Easy Creamy Mushroom Soup Recipe

This creamy mushroom soup recipe is packed with delicious shrooms and a ton of flavor. A super affordable meal to make, this will fill everyone up! Dunk bread sticks or garlic bread into it or serve with a delicious side salad for a complete hearty meal.

Original post: January 2020 | Updated: September 2022

Why This Recipe Works

I am so in love with mushrooms that my husband worries about me. He is on the opposite end of that love, so I feel very misunderstood in my home on this front. When I made this delicious soup he nearly ran from the house screaming. But I pressed on and could not have been happier with the absolutely delicious flavor!

Not only is this one of the best mushroom soup recipes I’ve ever tasted, it is also easy to throw together and it’s an affordable meal to purchase ingredients for. Throw it together for the mushroom lovers in your life! It is an excellent recipe for dinner parties or any old weeknight meal.

How To Make Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe

Step 1

Melt butter in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, celery, thyme, salt and pepper and cook until soft and fragrant, about 3 minutes.

Add the mushrooms.

Cook until they are golden brown, approximately 5 minutes.

Step 2

Add the flour and stir until veggies are coated.

Add white wine and stir until lumps are gone. Turn heat to medium-high and add the broth. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer over medium-low. Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and let cool for 20 to 30 minutes.

Step 3

Pour the mushroom mixture into a blender and puree until smooth. Pour back into the Dutch oven and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until heated through. Add 1 cup heavy cream and cook until warm.

Serve warm with fresh thyme and freshly ground black pepper sprinkled on top!

Recipe Notes

• Butter can be replaced with extra virgin olive oil.
• Be absolutely sure that you allow the soup to cool before you have added it to the blender.
• Another option for making the soup creamier is to use an immersion blender or even a potato masher, depending on how smooth you want it to be.
• The white wine in the recipe is optional, but adds incredible flavor! Replace with red wine for a robustness.
• For a beautiful presentation, place a few fresh thyme leaves over the top before serving.
• Chicken stock, chicken broth, vegetable stock and vegetable broth can be used interchangeably.
• Any type of mushrooms work great in this soup, including white, button mushrooms or baby bella mushrooms.
• Turn this into Hungarian mushroom soup by adding 2 teaspoons Hungarian paprika, doubling the amount of onions in the recipe and adding sour cream, lemon juice and parsley.

Recipes Using Cream of Mushroom Soup

• Green Bean Casserole
• Tater Tot Hotdish
• Creamy Mushroom Chicken Dinner

How To Add Flavor To Soup

Check out these tips to learn how to add flavor to your next batch of soup!

What To Serve With Mushroom Soup

Soup is an easy, comforting meal to prepare for dinner any time of the year. But what do you serve alongside it? Click over for an assortment of recipe ideas to serve with mushroom soup!

More Mushroom Recipes

• Replace rice with this veggie-packed Cauliflower Mushroom Rice side dish. It’s easy to make and prepared in 15 minutes. Packed with flavor and texture plus this recipe also complies with the Whole30 program!
• Zoodles and Mushrooms – Turn veggies into a fun and healthy side dish by transforming zucchini into zoodles. Great way to disguise foods you know are good for you but aren’t your favorite to eat.
• The creamy cheese wedged into the centers of these Crab Stuffed Shrooms will send you to your knees. These savory bites are a great finger food for parties!
• This easy, delicious marinade transforms Grilled Steak and Mushrooms into the most delicious dinner. Steak and Mushroom Kabobs are easy, fun and yummy!
• Your crockpot + four ingredients + two hours = the most delicious Buttery Ranch Mushroom Bites you’ll ever taste! These are a HUGE party food favorite and crowd-pleaser. Bring them to your next potluck!

Are Mushrooms Good For You?

Mushrooms themselves are packed with nutritional value. They contain almost no calories and also have fiber and protein, as well as many other vitamins and nutrients.

When combined with butter, oil and other ingredients the healthiness obviously diminishes, so keep this in mind when preparing them.

Can Dogs Eat Mushrooms?

Store-bought mushrooms are totally safe for consumption for dogs. There are wild varieties of mushrooms that neither dogs nor humans should eat, but the varieties you will find in the store are safe.

Can You Freeze Mushrooms?

Mushrooms can definitely be frozen, but for best results freeze before cooking to avoid mushiness. If you find yourself with an abundance of mushrooms, first place them in a single layer on a baking sheet and quick freeze them for 20 minutes. This will ensure that they do not stick together once they are touching.

Place them in a heavy duty freezer bag and freeze for up to 4 months. When ready to enjoy, allow the mushrooms to thaw completely in the fridge before cooking or eating them.

How Long Do Mushrooms Last?

Store fresh mushrooms in a paper bag in the fridge for best results. They need a little bit of air in order to stay fresh, unlike other vegetables. Mushrooms will stay fresh for 5-7 days when refrigerated and stored properly.

If they start turning brown or getting soft, these are signs that they are starting to spoil.

Delicious Soup Recipes

• Instant Pot Chicken Taco Soup is the BEST! It is packed with flavor, it is super easy to make and it tastes like it’s been cooked low and slow all day long.
• Instant Pot White Turkey Chili is packed with turkey meat, white beans and veggies, this will quickly become a dinner favorite!
• Instant Pot Broccoli Cheese Soup is the best version of this meal that you will ever taste. Let your Instant Pot create a veggie-packed, cheesy, hearty and comforting dinner that everyone at the table will love.
• Add this classic French Onion Soup to your recipe arsenal. It is rich, hearty, flavorful and super easy to make. The presentation is impressive and will make people believe you’ve slaved over a hot stove all day long.

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