Hohoho Homemade Cream Of Mushroom Soup Alongside Wild Rice Recipe

This has been i of the warmest winters on tape inward Pennsylvania, but simply a few days agone the temperature lastly dipped downward below 10°F, just inward fourth dimension to brand about hot comforting soup for winter! This recipe comes from my mother, who got it from her mother, as well as it's about other i of those identify unit of measurement recipes that is non written downward anywhere. We all know it past times memory, but today I idea I would percentage it alongside you! Not a fan of rice? The wild rice is optional - omit it as well as y'all volition bring regular, rich & delicious cream of mushroom soup!

Ingredients

4 cups of sliced, fresh raw mushrooms

1/2 stick butter

3 heaping tablespoons of flour

1 tin (or 1 cup) of beef broth

1 container sour cream

1/4 to 1/2 loving cup wild rice, uncooked

1 clove of garlic, crushed (or 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder)

Salt & fresh terra firma dark pepper to taste

Instructions

Wash as well as piece mushrooms, as well as thus identify mushrooms inward a large soup pot as well as comprehend alongside H2O as well as a picayune extra H2O (I exercise virtually half dozen cups of water; if I am using to a greater extent than mushrooms I volition increase the H2O a bit). Sprinkle alongside virtually 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Cook on medium high heat.

Simmer mushrooms on medium high rut until mushrooms accomplish a rolling boil, thus plough downward as well as simmer over medium heat.

Add 1/4 loving cup (or to a greater extent than if y'all like) of wild rice to the simmering mushrooms. I unremarkably add together betwixt 1/4 to 1/2 loving cup of rice.

Add i loving cup (or i can) of beef or chicken broth to the mushrooms. I exercise beef broth.

Continue to simmer the mushrooms, water, rice, as well as broth on medium heat.

While the mushrooms are cooking, inward a split medium bowl add together 3/4 container to i whole container of sour cream. Add 1 heaping tablespoon of flour as well as 2 tablespoons of water. Whisk the sour cream, flour, as well as H2O together good as well as thus laid upward aside.

In a separate, medium sized pot, melt 1/2 stick of butter over medium heat.

Once melted as well as simply kickoff to bubble, add together 2 tablespoons of flour, as well as whisk inward rapidly alongside a wire whisk, continuing to whisk, making a roux, spell the flour/butter mixture begins to lightly brown. Whisk constantly as well as live careful non to terminate the mixture! You volition encounter it kickoff to brownish every bit y'all stir it on the heat. (see below)

Once it is a overnice golden brownish every bit inward the photograph above, take from rut as well as carefully mix the roux into the pot alongside the mushrooms. It volition unremarkably bubble upward when y'all pour the roux inward alongside the mushrooms, thus pour slowly!

Now add together the sour cream mixture to the mushrooms, whisking it together well. Add tabular array salt as well as fresh terra firma dark pepper to taste. Simmer, covered, for about other 3o minutes or until mushrooms as well as rice are completely cooked as well as tender.