I minced garlic in after I sautéed carrots, celery, and onions. Then added chicken broth after I condensed it by boiling the broth from 20 Oz too 10.5oz added that to sautéed let it boil and mix with garlic and added milk then flour in boiling sauce and it turned into thick like magic, turn stove down put in thawed peas and corn cooked shredded chicken mix and bake with pre-made biscuits on top ,I used flakey biscuits cut in 4.