recipe help please

[dahirsh]

I'm looking for help with the following recipe. I can't find chicken granuales anyone with a suggestion of how many boullion cubes I could use to replace "1 small jar" of granuales in this recipe?

Pumpkin Tomato Bisque

½ cup butter or margarine
1 medium onion, minced
8 cups milk
1 small jar chicken granules
1 large can pumpkin (4 cups)
2 16 oz cans stewed tomatoes
1 cup water
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 cup sherry (optional)
tiny cooked pasta (optional)

Saute onion in butter until translucent. Add rest of ingredients (except pasta). Simmer about 30- 45 minutes (do not boil). Add cooked pasta and sherry. Serve with buttered croutons.

 

[piratesmate]

From my list of equivalents & substitutions:

Bouillon 1 cube = 1 tsp powdered

However, it sounds like way too much bouillon to me...unless "granules" are different than the powdered stuff I use or the jars are very, very small! Usually the ratio is one cube or teaspoon of powdered per cup of liquid. We don't use much salt, so I tend to use less than that.

I'd probably start with 5 or 6 cubes & then taste it, adding as you see fit. I just can't imagine you'd need more than 8 maybe 9.

HTH!

BTW - Don't count the tomatoes as liquid when figuring how much to use.

 

[dahirsh]

THANK YOU!

I've looked all over the web for another recipe similair to this one but without the granuales and couldn't find any recipes I liked.

 

[FantasticDisFamily]

I've found that some of the older recipes tend to be much heavier on the "salty" flavor than we're comfortable with today, that combined with the way milk absorbs salt may be the reason for the heavy suggestion.

I'd agree with Pirate'smate though - start light and add to taste.

Deb