Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup
The creamiest mushroom soup that tastes just like the canned stuff – except it’s so much healthier, creamier and tastier!
Homemade cream of mushroom soup has been on my bucket list for years. And I honestly don’t know why it took me so long to make it because this is one of the easiest soups I have ever made. Plus, it tastes a million times better than the canned stuff!
The hardest part about this is probably the slicing of the mushrooms – that’s it! Once that’s done, it’s smooth sailing and everything gets thrown into the pot. Done and done. And if you’re not the biggest wine person, you can also reduce the amount of wine and add more chicken broth as needed.
So there you have it – the creamiest of mushroom soups that tastes just like the canned stuff – except it’s so much healthier, creamier and tastier. Plus, this can be made in 30 minutes or less – you can’t beat that!
Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup
Ingredients
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ pounds cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1 onion, diced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup red wine
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add garlic and mushrooms, and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and browned, about 5-6 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in onion and cook, stirring frequently, until translucent, about 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in wine and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Stir in chicken broth, heavy cream and thyme.
- In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and 1/4 cup water. Stir in mixture to the soup until slightly thickened, about 1-2 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste. If the soup is too thin, add more cornstarch as needed until desired consistency is reached.
- Serve immediately.
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I just made this soup.. it was soooo good!! Great flavor and creaminess.
Great recipe! I switched out cooking sherry for red wine . I stirred in a cup of sherry when recipe called for it, and then finished it with another 1/2 cup at the end! Yummy!
I just made this recipe today, I tripled it, and used a full bottle of dry red wine, 4 pnds of white mushrooms I got on sale, and it turned out amazing. Only change was I needed to do the mushrooms in a separate pan with butter and garlic. Just waiting for it to cool off and freeze, as we have University kids that don’t have time to cook. This recipe is a keeper!
I use sherry which gives is a nice pink color.
Hands down the best mushroom soup I’ve ever had, although I don’t really care for the thyme so I’ll leave it out next time. Thank you!!
Can’t wait to try this in Sunday. Do you have weekly posts? I’d love to get more recipes from you
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Can this be frozen, in portions to use in recipes?
Janice
Unfortunately, I cannot answer this with certainty as I have never tried freezing this myself – there were no leftovers left to freeze! Please use your best judgment for freezing and reheating.
Is this soup freezable?
Unfortunately, I cannot answer this with certainty as I have never tried freezing this myself – there were no leftovers left to freeze! Please use your best judgment for freezing and reheating.
Is it possible to can this cream of mushroom soup?
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
I omitted garlic, added celery, fresh thyme and a bit of fresh ground nutmeg. Emersion blender. It only needed a bit of thickening, so I used xanthum gum (no gluten and low carb). Excellent. The red wine was key!
I made this dish, following this recipe (except I used a bunch of white mushrooms, instead, as I had a ton in my fridge to use up), tonight – I tripled the ingredients so I can have several meals for my wife and me over the next week. This tastes SO MUCH better than the store-bought stuff. Thanks for posting this recipe.
Thank you very much! This recipe is soooo great !
Delicious!! I didn’t have any red wine but used white, it tasted great. Also when the soup was ready I took out about half of the mushroom and blended the soup with a hand blender to thicken it up, then returned the whole mushrooms. MMM Yummy. I will definitely make this soup again.
What is the best non alcohol substitution for the red wine? Can I just used home made chicken broth? And a substitute for thyme?
Yes! You can also substitute other desired herbs for the thyme.
Have you ever used 1/2 and 1/2 as a subistute?
Half and half would be a great substitute!
I just made this soup 5 minutes ago and I LOVE it!!! Didn’t have any cremini mushrooms nor did I have chicken broth in my pantry but I used baby Bella and beef broth…it worked out perfectly! I am going to serve this with some homemade croutons tonight along with you shrimp and broccoli slaw sandwich! Thanks for these recipes 🙂
Thankyou soo much for a most excellent recipe!! I followed the whole recipe, just added more garlic, used a super smooth Merlot, fresh chicken stock from the supermarket and a lot of fresh Tyme. Oh it tastes amazing, it’s a 5 star recipe.
I made this tonight to add into a Tuna Noodle Casserole. It was DELICIOUS! the soup was a little pinkish, but in the casserole you couldn’t tell. I didn’t use up all the soup, but saved the rest for another time. I’m definitely making this again when I need mushroom soup for something.
Excellent recipes! I added golden oak shiitake and a teaspoon of teragon; so extremely delicious my neighbors wanted the recipe. Thanks for posting it!
I love mushrooms, but was never a canned cream of mushroom soup fan. Looking at the picture of your batch here has got me thinking of making my own. Looks delish! I’m trying to cut dairy though. Do you think creamy cashew milk would work instead of the heavy cream? Thanks and keep those great easy recipes coming!. Happy New Year too!
Unfortunately, without having tried this myself, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment.