No Creamed Soup

I never make casseroles or as rural MN calls them, hotdish. I have a lot of frozen turkey from Thanksgiving and decided to make a casserole with some of it. I did not want to use the standard creamed soup, so I made my own cream sauce. It turned out well, but I would make some modifications. 

I used:

1/2 yellow onion, chopped

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup flour

1 1/2 cup chicken broth

1/2 cup cream

1/2 tsp dried basil

1 cup wild rice

3 cups of cubed turkey

I used what I had on hand. The cream could be half & half, but I had some cream I wanted to use. I would increase the cream by 1/4 - 1/2 cup and the chicken broth by the same.  The flour probably would need to be increased a little to accommodate the added liquid. I also would add 1/2 cup more wild rice. I would have used celery if I had some, I think it would benefit from celery and I'd increase the basil to 1 t.

This did have the Scandinavian color, like none, but a little more wild rice and basil would help that. But it did taste pretty darn good! Instead of salad I served a broccoli/cauliflower mix to add some color to the plate.