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You might never buy the store-bought stuff again. This Homemade Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe is so delicious, easy, and luxurious. That is right… Cream of Mushroom can be luxurious! Find out how to make this amazing recipe here.

Overhead shot of cream of mushroom soup with croutons on top and mushrooms on the side. Two spoons on the side and all of it on old wood.

On my journey of exploring the hotdish, I have decided to try and construct a complete tater tot hotdish from scratch. Thus far, I have provided a recipe for tater tots and now we are going to work on a cream of mushroom soup.

Sure, you can open a can of Campbell’s premade condensed cream of mushroom soup and dump it in the casserole dish, but that is not how I roll. If you want to learn how to make a good-tasting creamed mushroom soup, stick with me.

Ok, We Really Aren’t Going to Make Soup

If you look at the recipes for most hotdishes, they call for condensed cream of something soup. We really don’t want soup, but condensed soup. Really, we are going to be constructing a gravy appropriate for a hotdish that could easily be turned into soup.

In fact, this recipe can really be a gravy, a soup, or a condensed soup. It is multipurpose and I often make this for my vegetarian wife as a gravy.

Chopping mushrooms for cream of mushroom soup.
Pouring the cream into our mushroom roux.

The Sensitive Topic of Mushrooms In Our Household

I get it. Some people hate mushrooms. I think they are crazy. I guess my wife might fall into this category, as she does not like mushrooms. Her relationship with mushrooms is a bit more complicated than it first appears, though. You see, she is not a fan of hunks of raw mushrooms or a plate of cooked mushrooms.

We do, however, put mushrooms into things and I can use them if they are chopped small enough to make it difficult to even notice. Even this cream of mushroom soup is acceptable to her and she thinks it tastes great!

On my first run, I blended my mushrooms with a little water to totally emulsify it, but I didn’t really like that version as much as the current. If it were just me, I might have just cut up the mushrooms roughly instead of dicing them, but it turned out really good with the diced shrooms.

Not Going To Over Complicate This Cream Of Mushroom Soup

Look, this is mushroom soup. The other major ingredient is also in the title. Cream. Yes, there are a few other ingredients, but really this comes down to a simple roux with mushroom flavors. We are going to get the mushroom flavors by allowing butter to cook with diced mushrooms and then constructing the soup from that.

Completed cream of mushroom soup on old plankwood with sides of mushrooms and croutons.

Did you try this recipe?

Thank you so much for giving my Mushroom Soup recipe a try and I hope you like it as much as I do. It would be great if you could let me know how it went in the comments section below. If you leave a rating and share it on social media, it really does help me and maybe help your friends make some good food! Most of all, thanks for visiting Ramshackle Pantry!

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Overhead shot of cream of mushroom soup with croutons on top and mushrooms on the side. Two spoons on the side and all of it on old wood.

Homemade Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe

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  • Author: Ben Myhre
  • Prep Time: 10 Minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 Minutes
  • Total Time: 30 Minutes
  • Yield: 4 Servings 1x
  • Category: Soup
  • Method: Stove Top
  • Cuisine: American
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Description

Why eat the canned stuff when you can make a simple, elegant, and flavorful version of your own Cream of Mushroom soup? This soup is really tasty and can be used for other recipes that call for condensed mushroom soup. Heck, it even makes a great gravy or add more liquid to make it a soup. This is a great all-purpose fresh Mushroom Soup recipe.


Ingredients

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  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 8 ounces diced mushrooms
  • 1 Tablespoon minced onions
  • 1 Clove minced garlic
  • ¼ cup Flour
  • 1 Cup Vegetable stock
  • 1 Cup Whole Milk
  • ½ Tablespoon Salt
  • 1 Tablespoon Fresh Thyme (optional)

Instructions

  1. Heat medium saucepan and add butter, mushrooms, thyme, onions, and garlic
  2. Let butter melt and lightly cook the ingredients while stirring
  3. Once the butter is melted, slowly add flour to pan. The butter should turn into almost a paste. Continue stirring to make sure nothing is burning.
  4. Slowly add one cup of milk while stirring. We want the paste to incorporate with the milk so it becomes a consistent fluid.
  5. Turn up the heat to medium-high and continue stirring until sauce thickens to a gravy consistency.
  6. Add 1 cup of vegetable stock and continue to stir until everything incorporates evenly and bring to a boil.
  7. If making non-condensed soup, add remaining vegetable stock and milk.
  8. Lower heat and simmer 15 minutes being mindful to stir so it doesn’t scorch on the bottom
  9. Serve

Notes

  • Can use chicken stock instead of vegetable stock. 
  • Add more stock to make it more soup-like or until desired consistency.

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28 Comments

  1. I LOVE mushrooms and this creamy version of shroom soup is everything I need on this cold and damp day! I have been using heavy cream to get that creamy consistency, and need to try your recipe.

  2. This is just perfect!!!
    So many recipe start with a can of condensed soup and they aren’t something I ever have in my house.

    Our household is split on mushrooms, but I am a massive fan 😀

  3. I get that some people don’t love mushrooms, but actually, I don’t get it, lol. 🙂 I love mushrooms and this homemade condensed version of cream of mushroom soup looks and sounds wonderful. And I have quite a few dishes I can use this in to replace the canned stuff!

  4. I use condensed cream of mushroom soup in so many of my favorite recipes. I don’t know why I have never tried making my own. I’m so excited to give this a try!

  5. Yum! It looks so thick and creamy and comforting. Both my husband and I we love mushrooms and would love your tasty version of mushroom soup!

  6. I’ve never tried to make my own cream of anything soup before. And I’ve always been the one to just buy the can. But I learned how to make my own vegetable broth, and it completely changed my life. I can already tell that making my own cream of mushroom soup will do the same thing

  7. I’m just like your wife – I don’t want huge chunks of mushroom in whatever I’m eating, but sometimes I’m cool with them if they’re small enough. On the topic of hotdish, I too, have been quite interested. I love that you’re working on making yours 100% made from scratch!

  8. I have so many recipes saved that call for condensed mushroom soup, but I just can’t bring myself to use a can of the premade stuff. Totally making this!!

    1. It is a great soup even on its own. I think it might be on my rotation for this week even.

  9. Yeah, cans are just fine if you’re in a rush – but when you want to make a really good dish, go for the real stuff! It’s so much better…