Joe's Homemade Mushroom Soup

This easy recipe turns commonplace ingredients into a wonderfully tasty soup to feed a crowd.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 227 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ¼ cups butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 10 cups chicken broth
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg, or to taste
• ½ cup minced fresh parsley
• ¼ cup sour cream, or as needed
• 2 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
• 5 pounds sliced fresh mushrooms
• 10 cups milk

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Melt butter in your largest stockpot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and mushroom in hot butter until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir flour, pepper, and salt into the onion mixture. Gradually stream milk and chicken broth into mixture while stirring to incorporate.

Step 2

Bring the liquid to a boil; cook at a boil until thickened, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat. Stir parsley and nutmeg into the soup. Ladle soup into bowls and top each with a dollop of sour cream.