Best 3 Empty Cupboardfridge Special Recipes

EMPTY CUPBOARD/FRIDGE SPECIAL

Steps:

• Thaw chicken breasts (if frozen).
• In a medium pot, combine water, creamy tomato soup, bullion cubes, and 1 tsp of the olive oil. Bring to a boil.
• While waiting for the pot to boil, heat a medium saucepan with the remaining oil over medium heat.
• Dice chicken breasts into 1/2 inch cubes.
• Once water/soup mixture is boiling, add rice and reduce heat to low, so that the rice mixture barely simmers.
• Add the rest of the ingredients (except the chicken, minced garlic, salt and black pepper) to the rice and stir thoroughly.
• Add chicken and minced garlic to saucepan and cook thoroughly. Near the end of the cooking, add salt and black pepper.
• Once the chicken has cooked thoroughly, drain off most of the excess oil, but be careful to keep the minced garlic in the pan.
• Add chicken to rice mixture.
• Simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes (cooking time may vary, depending on the stove) until the rice is tender.
• Fluff rice and serve hot.

EMPTY THE CUPBOARDS SOUP

Steps:

• Combine first 11 ingredients in a stock pot or very large pot over medium heat.
• Place potatoes in a small pot and boil to soften.
• Fry hamburger with onions and spices until hamburger is no longer pink.
• Add to soup pot.
• Once potatoes are almost fork ready add to soup.
• Simmer at least 1/2 hour.
• I serve topped with Parmesan cheese.

EMPTY WALLET CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Crumble the ground beef into a large skillet over medium heat. Season with salt, pepper, cumin, garlic, poultry seasoning, and thyme. Cook, stirring to crumble, until evenly browned. Drain, and transfer to a 9x13 inch baking dish, or large casserole dish.
• Arrange 2 layers of sliced potato over the ground beef, seasoning each layer with salt and pepper. Melt butter in the skillet over medium heat, and saute the onions and mushrooms until tender. Spread over the top of the potatoes.
• Stir just enough water into the soup to make it pourable, and spoon over the top of the casserole, making sure to spread out evenly. Scatter the cracker crumbs over the top, and sprinkle with paprika. Cover the dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake for about 1 hour in the preheated oven, until the potatoes are soft. Remove the aluminum foil, and return to the oven to brown the top, about 10 minutes.