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Cooking notes

Doctored canned soup

One tin, one pot, dressed up with a pantry spice and a squeeze of lemon.

Base recipe

This is the base recipe: one batch, 4 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because there is no committed plan for this dish. Build and commit a plan that includes it and this card multiplies itself to the batch count the plan computes.

Base recipe · one batch, 4 portions8 min active11 min totaleasy
Ingredients · one batch
  • Canned soup2.2 lb
  • Chilli flakes0.5 oz
  • Lemon1 ea
What does not scale

Multiplying the ingredients is the easy half. These are the parts of the recipe that the batch count does not move.

Cooking time
About 8 minutes on the stove at this scale. Bringing a bigger volume up to temperature takes longer than the multiple suggests; the simmer afterwards does not.
Seasoning
Seasoning figures are a starting point at any batch size. Taste before it reaches the table — the multiple is arithmetic, and salt is not.
Method
  1. Read the whole method before you shop. This is a planning recipe for doctored canned soup, not a certified kitchen test.
  2. Amounts below are one batch: 4 portions. Build a plan and this card scales itself to it.
  3. This dish can be completed up to 1 day ahead. Cold storage is the real limit — do not make it ahead if the fridge is already tight.
  4. Stovetop occupancy is about 8 minutes at this scale. Bring to a simmer, finish, hold covered.
  5. Holds about 45 minutes once finished. After that, quality drops — do not invent extra time.
  6. Confirm every ingredient and every allergen yourself. Dietary tags are planning filters, not safety guarantees.
Make-ahead

Can be completed up to 1 day ahead. Fridge units: 0 per batch, so 1 batch takes about 0 shelf-thirds while it waits.

Scaling

Base recipe: one batch, 4 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because no plan was open. Cooking time does not move with the batch: about 8 minutes at the stove either way.

Not every line here was multiplied by the same number. Why doubling a recipe is not multiplication

Equipment

Stovetop · Landing space

Planning filters

None declared