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Lipton Beefy Onion Soup Mix

Lipton Beefy Onion Soup Mix Review



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This Redneck is a Mad Scientist in the kitchen!
5 star rating

into trying new things, married, impressed with this product
Pros

    Adds the WOW factor to many foods, Makes a great gravy, easy to use, seasoning in a box


APR
26
2008
Everybody knows that this Redneck likes to experiment with different foods and ways to enhance flavors of those foods. Well for many years I have used Lipton Soup Mix to not only make soup but it also makes a fantastic dip for chips of all kinds. I have also used it to change the way some foods taste to get my picky eaters to eat some things or to just add a WOW Factor to old favorites.

Lipton Beefy Onion Soup Mix

For years I used the original Lipton Onion Soup Mix, that is until they started making other flavors. This Beefy Onion has become my favorite for many reasons, it just has a better WOW Factor and really adds a sensational taste to many of my signature dishes. Now not many people like Liver and Onions but it's just because they haven't tasted mine! My Mom taught me the right way to fix it and it comes out tender instead of rubbery. The trick is you need to fry it first on both sides and then the magic begins.(If you don't like liver then cubed steak works just as good) Frying it until it's done is a big reason it gets rubbery on you, slow cooking is how you keep it tender!

Once you have dredged it in flour and have it fried (about 2 minutes on each side, you only want it medium rare right now) take it out of the pan and set it aside. Now add your onions and a half stick of butter to the same frying pan get them nice and browned. Then grab your crock pot and put 1 can of mushroom soup in the with 3/4 of a can of milk(you can adjust up or down to suit your tastes), then add 1 packet of Lipton Beefy Onion and stir it up until it's mixed. Now add your liver and onions to it and cover it up. Put your crock pot on medium( let it cook about 3-4 hours). When done you should have a nice gravy from the soup that you can thin out or thicken as you like. ( my crock pot cooks it all the way through on medium just fine, I have a Rival with low,medium and high)

The flavor from the mushroom soup and the Beefy Onion will add a real nice flavor to the liver and onions, plus the liver is going to be nice and tender as well. Mine always comes out so that you can cut it with your fork with very little effort. Plus doing it this way my kids have always loved it. Serve it with mashed potatoes and green beans and you have a feast that tastes pretty darn good!

I also use Lipton Beefy Onion for meatloaf, pot roast, chili, hamburgers and of course to make a great chip dip. Try making fried potatoes and sprinkle some Beefy Onion Soup Mix in with them, not the whole packet but use it as a seasoning instead of salt and pepper. I have also made gravy with it by melting butter in a frying pan adding flour to make a rue and then added milk to make gravy. Then add how ever much of the Beefy Onion to your taste. I do this sometimes for lunch when I want a bowl of mashed potatoes or a jazzed up baked potato.

Bottom Line

This stuff can really add tons of flavor to most any dish, you are only limited by your imagination. Maybe that's why I got elected to do 90% of the cooking at my house, my wife says I am good and the kids seem to agree. Their friends seem to make it over at supper time a lot too!....lol I am not afraid to experiment in the kitchen it's not rocket science and you won't blow anything up either. Cooking to me is fun and seeing it all gone and happy faces feels pretty good too!

I_thumb_up Lipton Beefy Onion Soup Mix is recommended by kid-kansas


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kid-kansas wrote on May 2, 2008 at 7:36PM


In response to ferretwoman's comment from May 2, 2008 at 7:12PM:

Glad I could help and enjoy! ;) Ron


ferretwoman wrote on May 2, 2008 at 7:12PM


Thanks for all the ideas on using the Lipton Beefy Onion. Just like you I have also used it for dip, and now I can't wait to surprise my husband with it in the meatloaf. I'm sure that will be great! He loves meatloaf, and I love creativity like this. Thanks a million for all the great ideas.


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 30, 2008 at 3:22PM


In response to jss831's comment from Apr 30, 2008 at 3:11PM:

Hi! I get on throughout the day and into the night even....;)


jss831 wrote on Apr 30, 2008 at 3:11PM


In response to kid-kansas's comment from Apr 30, 2008 at 3:08PM:

Just saying Hello :)) "your online" , Usually I'm a late nighter and no-one is on.. I totally agree with you on the dried out food yuck :((


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 30, 2008 at 3:08PM


In response to jss831's comment from Apr 30, 2008 at 3:03PM:

Very true there are so many ways to fix food that it can be overwhelming at times. If it is cooked too fast it gets dry and even I don't like it then. ;)


jss831 wrote on Apr 30, 2008 at 3:03PM


In response to kid-kansas's comment from Apr 30, 2008 at 2:09AM:

I'm about the only one here too (So I do the single portions)Or" invite the in-laws as they love it too", my hubby will sometimes eat it,I don't expect my kids to try it till there ready, I hated it growing up till I cooked my own way from working as a prep chef in a resterant,I like the flavor. I always tell my children you can't say you 100% hate a food, but you can agree that you hate it 100% how it was pre-pared,because 1 food can be pre-pared in 100 different ways you may like it better another way.


