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    Need to find a sustitute... can someone help me?

    Posts: 722 Member
    edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    I have this amazing recipe for enchiladas, but I'm trying to find a way to make it a tad bit healthier... So I was wondering if anyone had a good substitute for cream of chicken soup? The sauce that goes OVER the enchiladas is usually a can of cream of chicken mixed with a can of enchilada sauce, but it's kind of a sodium nightmare, so.... can anyone help me?

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    • Posts: 1,775 Member
      do they not make sodium free?

      maybe mushroom soup
    • Posts: 2,185 Member
      maybe look for a recipe to make your own? i have this problem CONSTANTLY and i really don't know how to solve it yet. :(
    • Posts: 189 Member
      I believe they make low sodium.... :)
    • Posts: 210 Member
      Campbells makes a low fat cream of chicken soup. I don't know about the sodium content in it though.
    • Posts: 675 Member
      Make your own!! Light milk, with some sodium-free chicken broth :smile:
    • Posts: 109 Member
      Maybe make your own sauce with chicken stock/broth, cornstarch, half n half with some spanish spices? All basically calorie free except half n half...but wouldn't need very much to greatly affect calorie per serving.
    • Posts: 811 Member
      Make bechamel. It's simple and one of the mother sauces. Once you master it, you will NEVER have any reason to use canned cream of anything soup. It can be seasoned and flavored with anything. Here's a video:

      http://www.bonappetit.com/tipstools/videos/2008/04/making_bechamel_sauce
    • Posts: 110
      Some non-fat sour cream, plain nonfat yogurt is what I use.
    • Posts: 4,894 Member
      you could probably just use half and water it down a bit - or try low sodium chicken broth so you still get the taste and then bulk it up with a low sodium cheese.
    • Posts: 1,155 Member
      Someone posted a recipe for enchilada sauce the other day in one of the forums. It would be low in sodium. Maybe you can look for it.
    • Posts: 156
      its cream of celery thats what i read on hungry girls website. im making enchiladas for mothers day :)
    • Posts: 500
      if your using canned enchilada sauce, the regular one's pretty high in sodium too. Old El Paso does make a lower sodium as well.
    • Posts: 27 Member
      I use the recipes here because the canned stuff tastes too processed to me.

      http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/04/24/five-frugal-food-tactics-from-trents-kitchen/

      Same base as mentioned upthread, but it worked well for me.
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