Darcy's Cream of Mushroom Soup

Submitted by Darcys Diner

"This is by far our favorite mushroom soup recipe. Even my kids will eat mushrooms in this soup! Yummm!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 2 (12 ounce) packages sliced mushrooms
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 large garlic cloves, pressed
• 3⁄4 cup flour
• 6 1⁄2 cups chicken broth (I make from salted chicken base)
• 3⁄4 cup white wine (can use sherry)
• 1 pint half-and-half cream
• 3 tablespoons fresh parsley (or use less if using dried)
• 1 dash salt (optional)
• 1 dash pepper (optional)

directions

1. Melt butter in frypan. Saute mushrooms, onion, garlic until onions are translucent. Add flour, heat until bubbly. Whisk in broth, wine & parsley. Simmer for 10 minutes or more. Add 1/2 & 1/2, heat through but don't boil. Add salt or pepper to taste. I don't add more salt because I use a salted chicken base for my broth.

Reviews

[Madison Ave]

This is awesome and so easy to make!!!! I did not make any changes and was sipping wine while adding wine ;). A keeper in my book!

 

[mama smurf]

Made for Spring PAC 2013 and I am so glad I did. This is delicious soup and really not hard at all if you're looking for an easy dish. I did use up some cremini and white button mushrooms. Delicious! Definately a keeper. Thank you for posting.

 

[PA Cindy]

This was sooooo good. I was looking for something to take to a little get together at a friends house. She was making spaghetti and I knew some others were bringing desert. I love soup so I decided on this. I'm glad I did. It was a big hit and everyone wanted the recipe. I didn't change much at all. I only had two 6 ounce packages of baby portabellas, more would have made it a little hardier but that was my mistake. I didn't have white wine so I used red. I only had a half pint of heavy cream so I used that and the same amount of milk which made half and half. I can't believe I didn't have parsley so I use dried chives instead. I did add about a teaspoon of thyme because I like the pairing of mushrooms with thyme. People think this is hard to make, but it really takes no time at all. Thanks Darcy for a delicious recipe. UPDATE: I wanted to make this a little hardier so I added some ground turkey breast and kept everything else the same. It worked really well. I used two packages of mushrooms this time and it was even better.

 

[*Parsley*]

Awesome soup! The white wine and parsley add a great flavor. I used fat free half and half without a problem. The texture is just right; not too thick and not too thin. This is a winner. Thanx!