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 30, 2008 at 2:09AM


In response to jss831's comment from Apr 30, 2008 at 12:44AM:

Yeah I am about the only one here that eats it since my son graduated and my youngest decided to go vegetarian. I do still make it but just for me, I like it so they can eat whatever that night. Just had to get used to fixing a single portion...lol ;)


jss831 wrote on Apr 30, 2008 at 12:44AM


I tottally love this stuff too. I use it for roasts,meatloaf,sometimes cubesteak, also for a roast combine it with campbells double strenth beef broth-good all around flavor that sinks right into the meat... Love your idea with the liver & onions,Something new not too many people care for it...


jss831 wrote on Apr 30, 2008 at 12:44AM


I tottally love this stuff too. I use it for roasts,meatloaf,sometimes cubesteak, also for a roast combine it with campbells double strenth beef broth-good all around flavor that sinks right into the meat... Love your idea with the liver & onions,Something new not too many people care for it...


CyndiA wrote on Apr 28, 2008 at 7:12AM


In response to kid-kansas's comment from Apr 27, 2008 at 11:55PM:

Of course! Yards will wait. Races won't.


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 27, 2008 at 11:55PM


In response to CyndiA's comment from Apr 27, 2008 at 6:25PM:

Yep I got lights....lol I got done just before dark though, had to finish watching the race first ;)


CyndiA wrote on Apr 27, 2008 at 6:25PM


In response to kid-kansas's comment from Apr 27, 2008 at 3:13PM:

I got part of the yard mowed, but it started raining buckets. Isn't it dark there anyway, or do you have lights on your lawnmower? John Deere has lights right?


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 27, 2008 at 3:18PM


In response to baabsy's comment from Apr 27, 2008 at 10:50AM:

Not yet but I am gonna get a few different ones this next trip to the store. ;)


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 27, 2008 at 3:13PM


In response to CyndiA's comment from Apr 27, 2008 at 5:34AM:

As soon as the race is over I need to mow the lawn and put the new parts on my grill. ;)


baabsy wrote on Apr 27, 2008 at 10:50AM


Have you tried their Garlic soup mix? Oh so great on a roast in a slow cooker. My brother showed the rest of the family about using Lipton soup mixes in a slow cooker. ohhhhhhhhh yeahhhhh good stuff


CyndiA wrote on Apr 27, 2008 at 5:34AM


In response to kid-kansas's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 9:41PM:

I cooked outside twice this week. We've been having some much needed rain or it would have been more.


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 9:46PM


In response to GeorgeChabot's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 8:30PM:

lol...wonder if she wants to compare secrets? ;)


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 9:41PM


In response to CyndiA's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 6:41PM:

Yep my oven is about to take its warm weather vacation. I just bought me a 30lb bag of mesquite wood for my wood smoker. ;)


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 9:39PM


In response to AnnaBanana's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 3:47PM:

No I haven't tried that one...I like Lawry's as well and yes you need lots of black pepper. Naaaa my daughters appreciated me when I moved 800 miles away...lol I keep telling them to come visit and I will cook them a good meal ;)


GeorgeChabot wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 8:30PM


Ron you have more recipes than Rachel Ray. ;>


CyndiA wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 6:41PM


In response to kid-kansas's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 12:50PM:

It's too hot in the kitchen other than winter. Nice then. I'll stick with electric unless I'm outside. Then it's charcoal or wood.


AnnaBanana wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 3:47PM


In response to kid-kansas's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 11:39AM:

Say, Ron, did you ever try that "Golden" Lipton Onion Soup Mix? It is the chicken variety (tastes terrible if you accidentally make a dip out of it like I did once) and I bet that would be good in fried chicken batter. I bet your fried chicken is great just the way it is. My dad used to use Lawry's salt instead of regular salt and tons of black pepper. Now I appreciate his hard work on some summer Sundays filling up a big brown paper bag with I don't know how many fried chickens and driving me and some of my friends up to Lake Geneva for a picnic. That's the secret to being appreciated, Ron -- be dead for 20 years and THEN they appreciate you! Haha!


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 12:50PM


In response to CyndiA's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 12:27PM:

Yeah with high cholesterol it would not be good for ya, dang it! My Grandma cooked on a coal stove, I wouldn't mind it, couldn't be much different from using my wood burning grill but with my luck a strong wind would make me look like a coal miner....lol ;)


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 12:43PM


In response to PattyTherre's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 12:26PM:

Thanks Patty! It is very versatile that's for sure. ;)


CyndiA wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 12:27PM


You're making me hungry. I love liver and onions, but I'm not supposed to have it due to high cholesterol. My Great Grandma made it on a coal stove - yum. I don't think I want to cook on a coal stove though.


PattyTherre wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 12:26PM


I use this for tons of things. There are a million things it can be used for. Good review, of course!


gitbean wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 12:04PM


In response to kid-kansas's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 12:02PM:

:~)!


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 12:02PM


In response to gitbean's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 11:57AM:

Yeppers!! ;)


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 12:00PM


In response to Telpher's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 11:45AM:

Yep!...... I can't get away with it anymore (my wife doesn't like it) but I have also used Apple and Cinnamon instant oatmeal in meatloaf. She was the reason I started using the Beefy Onion in my meatloaf.


gitbean wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 11:57AM


In response to kid-kansas's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 11:52AM:

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! Think I will give it a try....hey whatever works right!?!?!??!?!?!


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 11:52AM


In response to gitbean's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 11:35AM:

Darin this is so good I could probably dab it behind my ears and have the girls following me around like you do with cologne! ....lol ;)


kid-kansas wrote on Apr 26, 2008 at 11:51AM


In response to shadaram's comment from Apr 26, 2008 at 11:29AM: