I took the advice of RENZINO2 and with those few changes, the soup turned out perfectly fine. I also substituted cream for part of the milk ingredient, just a half cup or so, and it turned out plenty thick without adding the cornstarch. I'm a newlywed always looking for good, simple dinner ideas and I'm going to hang onto this one. Could be good with any number of things thrown in, as well.

I didn't like this recipe

We didn't add sugar or taste this plain...honestly, I wouldn't eat cream of chicken plain whether it's canned or not. We used this in a chicken and broccoli casserole and it tasted BETTER than when we use the canned cream of chicken. Perhaps some reviews are negative because they actually like to eat cream of chicken by itself? Try this in a casserole and you might actually like it a lot.

I haven't been cooking for 40 years like some other people reviewing this recipe but I do know a bad soup when I taste it. This is the worst soup I have ever had. The recipe above does not describe cream of chicken soup at all, it is more of a sugar stuffed watery chicken.

This was definately too sweet.

My husband and I really liked this...I did change it, since my son and I are allergic to dairy...we used unsweetened soy milk in place of regular milk, did not add sugar (strange?), added a splash of lemon juice, used chopped garlic instead of powder; cornstarch to thicken and added rice to make it a meal! Will make again - my son loved it as well!

This is a great recipe.But I wished I had read the reviews first,as I would not have added the sugar as some people said they omited it also.Way to sweet with it. But will make it again.

This was exactly the type of recipe I was looking for as a good base for casseroles that call for cream of chicken soup. I was looking for something without all the sodium and preservatives that canned soup has. I did not use the sugar as others mentioned they did not like the sweet taste. I did use fresh garlic, one clove. I think that I have gotten so used to eating sodium laden prepared foods that it's hard sometimes to get used to something that's not oversalted. But, I will definitely use it in my casseroles, and it had a really nice flavor.

Thank you for posting a recipe so useful! I have been looking for a simple from scratch cream of chicken recipe for a long time! The canned soup is so full of salt, preservatives and who know what else!

The soup was good until i added the sugar. It totally threw off the taste. It tasted too sweet. Didn't like it at all.

Truly excellant taste. This is the best recipe I have tried for cream of chicken soup. Easy to follow directions allowed my son to help!

The consistency was great, but there just wasn't a 'chickeny' flavor. I added a can of chicken broth, the juice of a whole lemon, and a half cup of white wine. Delicious! With those additions, I'll make it again.

I found this an excellent base recipe for chicken corn chowder. All I did was add a 12oz. can of niblets corn and doubled the garlic powder to make a chicken corn chowder my family raved about. :)

WOW, This was awesome, I had to restrain myself from eating two more bowls. Perfect for a snowy night in front of the fire. Thanks

Didn't taste like cream of chicken, it wasn't horrible, but...I can't put my finger on what it did taste like. Thanks anyway Holly ;)

I have been cooking for 40 years and this is the worst cream of chicken I have ever made

I needed a quick ceamed soup recipe for my HS Food's class and I didn't read the one review. I agree as is it's not very good. The sugar makes it sweet and there is little chicken flavor. I told my first class to make as it was written suspecting that the sugar would make it sweet. I had the second class eliminate the sugar and some students added finely chopped onion and celery to the oil and sauted till tender and then when the milk was added we added 1 boulion cube. We also added the cornstarch because it was thin. The students really liked it. One group added Veg-all with the chicken and it also was good.

Sorry I didn't read the reviews. I agree with the others, thin, tasteless, not at all like cream of chicken soup should taste. The sugar should be eliminated completely.