Recipes

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Posted on by mpsass

I seriously need to get better at taking pretty pictures when I cook but I haven’t been taking the time for it. This condensed mushroom soup recipe is delicious though! WAY more flavor than the canned version.

I like to use cream of mushroom soup in my tater tot hot dish.

Homemade Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 onion white or yellow
  • 16 oz mushrooms
  • 1.5 sticks butter 12 tbsp
  • 4 tsp minced garlic
  • 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp flour
  • 1.5 tsp salt or more to taste
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 2 tsp dried thyme
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 2 cups vegetable or chicken stock

Method
 

  1. Finely chop the onions and mushrooms, keep them separate
  2. Melt butter in a large pan
  3. add onions and garlic, cook for 2 minutes
  4. add mushrooms, cook for 8-10 minutes to get moisutre out of mushrooms and reduce them
  5. add salt, pepper, thyme and flour. Cook for 2 minutes stirring constantly to keep flour from burning
  6. Slowly whisk in whipping cream and broth
  7. Simmer for a couple of minutes, mixture will thicken quickly
  8. Use in a recipe right away, or wait for it to cool and freeze
  9. I freeze mine in 2-3 cup portions ready for recipes! Freezes for up to at least 2 months
  10. For my tator tot hot dish, I used 3 cups of this cream of mushroom soup for 2 pounds of ground beef.
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