Cream of Asparagus and Mushroom Soup Recipe - Allrecipes.com
Cream of Asparagus and Mushroom Soup Recipe
  • READY IN 55 mins

Cream of Asparagus and Mushroom Soup

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"I was on a work trip in Oklahoma City several years ago and had a delicious bowl of cream of asparagus soup at a cute cafe, and I spent a year trying to recreate my own version of this heart-warming soup. With the collaboration of my family's ideas, I have come up with a version of soup that I serve for our formal holiday meals as a starter course." —  

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  1. Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate. Crumble bacon when cool; set aside. Reserve 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings.
  2. Melt butter with drippings in a saucepan over medium heat.
  3. Cook and stir celery and onion in the saucepan until onion is translucent, about 4 minutes.
  4. Whisk flour into the mixture and cook for 1 minute.
  5. Whisk in chicken broth and bring to a boil.
  6. Add potato and chopped asparagus stalks, reserving the asparagus tips for later. Season with salt and ground black pepper.
  7. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
  8. Pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
  9. Cook and stir mushrooms and asparagus tips in the same skillet used for bacon until mushrooms give up their liquid, 5 to 8 minutes. Season with salt and ground black pepper, if needed.
  10. Stir mushrooms, asparagus tips, and half-and-half cream to pureed soup. Cook until thoroughly heated.
  11. Garnish soup with crumbled bacon.
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  • PREP 15 mins
  • COOK 40 mins
  • READY IN 55 mins
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Feb 11, 2012

This soup is amazing! The only change I made was to add the mushrooms with the asparagus stalks so that I could puree the mushrooms and hide them from my son. He hates mushrooms.

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Apr 22, 2012

OH MAN! This is a great soup. Made a little healthier version - used veggie broth, omitted the bacon, and used skim milk. I over-salted the soup and remembered a trick my grandma told me once. Peel and cut in half a potato, add to the soup, cook until the potato is soft, remove potato. It pulled just the perfect amount of salt out of the soup. PERFECT! Thanks for the great recipe.

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Mar 09, 2012

This is a great soup. I fought the inclination to put some garlic in with the cooking onions and the celery, but it didn't need it. The bacon bits I used were from one of those "real bacon bits" bags so I could use the actual bacon I cooked in my microwave for BLT sandwiches. This soup is to die for and I cooked it exactly as described by this excellent chef/mother. Thanks for the new soup recipe and I am sure the other readers will be checking this recipe out soon.

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May 03, 2012

Awesome soop. Took me a bit longer as I made my own chicken broth, but the final result was plain wonderful. Next time I'd add a bit more potatoes though to make a bit more creamy.

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Apr 04, 2012

I followed the recipe exactly and this soup knocks it out of the park with great flavor and elegance. The only change I would make is to add more asparagus and maybe potatoes at the end to give it more texture. (Just a personal preference.)

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Mar 10, 2012

This was really delicious and easy. I added more bacon to the soup and served with some crusty bread.

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Jun 19, 2012

my new fave - was in a hurry so used what was in the pantry - vegetta & hot water instead of chicken stock and chopped rehydrated crimini mushrooms and real bacon bits from a bag - I know it will be even better when made as the recipe states to - can't wait!

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May 02, 2012

Very good soup, Will definately make this again and again

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Nutrition

  • Calories
  • 182 kcal
  • 9%
  • Carbohydrates
  • 13.5 g
  • 4%
  • Cholesterol
  • 33 mg
  • 11%
  • Fat
  • 12.1 g
  • 19%
  • Fiber
  • 2.5 g
  • 10%
  • Protein
  • 5.9 g
  • 12%
  • Sodium
  • 916 mg
  • 37%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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