Craving a restaurant-style 'Cream of Mushroom Soup'? Here is the homemade version of the delicious creamy soup that you love to have with dinner as a base with other comfort food.
It's a simple and easy-to-make mushroom soup recipe that you can quickly prepare at home kitchen within few minutes. For this recipe, you don't need canned mushrooms as it will prepare with freshly sliced brown mushrooms.
If you have fresh mushrooms at home then you can quickly prepare this recipe for your next dinner to serve as side with Oven Baked Chicken, Fried Fish, Fried Chicken, Roasted Carrots, and simple Oven Baked French Fries pair it well in your dinner plate. Dinner rolls are good to curb your appetite and keep you full for long hours. If you like this recipe then share it with your friends and family.
Cream of Mushroom Soup
It's a family favorite soup as it prepares with basic roux thinned with cream and milk by adding saute mushrooms. Basically, it's a recipe from North America but people around the world love to have it and many restaurants prepare it by adding their regional taste.
Here I am preparing the classical version of cream of mushroom soup that is super easy and required handful of ingredients from the pantry to make at home.
It's a nourishing bowl, full of creaminess that can tempt your appetite to have. Best for winters and if you are mushroom lover like me then it's good to have in summer too.
It's an old recipe that people are using for ages. Normally people use a canned version of mushroom soup that is also good and I personally love Italian and french bechamel flavored mushroom soup. As it's a recipe from America so everybody knows the Campbell started to make this cream of mushroom soup that people love to have.
Why I love this Soup?
It's a multi-purpose recipe that you can use to serve a soup or to make creamy mushroom pasta or you have the option to make casseroles or just pour the creamy sauce on baked chicken. It's a comfort food idea perfect for an easy dinner for families. As it's rice and creamy so the kids will surely love it if you serve it with macaroni or pasta.
If you love mushrooms then don't forget to try our Garlic Mushrooms recipe as it's super easy and quick.
How to Make Cream of Mushroom Soup
You only need few ingredients to make this restaurant-style recipe at home. I have used freshly sliced brown mushrooms but you can also use cremini mushrooms or others to make this soup. Cleaned and wash the mushrooms, slice it and saute in butter by adding salt and paprika. As I made it one pot so take out on a plate and prepare the sauce in the same pot.
To prepare the creamy sauce, added butter and oil in a pan, heated it up and added chopped onions and grated garlic and sauteed on medium heat to turn the onions translucent in texture. Then added All purpose flour and mixed well with onion and grated garlic. Cook for few seconds and as the flour starts to change color then added a glass of milk and a cup of fresh cream and mix well. Seasoned with salt, black pepper, ground thyme or rosemary. Cook for few minutes on low medium heat. Key is to stir the soup continuously to avoid sticking on pan bottom and make smooth creamy texture of soup.
Then add sauteed mushrooms in sauce! cook and stir well to blend the creaminess.
Garnish with fresh parsley and serve!
If you want to make this soup without cream then just add milk and thin with Vegetable Stock to avoid extra creaminess.
Other Mushroom Recipes for Dinner:
Garlic Mushrooms | Chicken Mushroom Pasta
3 Tips to Make Restaurant Style Mushroom Soup
- Avoid washing mushrooms in water for too long as the mushrooms are like sponges and absorb the water so it will be difficult to take out. Clean it and rinse with water and make sure to use a cotton cloth to dry the water.
- Don't cook the mushroom for too long otherwise, it will be soggy and lose the crunch.
- When making sauce, it's important to stir continuously as the roux can stick on the bottom and it will give a burnt taste in the soup.
- When making sauce then avoid adding milk on high heat as it can curdle.
Recipe Video
Watch - How Did I Make It?
Here is the step-by-step process to make this cream of mushroom soup. It's easy to make and needs minimal ingredients to prepare at home using fresh mushrooms. If you are planning mushroom soup for your next meal then here is the method that might help you if you are trying the first time. Let's have a look! and don't forget to share how it turned at your side...
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Materials
- Brown Mushrooms Freshly Sliced - 1.5 Cups
- Oil - 2 Tsp
- Butter - 2 Tsp
- Salt - ½ Tsp
- Paprika - ½ Tsp
- Oil - 2 Tsp
- Butter - 2 Tsp
- Chopped Onion - 1.5 Tbsp
- Grated Garlic - 1 Tsp
- All Purpose Flour - 1 Tbsp
- Milk - 1 Glass
- Fresh Cream - 1 Cup
- Salt - ½ Tsp
- Black Pepper - ½ Tsp
- Thyme / Rosemary - ½ Tsp optional
- Parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Clean and Wash the Mushrooms.
- Slice the Mushrooms.
- Heat up oil and butter and add sliced mushroom to sauce.
- Season the mushrooms with salt and paprika.
- Saute for few minutes and take it out in a platter to use in sauce.
- Let's prepare the sauce.
- Heat up oil and butter in a pan.
- Add chopped onions and grated garlic.
- Saute for few minutes until the onions become transluscent.
- Now add all purpose flour and quick stir.
- Cook for 1 or 2 minutes on low heat until the flour become aromatic or start changing the color.
- Now add milk on low heat and quick stir.
- Season with salt, black peppers and thyme/rosemary.
- Now add fresh cream in a sauce and quickly stir the sauce on low heat until it shows creamy texture.
- Next is to add sauteed mushrooms and mix well.
- Cover and Cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Then it's ready to serve.
- Sprinkle parsley and enjoy!
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Notes
- Clean the fresh mushrooms properly.
- You can use any mushroom that you have.
- Carefully wash the mushrooms as they can absorb water.
- Avoid cooking the mushrooms for too long.
- When making sauce, it's important to stir continuously as the roux can stick on the bottom and it will give a burnt taste in the soup.
- When making sauce then avoid adding milk on high heat as it can curdle.
- Continuous stirring is important to make the smooth and creamy texture of the soup.
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Ayesha
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