Cream of Mushroom Soup (Weight Watchers)
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 1 lb portobello mushroom cap, sliced
- 1 lb white mushroom, sliced
- 1 (48 ounce) can low sodium chicken broth
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup fat-free half-and-half
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
directions
- Melt butter in a nonstick Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion, celery and carrot; cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 10 minutes. (Optional: Reserve enough of the slices of sliced white mushrooms to place a couples slices on top of each soup serving.) Stir in broth, salt and pepper; bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Remove Dutch oven from heat. Uncover and let cool 30 minutes.
- Puree soup in batches in food processor or blender. Return soup to Dutch oven; stir in half-and-half, sage and thyme. Cook, stirring occasionally, over medium heat until heated through, about 10 minutes. Optional: Top each bowl of soup with a couple slices of sauteed mushrooms.
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Reviews
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We had just gotten the Jan/Feb'10 issue and I saw this recipe in there! I had to try it. It came out very good. I used EVOO instead of butter. I also used only about 3/4 lb of portobello - I just didn't want to buy another package and have too much. The package I bought was 2 large caps. I did use 1 lb of the button mushrooms. I used 3 cans of low sodium chicken broth and 1 can (12 oz) of evaporated skim milk. I didn't have fresh herbs so I used 1 tsp dry sage and 1 tsp dry thyme. We think it turned out pretty good. I also used my hand blender instead of a processor or blender.
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This soup was a major hit with the family on a cold Midwestern evening. I used several kinds of mushrooms, cremini, portobello, shitake, and maitake, since I could pick them all up at the local international grocery. I also used an immersion blender, which cut down on the prep time substantially. I will definitely make this one again.
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Excellent Soup! I decided to make this on a cold Iowa winter evening. I used the pack of two big size portabello mushroom caps and used regular chicken broth since store didn't have the low sodium in the big can. For the fresh sage & thyme I ended up using 1/4 tsp each of ground sage and ground thyme. This recipe did take a little longer to make than I thought with 30 minutes to simmer & 30 minutes to cool but the outcome of this soup is SO worth it! Will definetly be making this again. A keeper!!!
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