Green Bean Soup With Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms

Green Bean Soup With Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms

This green bean soup with caramelized onions and mushroom recipe is delicious and soothing. The vinegar provides a perfectly nuanced and complementary taste experience.

Keyword caramelized onions and mushrooms, green bean soup, green bean soup with mushrooms

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 320kcal

Author Cooks

Ingredients

2 pounds fresh green beans string if needed, then chop into bite size
8 cups broth or water we like to use veggie broth
3 Tablespoons butter start with 3 Tbsp; add more if needed or desired; (or olive oil);
2 medium onions julienned (~3 cups sliced thin)
2 clove garlic minced
12 oz sliced mushrooms or ~3 cups cups sliced
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups sour cream (1-2 cups to taste); (We use 1 cup sour cream and 1 cup heavy cream)
3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
4 sprigs fresh parsley or your favorite fresh herb
1/2 tablespoon salt or to taste

Instructions

Vegetarian Version

CARAMELIZE Onions and mushrooms, (then remove from pan but reserve pan). (You may need to do onions first and then mushrooms, if your pan is too full).
STRING beans if they have strings that need removing.
CHOP beans into 1-2" pieces
ADD cut beans to a large pot and cover with broth, (or sub with water if preferred).
COOK: Bring beans to boil in a large pot, then reduce to simmer until tender, (about 10 minutes). Do not overcook to mushy, (unless you prefer your beans that way).
CARAMELIZE onions & mushroom in pan, add 3 Tbsp. butter or oil and saute minced garlic until golden..
ADD 1/2 cup of broth from the green beans and turn heat to medium heat.
WHISK flour into sauté pan broth stirring constantly, while reducing heating to simmer until it sauce thickens some. (For thicker sauce you can add a Tbsp. of cornstarch or arrowroot powder and/or more flour).
COMBINE sauce, caramelized onions, mushrooms, vinegar and salt, and simmer together on low heat for 5-10 minutes.
STIR & TOP: stir in dairy (sour cream, heavy cream and/or milk). Simmer for another minute or two. Remove from heat and TOP with fresh parsley or other garden fresh herbs.

For Meat Version:

Add 4 slices of bacon
Cook bacon in frying pan until cooked but not crispy; remove bacon when done and place on cutting board to chop later.
Begin cooking the soup in soup pot according to instructions above.
Add bacon grease in steps 7 & 8 when adding flour for thickening.

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