Mushrooms are one of our fave ingredients, and nothing beats a soul-soothing bowl of creamy mushroom soup, except minus the calories and not so healthy bits of cream.
These fungi boast a wealth of nutritional goodness such as Vitamin B, which is essential for healthy digestive and immune system, Vitamin D needed for the regulation of calcium and phosphorus absorption, maintenance of healthy bones and teeth and minerals such as Selenium that works as antioxidants to protect our bodies from damages which might lead to heart diseases and cancers.
First of all, this recipe embraces au naturel goodness only – which might mean a little more effort, but trust me, it is still very simple. Best of all, no other tools like blender required except the usual pots, knives… well, you probably already know how extensive my kitchen and pantry are! :p
Hearty Creamy Mushroom Soup
~serves 1 adult and 1 baby
Ingredients for mushroom soup:
2 big Portobello mushrooms – rinsed and chopped to desired size. A blender is helpful but not compulsory unless super fine bits are preferred. We like the chewy parts, so chopping was great!
1 small garlic – chopped finely
2 tsp plain flour
Soup stock – we did chicken and veggie stock but you can use packaged stock or cubes too.
First, we’ll start with making the soup stock.
Ingredients for soup stock:
1/2 chicken breast – cleaned and blanched in separate pot
1/2 onion – chopped
Tomatoes – chopped large ones. We used cherry tomatoes here.
A few wolfberries
Steps to make chicken soup stock:
1) Place all ingredients in pot of water and let it boil. Simmer over 30 minutes in low fire.
2) Strain ingredients and set soup stock aside. As for ingredients, you may wish to use them to cook another dish, if preferred.
Steps to make mushroom soup:
1) Saute garlic lightly over heated pan. Add chopped mushrooms and stir fry them. They will visibly shrink, and turn darker.
2) Turn off fire and remove them from pan. Pour into pot of soup stock and allow to boil under medium heat for 15 minutes, or till soup turns brown.
3) Add flour into soup and stir to dissolve. Flour thickens soup, so if a thicker consistency is preferred, add more flour. Allow to boil for another 10 minutes, turn off fire and prepare to serve.
Serving up a hot bowl of creamy mushroom soup for baby V and mama! And we had pasta to go along :)
Tips:
– Mushrooms can be replaced with white button, shitake or swiss brown instead or even a mix.
Nutritional Facts:
– Mushrooms are a good source of iron and vitamin D, B-vitamins, antioxidants and more. Plus, they’re low in calories. (Source)
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