Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup Substitute

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- Ready In:
- 11mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
1 can
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 6 button mushrooms, cleaned and thinly sliced (this seems to me to be about what it looks like from the can, you can always add more or less as you)
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄2 cup broth (I use chicken but the recipe I based this on the first time suggested beef, it works well with real ) or 1/2 cup bouillon (I use chicken but the recipe I based this on the first time suggested beef, it works well with real )
- 1⁄2 cup milk (I have never done this with skim, it works well with 1.5% and whole milk)
- salt and pepper
directions
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat.
- Saute mushrooms until cooked through.
- Stir in flour a little at a time until a paste is formed and remove from heat.
- Add broth and milk a little at a time, stirring to keep mixture smooth.
- Return to the heat and bring sauce to a gentle boil, stirring constantly until sauce thickens.
- Add salt and pepper to taste. I find it usually doesn't need salt and only a couple of dashes of pepper.
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