How to Make Cream of Mushroom Soup
If you love cream of mushroom soup, try making your own. This recipe is very easy and it will become a favorite soup recipe that you go back time and again. Start with the basics, adding flavors such as leek and onion as you try variations. Remember that one of the keys to tasty cream of mushroom soup is reserving the liquid from boiling the mushrooms to make the broth. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms
- 3 cups whole milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon flour
- Salt and pepper
- 1 cup water
- Colander
- Pot
- Knife
- Mixing bowl
- Blender (optional)
Instructions
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Place a pot with the water on the stove to boil. Separate the stems from the main part of the mushroom by slicing the stem off with a sharp knife. Chop the mushrooms into small pieces.
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Cook the stems and mushrooms in one cup of water for 15 minutes once the water is boiling.
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Place a colander in a large bowl. Pour the mushrooms into the colander and retain the liquid. Set the liquid aside.
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Put the butter and chopped mushrooms in a frying pan and cook on low for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Add the flour and stir to blend with the mushrooms.
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Add the mushroom liquid, milk, salt and pepper.
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Serve as is, or run through a blender to make a fine puree.
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I just made this Cream of Mushroom soup. It was great. I just made a double batch, and it's almost gone. Just ate 4 big bowls of it, I'm stuffed. OK so here is my helpful hint. After it cooked on low for 25 minutes it didn't thicken up. So I turned the heat up to high (Make sure you stir it all the time or the milk with scorch) brought it to a boil cut it down to med heat cooked another 20 minutes, still didn't get thick. So then I mixed 1 (ONE) heaping table spoon of flour with 1/4 cup cold water mixed well so NO LUMPS. Pour this into the soup while you mix it (Don't just dump it in you'll have a big lump of dough in the bottom of your pot) and stirred it well tasted and just right. Before this it was all milk and the butter was floating on top. Now it's the right consistency and it taste like Cream of Mushroom soup. Enjoy I hope this helps someone else out.
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Love to cook, but needing a can of Cream of Mushroom why not make it myself. Thank you for the lovely recipe. Have to make a Tuna casarole from left over noodles. Just like Chopped!
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Love to cook, but needing a can of Cream of Mushroom why not make it myself. Thank you for the lovely recipe. Have to make a Tuna casarole from left over noodles. Just like Chopped!
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wow this is great. I will try them
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Wow that was amazing soup I love it! The best soup I have had in a long time.
