Creamy Mushroom Soup
This creamy mushroom soup recipe is delicious and easy to make. I originally got this recipe from my dad, although his version is a cream of mushroom soup.
If you have been following this blog, you will know that Christopher, my darling husband, is lactose intolerant, so cream based soups are totally out. That is if I want him to eat them. And I do, so I modify them to suit his needs.
I usually dollop sour cream in my bowl but it actually doesn’t need it. You can see how robust and delicious the soup looks even without the sour cream.
I am a huge fan of mushrooms. I almost always buy fresh mushrooms every week at the grocery store. What about you? Do you buy mushrooms a lot?
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How to make creamy mushroom soup
Pre-step
Get out a large sauce pan or Dutch oven.
Step one
Gather the ingredients – mushrooms – I use both portobello and shitake, chopped onion and butter.
Step two
Heat the Dutch oven on medium and add the butter.
Step three
Once it melts, add the onions and sauté them for 8 minutes.
Step four
Add the mushrooms and stand there and stir them as they sauté for 5 minutes.
Step five
Time to add the chicken broth, thyme, salt and pepper. Let the soup come to a slight boil, then lower the heat to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
I transfer the soup to a tureen to serve it.
Here is the soup before the garnish. See how flavorful it looks?
And now after the sour cream is dolloped on.
Sour cream is my friend.
I hope you enjoyed this creamy mushroom soup as much as we enjoyed eating it.
More delicious soups
And as always, may all your dishes be delish!
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Creamy Mushroom Soup
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 10 ounces portobello mushrooms sliced
- 5 ounces shiitake mushrooms sliced
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/16 teaspoon pepper
Optional
- 1 tablespoon sour cream for garnish
Instructions
- Heat medium to large saucepan on medium heat
- Add butter, once melted add onion and sauté for 8 minutes or until almost translucent
- Add mushrooms and stir while they sauté for 5 minutes
- Add chicken broth, thyme, salt and pepper and let the mixture almost come to a boil, lower temperature and simmer for 10 minutes
- Either transfer to a soup tureen or ladle right out of the pan into your soup bowls
- Put a few dollops of sour cream on top if you would like
- Eat
- Smile
- Enjoy
Equipment
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Aww! What a beautiful recipe! I saw it on Foodgawker! Definitely going to put this on my to do list!
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Jenna,
Thanks for liking my recipe!! I too think a bunch of ailments and such are from pesticides and other nasties that are added to our food. I try to buy organic whenever I can.
I looked at your site and saw the South African Sausage. Very intriguing!!
Thank you for commenting on the blog!!
Elaine
Hey Elaine, I loove mushrooms too. This looks great!
Thanks Scott!
It’s a super delicious!
I LLLLOVE mushrooms! Your soup looks like it needs to be made as soon as possible!
Katrin,
Thanks so much! Me too. I love mushrooms!
This soup would make my husband very happy! He loves mushrooms. It looks very tasty. 🙂
I love mushroom soup and this looks like a great recipe!
I love mushroom soup and really like your addition of the sour cream! I can’t wait to try it!
Thanks Michele!
It’s so yummy!
Love the earthy mushroom flavor in this soup!