwing them on the grill, and that’s about it.
Ingredients:
- two links of sausage
- one whole onion
- mayo
- two slices of bread
- 2 tbsp of butter (optional)
IngredientsStep 1: Cut your sausage links in half and then split them down the middle. You should have about eight even sized pieces of sausage now.
Step 2: First, peel the onion (how to peel an onion) and cut it in half. Now start cutting each half of the onion in thin slices and break it apart as your going.
Chopped onion and sausageStep 3: If you want to, throw one tbsp of butter on your George Foreman grill and then throw half of the onions on as well. Now throw the sausage on top of the onions and close the lid. After about five minutes open the lid and flip the sausage. After about five more minutes you can take the onion and sausage off of the grill
Step 4: repeat step three for the remaining onions and sausage
Grilled Sausage and OnionsStep 5: Put the mayo on your two slices of bread. take about a quarter of your onions and throw them on one slice of the bread. Take two pieces of the sausage and put them on top of the onions. Place the other piece of bread on top of the sausage and enjoy!
FinishedHope this one is simple enough for everyone. If you don’t have a GF grill and rather use a pan, just throw the two tbsp of butter into a pan and throw all of the onions in as well. Set the stove top to medium-high heat. Cook for about a minute, making sure to stir the onions. Now throw the sausage in as well and brown on both sides. When the sausage is a nice dark brown color and the onions are caramelized you can take it all off of the heat.
Hope this one was simple enough!
Make sure to check out my other sausage recipes(spaghetti, jambalaya) as well as my other sandwich recipes (ham egg and cheese)