Cream of Asparagus and Mushroom Soup

Cream of Asparagus and Mushroom Soup

Recipe by Kristy from allrecipes.com

Lunch 55 Mins.

Ingredients

8

8 servings

  • 3 slices bacon
  • 1 tablespoon bacon drippings
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 3 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 6 cups chicken broth
  • 1 potato, peeled and diced
  • 1 pound fresh asparagus, tips set aside and stalks chopped
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 (8 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
  • ¾ cup half-and-half cream

Instructions

  • 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.
  • Melt butter with drippings in a saucepan over medium heat.
  • Cook and stir celery and onion in the saucepan until onion is translucent, about 4 minutes.
  • Whisk flour into the mixture and cook for 1 minute.
  • Whisk in chicken broth and bring to a boil.
  • Add potato and chopped asparagus stalks, reserving the asparagus tips for later. Season with salt and ground black pepper.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Stir mushrooms, asparagus tips, and half-and-half cream to pureed soup. Cook until thoroughly heated.
  • Garnish soup with crumbled bacon.

Nutritional Facts

Per 8 servings

  • Calories: 155
  • Carbohydrate: 13g
  • Fat: 10g
  • Fiber: 3g
  • Protein: 5g
  • Sugar: 3g

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