Slow Cooker Mushroom And Wild Rice Soup Food

SLOW COOKER MUSHROOM WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Turn your Crockpot™ on to warm. Add in the carrots, celery, onions, garlic and mushrooms.
• Add in the wild rice, dried oregano, fresh thyme and generous amount of sea salt and ground black pepper. Pour in the vegetable broth. Stir everything together until fully combined.
• Cover your Crockpot™ and set to high for 3 to 4 hours, or low for 6 to 8 hours.
• After your soup is finished cooking (or within the last 5 minutes), make your beurre manié. This is an ingenious way to thicken your soup without having to stop and make a difficult roux on the stovetop. Mix together the softened vegan butter and the flour together with a spoon. Mix for about 1 to 2 minutes until it comes together and is silky smooth, and the flour is fully mixed into the butter.
• Ladle some soup into your butter-flour mix to temper it, mix it together until smooth, then add the whole thing into the soup.
• Add in your coconut milk, then stir it all together. Let it all meld for at least 5 minutes in the hot soup.
• Taste and season with sea salt and black pepper again if needed.
• Turn your Crockpot™ to off or warm, serve alongside some bread and enjoy!

SLOW COOKER MUSHROOM AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Put the butter in a microwave-safe container (a liquid measuring cup works well) and microwave until the butter is completely melted, 30 seconds to 1 minute. With a fork, whisk the flour into the butter to make a smooth mixture the texture of cake batter, then microwave until the roux is steaming hot and bubbling slightly around the edges, about 30 seconds.
• Scrape the roux into a 6- to 8-quart slow cooker and whisk in the stock and wine. Stir in the mushrooms, wild rice, celery, onion, carrot, chopped garlic, thyme and garlic powder. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and several generous grinds of black pepper. Cook on high until most of the rice grains are just slightly split open and the vegetables are tender, about 4 hours. (The soup can hold for 1 to 2 hours on the warm setting, but eventually the wild rice will overcook.)
• Turn the heat to warm. Put the sour cream in a small bowl and slowly whisk in a few spoonfuls of the hot soup until smooth, then stir the mixture into the soup. (This prevents the sour cream from separating.) If you'd like the soup to be thinner, whisk in warm broth or water to the desired consistency. Taste the soup and add more salt and pepper to taste.
• Divide the soup among bowls and top with chopped scallions or chives and dill. Reheat any leftovers on low until warm. (Boiling can cause the sour cream to break.)

SLOW-COOKER WILD RICE AND MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In 3 to 4-quart slow cooker, layer mushrooms, rice, celery, carrots, soup mix and sugar. Pour water and broth over top.
• Cover; cook on Low setting for 6 to 8 hours.
• About 10 minutes before serving, gently stir thawed peas into soup. Cover; cook an additional 10 minutes or until peas are thoroughly heated.

WILD RICE AND MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle and heat oven to 375 F.
• Grind shitake mushrooms in spice grinder until finely ground (~ 3 tbsp).
• Bring 4 1/2 cups of water, thyme, bay leaf, garlic glove, 3/4 tsp salt, and baking soda to a boil in medium saucepan over high heat. Add rice and bring to a boil. Cover saucepan, transfer to oven and bake until tender (45-50 minutes at altitude). Strain rice through fine-mesh strainer, collect rice broth for cooking liquid (3 cups). Remove the thyme, bay leaf and garlic.
• Melt butter in Dutch oven over high heat. Add creminis, onion, minced garlic, tomato paste, 3/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally until vegetables are brown and dark fond develops on bottom of pot, 15 minutes. Add sherry, scraping up any browned bits and cook until reduced and pot is almost dry (~ 2 minutes). Add ground shitakes, reserved rice cooking liquid, broth and soy sauce and bring to boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, until the onion and mushrooms are tender.
• Whisk cornstarch and remaining 1/4 cup water in a small bowl. Stir the slurry into soup, retun to simmer and cook until thickened (~ 2min). Remove pot from heat and stir in cooked rice, cream, chives and lemon zest. Cover and let stand 20 minutes.