Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mike's ez onion mushroom soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mike's EZ Onion Mushroom Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Mike's EZ Onion Mushroom Soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have mike's ez onion mushroom soup using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mike's EZ Onion Mushroom Soup:
- Make ready Onion Mushroom Soup
- Take 8 cup Varied Mushrooms [halved-baby portabella-white-brown-wild]
- Get 1 Extra Large White Onion [chopped]
- Take 1 cup Quality Dry White Wine [reserve half]
- Make ready 1 tbsp Fresh Minced Garlic [+ 2 reserve cloves]
- Prepare 1/2 cup Green Onions [chopped]
- Take 1 box Lipton Onion Soup [use both packets in box]
- Get 1 tsp Fresh Ground Black Pepper
- Take 2 tbsp Dehydrated Onions
- Make ready 1 dash Worcestershire Sauce
- Prepare 1 box (32 oz) Beef Broth
- Prepare 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- Prepare 2 tbsp Butter
- Prepare 1 tsp Thyme
- Take 1/2 cup Fresh Parsley [added last]
- Get 1 large Bay Leaf
- Take Breads
- Prepare 1 loaf Dense Bread [your choice-toasted]
- Take Fresh Croutons
- Take Soup Thickeners [flour or starch]
- Make ready 4 tbsp Flour
- Make ready 2 tbsp Corn Starch [+ 1 tablespoon water]
Steps to make Mike's EZ Onion Mushroom Soup:
- Add butter, olive oil, onions, garlic, thyme, both packages of Lipton Onion Soup Mix and 1/2 of your cup of white wine to a heated pot. Cook about 3 minutes or until onions are just slightly translucent. Be careful to not burn your garlic. Cover and let sweat for 5 minutes
- Add flour and other 1/2 cup wine and whisk into onion mixture. You're thickening your soup with this mixture. Know you might need a bit more oil.
- Wash your mushrooms with a damp cloth. - - Half or quarter your mushrooms; depending upon how large they are. You'll want your halves or quarters fairly large and plump. - - Add your mushrooms to the pot and stir. Steam covered for 3 minutes in onions mixture. Stir regularly.
- Add everything else [except breads, corn starch or reserved garlic cloves] to the pot and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Toast your 1" thick slices of crustini bread. You'll definitely want very dense or heavy bread with this soup. - - While your bread is still warm, smear your fresh garlic cloves on your crusty bread and watch them melt! That's it. Nothing else. Just thick slices of garlic bread meant to be dipped in your soup.
- If you feel you'd like to thicken your soup more., Try corn starch. Mix 2 tablespoons starch to 1 tablespoon water. Mix well. Add 1/2 of it to your simmering pot and stir well. Let simmer for 1 minute. Add the other half if need be.
- Throw in your fresh parsley about 45 seconds before service. Pull Bay Leaf.
- Serve soup piping hot with tons of warm garlic crustini bread or fresh croutons. You don't want to run out of bread so make extra if need be. Enjoy!
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