Cream of Asparagus and Mushroom Soup

Name: Cream of Asparagus and Mushroom Soup
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams fresh asparagus, tips set aside and stalks chopped; 3 slices bacon; 1 Tbsp bacon drippings; 59 milliliters butter; 3 stalks celery, chopped; 1 liters chicken broth; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 227 grams package sliced fresh mushrooms; 8 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 177 milliliters half-and-half cream; 1 onion, diced; 1 potato, peeled and diced

Cream of Asparagus and Mushroom Soup might be just the soup you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 6g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 191 calories. This recipe serves 8. If you have asparagus, potato, salt and ground pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 55 minutes.

Instructions

Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Drain the bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate. Crumble bacon when cool; set aside. Reserve 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings.

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Bacon

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Melt butter with drippings in a saucepan over medium heat.

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Butter

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Cook and stir celery and onion in the saucepan until onion is translucent, about 4 minutes.

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Celery

Onion

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Whisk flour into the mixture and cook for 1 minute.

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All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Whisk in chicken broth and bring to a boil.

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Chicken Broth

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Whisk

Add potato and chopped asparagus stalks, reserving the asparagus tips for later. Season with salt and ground black pepper.

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Ground Black Pepper

Asparagus

Potato

Salt

Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

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.

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Soup

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Pot

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.

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Ground Black Pepper

Asparagus

Mushrooms