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    Home » Recipes » Plain Culture

    Seven Souper Recipes From The Amish

    Published: Jun 4, 2017 · Updated: Jun 4, 2017 by Kevin Williams | 4 Comments

    Amish buggies

    Canned soup has become a mainstay in many Amish kitchens.

    By Kevin Williams

    The addition of canned soups to Amish culinary history is, obviously, a relatively new one.   Campbell's canned condensed soups weren't even invented until around the beginning of the 20th century.  But like any widely adopted mainstream food trend, whether it is Tex-Mex or pizza, the Amish eventually took notice.

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    Canned soups were easy to ship and stock in local Mom and Pop bulk food stores where the majority of the Amish did their shopping at one time.   Many Amish still do their shopping at such stores but the prices of big chain-stores like Wal-Mart and Meijer in the midwest have definitely taken their toll.  Anyway, the soups were less popular as a stand-alone meal in an Amish home and more popular as an addition to casseroles and other dishes that maybe could use a flavorful splash of liquid.  So canned soups started showing up in more and more recipes as the century went along.  The canned soups fundamentally changed some of the recipes so that they are aren't recognizable from their original versions.    So if you have a can of condensed soup that has been sitting in your cupboard (and who doesn't?), here are some ways to use it up:

    Probably a fairly safe bet you can use chicken in this turkey casserole also, it would be very "chickeny" since it already has a can of chicken noodle soup.  Unless otherwise noted, just assume that these are your standard ol' soup can sizes.

    Turkey Casserole
     
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    Ingredients
    • 3 slices of bread, cubed
    • 2 cups cooked turkey pieces
    • 1 egg
    • 1 can of chicken noodle soup
    • 1 can of cream of mushroom soup
    • 1 cup of cracker crumbs, crushed
    • ¼ cup of margarine, melted
    Instructions
    1. Place cubed turkey pieces and bread in a greased casserole dish.
    2. Combine egg and soups and pour over meat and bread.
    3. Combine cracker crumbs and melted margarine.
    4. Sprinkle on top of the casserole. Bake at 350 for 50 to 60 minutes.
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    This next casserole is a classic example of Amish meets soup meets Tex-Mex. . Toppings can be chopped tomatoes, lettuce, salsa, and ranch dressing.
    Wet Burrito Casserole
     
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    Ingredients
    • 1½ pounds hamburger
    • 1 package taco seasoning
    • 1 small onion, diced
    • ½ cup green peppers, diced
    • 16 ounces of sour cream
    • 2 cans cream of mushroom soup
    • 2 cups cheese of your choice
    • 8 small flour tortillas
    Instructions
    1. Brown hamburger, onion, and green peppers. Add taco seasoning. Cut tortillas in small bite sized pieces. Mix sour cream and cream of mushroom soup together. In a 9 X 13 inch pan layer hamburger mixture, tortillas and sour cream mixture and layers. Top with the cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes
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    This is just your classic, garden variety Amish rendition of hamburger casserole. This is an easy casserole to make on a busy day.Good stuff!

    Hamburger Casserole
     
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    Ingredients
    • 2 pounds fresh hamburger
    • 1 medium onion, diced
    • 8 to 10 medium sized potatoes, shredded
    • Colby or cheddar cheese
    Instructions
    1. In a large skillet brown hamburger and onions.
    2. Remove skillet from burner and add the shredded potatoes.
    3. Season to taste with your favorite seasoning and then spread cream of mushroom over the top of the potatoes.
    4. When potatoes are tender spread slices of cheese over the top.
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    And for when yellow squash season arrives, and it is creeping closer:
    Chicken Squash Casserole
     
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    Cook time
    25 mins
    Total time
    25 mins
     
    Ingredients
    • 6 cups squash, peeled and shredded
    • 2 cups diced, cooked chicken
    • 1 /2 cup onion, chopped
    • 1 /2 cup green peppers, chopped
    • 2 10.75 ounce cans of cream of mushroom soup
    • 2 cups shredded cheese
    • Seasoning to taste
    Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 350. In a greased 9 X 13 inch baking pan, layer ingredients with the cheese on top. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until squash is tender.
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    And canned soup has become popular in Amish egg dishes, consider this egg and bacon bake!  Good served over toasted bread or English muffins.
    Egg and Bacon Bake
     
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    Ingredients
    • BACON AND EGG BAKE
    • 6 to 8 bacon slices
    • 1 medium onion, sliced
    • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
    • 1 /4 cup milk
    • 5 hard-boiled eggs, grated
    • 2 cup shredded cheese
    Instructions
    1. Fry bacon until crisp. Drain and crumble.
    2. Sautee onion and bacon fat and mix all ingredients and add a dash of pepper.
    3. Pour into a 2 quart casserole and bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes.
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    Comments

    1. Mary Stepleton-Hitt

      June 04, 2017 at 2:18 pm

      Hi Kevin!

      In the squash recipe, change "aquash" to squash.

      Your friendly proofreader,

      Mary Stepleton-Hitt

      Reply
    2. Sheila

      June 04, 2017 at 2:30 pm

      Please give directions for taco recipe. It currently shows Turkey directions.

      Reply
      • Kevin

        June 04, 2017 at 4:46 pm

        I fixed it!

        Reply
    3. Barb

      June 04, 2017 at 3:53 pm

      Kevin if you want to see some beautiful pictures of Amish children check out Nancy Noel's site.

      Reply

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