How to make mushroom soup
Here is how to make mushroom soup with cream or milk with simple steps and ingredients.
Ingredients for making mushroom soup
Mushroom soup is one of the delicious and favorite soups of many. In this article, learn how to prepare it.
Simple and easy way to prepare mushroom soup.
- 90 grams of butter.
- 2 medium-size onions, cut into small pieces.
- 1 piece of crushed garlic.
- 500 grams of mushrooms, cut into small pieces (to taste).
- 2 tablespoons of flour.
- A cup of chicken broth or one cube of Maggi cubes.
- 1 single sheet of bay leaf.
- 4 tablespoons of cream.
- A small handful of chopped parsley (optional).
Steps to prepare mushroom soup
- Put the butter in a soup pot over medium heat until it melts.
- Add the onions and garlic for 8-10 minutes, being careful to let the garlic and onions wilt without turning brown.
- Then add the mushrooms and raise the heat for 3 minutes or until the mushrooms are wilted.
- Put the flour in a soup pot and stir to combine all the ingredients with the flour.
- Put the chicken stock and bay leaf in the soup pot and leave the mixture until the soup begins to boil, then leave it for 10 minutes.
- Then remove the bay leaf, then grind it.
- Blend the soup the way you prefer, using either an electric mixer or a hand mixer.
- Heat the soup again and add the cream while stirring.
- Add parsley and the soup is ready to serve.
Nutritionist's notes
- Try using chicken stock instead of the Maggi cubes, as the cubes contain a lot of salt.
- It is recommended to use fresh mushrooms instead of canned ones, as canned mushrooms contain a high percentage of salt.
Mushroom soup and heart patients
It is recommended to reduce the amount of butter in the recipe or dispense with olive oil to reduce the percentage of fat in the soup for heart patients.
Nutritional values per serving
| Calories | 258 calories |
| total fat | 20.9 g |
| cholesterol | 54 milligrams |
| Sodium | 340 milligrams |
| carbohydrates | 14 g |
| Protein | 4 grams |