Instant Pot Mushroom Soup

Instant Pot Mushroom Soup for cold winter evenings. Comfortingly thick and tasty with an Indian twist!

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About Instant Pot Mushroom Soup

Yesterday morning, I woke up to a scene right out of Frozen. Blinding white snow everywhere and snowflakes, big as frisbees, flying merrily in the slight wind. Hello, Canadian winter. You're officially here and I'm super glad because now I can do my favorite thing: make soup!

So mushroom soup it was. Thick and delicious, it sat waiting in my trusty instant pot until mid-morning when the boys finally got up and we made short work of it.

Speaking of soup, here are more soup recipes if you are looking to add to your repertoire. Mulligatawny soup is a chunky curry soup that's made for these cold days. And two more soups that I really love are cauliflower soup, which is thick and creamy without any cream, and this vegetable soup with pasta and beans. All of them are made in the instant pot! Do take a look ... I'll bet you won't be disappointed.

Back to my mushroom soup. This is an easy cream of mushroom soup and it is made with some pretty basic ingredients like onions, garlic, coarse black pepper, butter, broth, bouillon, flour (aff. links), and half and half cream. However, what's the point of posting another mushroom soup recipe, similar to a thousand others floating around the web, you might ask. So, in a bid to jazz up an ordinary recipe and to keep true to the theme of my blog (Indian food), I added one extra ingredient: curry powder! (aff. link)

Yes, curry powder makes this soup quite special, believe it or not. It gives it lots of extra flavor and a pleasing golden color.

More mushroom recipes: chicken and mushroom curry, mushroom pulao, and mushroom curry (vegetarian).

Instructions

Preparation

1. Dice the onion.

2. Mince the garlic.

3. Slice mushrooms.

Cooking

1. Switch on the instant pot to saute (normal) and melt butter + cooking oil (vegan butter if you're following a vegan diet). Add the onions and garlic. Saute until soft and fragrant (3-4 mins, picture 1). 

2. Add mushrooms, one vegetable bouillon cube, curry powder and black pepper. Cook until the mushrooms release water and become soft (5 mins, picture 2).

3. Add all-purpose flour and vegetable broth. Mix everything well and cancel saute. Secure the lid and make sure the steam release handle is sealed. Hit the pressure cooking button (high) and set the timer to 4 minutes. When the pot beeps, wait for 10 minutes before releasing pressure (picture 3). 

4. Open the pot (picture 4) and stir through the half and half  cream. Substitute the half and half with 1 cup coconut milk or ½ cup coconut cream if making vegan soup. Add chopped parsley and serve hot (picture 5).

Why This Recipe Works

1. Delicious: Yes, it's the combination of ingredients in the right proportions that works the magic every time.

2. Homemade: You know exactly what's gone into it. The same can't be said for readymade soups that come in a tetra pack, obviously.

3. Quick and Easy: Takes all of 35 minutes from pot to bowl.

4. Customizable: You can easily make it vegan by swapping out two ingredients only.

Top Tips

1. Instead of half and half cream, you can also use heavy cream. This will make the soup richer and heavier.

2. Use salt with caution as the broth and bouillon both have salt. The best advice here is to taste and go!

3. If you are not vegetarian, you can use chicken broth in place of vegetable broth.

4. I used white button mushrooms but you can use cremini or portobello too. These varieties will, however, give the soup a darker brown color.

5. If you want a smoother soup, you can blend it in the pot using an immersion blender (affiliate link). Blend to the desired consistency. I usually don't do this since everyone in my home likes the taste of whole mushrooms in their mouths, but it's a personal preference.

Variation (Vegan Option)

This is a vegetarian mushroom soup recipe, but if you are on a vegan diet, you can make this soup vegan very easily by swapping out just two ingredients. Omit the butter and use vegan butter (affiliate link), or just plain cooking oil, and switch the half and half cream with coconut cream (affiliate link). The latter will only enhance the taste of the soup and give it a mild coconut taste and flavor. Not a bad deal at all.

If you tried this recipe, consider giving it a star rating and a comment below. And if you’re on Instagram, feel free to tag me so I can see your creation. I'd love to hear from you! Thank you:)

📖 Recipe

Instant Pot Mushroom Soup

Saima Zaidi

Instant Pot Mushroom Soup for cold winter evenings. Comfortingly thick and tasty with an Indian twist!

4.86 from 7 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Soup

Cuisine Indian

Servings 4 people

Calories 260 kcal

Equipment

• Instant Pot Duo 6-quart

Ingredients

 

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• 1.1 lb white button mushrooms sliced
• 1 yellow onion medium-sized, diced
• 5 cloves garlic chopped finely or minced
• 4 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 vegetable bouillon cube
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• ½ cup half and half cream
• 2 sprigs parsley
• ½ teaspoon salt or more to taste

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Instructions

 

• Switch on the instant pot to saute (normal) and melt butter + cooking oil. Add the onions and garlic. Saute until soft and fragrant (3-4 mins).
• Add mushrooms, bouillon cube, curry powder, black pepper and salt. Cook until the mushrooms release water and become soft (4-5 mins).
• Add all-purpose flour and vegetable broth. Mix everything well and cancel saute. Secure the lid and make sure the steam release handle is sealed. Hit the pressure cooking button (high) and set the timer to 4 minutes. When the pot beeps, wait for 10 minutes before releasing pressure.
• Open the pot and stir through the half and half cream. Add chopped parsley and serve hot.

Notes

1. If you are vegan, swap the half and half cream with 1 cup coconut milk or ½ cup coconut cream, and the butter for vegan butter or oil.
2. Instead of half and half cream, you can also use heavy cream. This will make the soup richer and heavier.
3. Use salt with caution as the broth and bouillon both have salt. The best advice here is to taste and go!
4. Use chicken broth instead of vegetable broth if vegetarian soup is not your thing.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 260kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 6gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 1429mgPotassium: 515mgFiber: 2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 1006IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 58mgIron: 1mg

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