Meat & Vegetable Packets
This recipe is from a cookbook titled Campbell's Creative Cooking With Soup, printed in 1985. As you read this recipe, the ingredients list will have Options and you can choose an option from the list below the ingredients. This recipe sounds very good, on my to make and taste list. Links to the Shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Equipment
- Oven
- Aluminum Foil
- Baking Sheet
Ingredients
- 1 can Soup Option, (10½ oz / 298 g)
- 1 cup Vegetable Option
- ½ teaspoon Herb Option, crushed
- 4 medium carrots, thinly sliced
- 4 medium potatoes, thinly sliced
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- Meat Option
OPTIONS
Soup - Use 1 Item
- condensed golden mushroom soup
- condensed cream of chicken soup, Shortcut
- condensed Cheddar cheese soup, Shortcut
- condensed cream of celery soup, Shortcut
Vegetable - Use 1 Item
- peas, fresh or frozen
- mushrooms, sliced
- cut green beans, fresh or frozen
- zucchini, sliced
Herb - Use 1 Item
- dried thyme
- dried rosemary
- dried dill weed
- dried marjoram
Meat - Use 1 Item
- 4 pork chops, ½ inch thick
- 1 kilo chicken pieces, (2 lb)
- 4 patties ground beef, (about ¼ lb / 113 g each)
- 4 veal chops, ½ inch thick
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180° C (350° F).
- Tear of 4 sheets of foil, each 12 inches long. Heavy duty foil would be preferred.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the Soup, Vegetable, and Herb Options, carrots, potatoes, onion, and black pepper. Mix together.
- Divide mixture equally among the foil sheets.
- Place Meat Option on top of each foil sheet, divided equally.
- Fold up the sides of the foil to cover the contents of the foil to make a tight 'packet'. Place packets on a baking sheet.
- Bake the packets for 1¼ hours or until the meat and vegetables are tender.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
Low cost per serving if using chicken, beef, or pork. For the veal, I have not seen that in stores but it may be available in specialty shops in larger cities.
Shortcuts: Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup, Condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup, Condensed Cream of Celery Soup.
Variant: 1. Cook on a gas or charcoal grill instead of the oven.
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