Mushroom & bacon soup

Name: Mushroom & bacon soup | Asda Good Living
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 large onion, chopped; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 750g mushrooms, chopped; 700ml vegetable stock, made with 1 vegetable stock cube; 200ml milk; 2 tbsp chopped thyme, plus sprigs to garnish; 4 rashers streaky bacon; 2 tbsp single cream; 2 tbsp chopped chives

For a vegetarian version of this rich, flavour-packed soup, replace the crispy bacon with croutons.

By Asda Good Living,21st September 2015

(10 votes)

Cook: 30 Mins

Serves: 4

Price: 88p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 449g serving contains

Energy
1167kj
279kcal

14%

Fat
20g

High
28%

Saturates
5.4g

High
27%

Sugars
6.5g

Med
7%

Salt
1.5g

Med
25%

of your 5-a-day

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
260kj/62kcal

Ingredients

4 tbsp olive oil

1 large onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

750g mushrooms, chopped

700ml vegetable stock, made with 1 vegetable stock cube

200ml milk

2 tbsp chopped thyme, plus sprigs to garnish

4 rashers streaky bacon

2 tbsp single cream

2 tbsp chopped chives

Method

Heat the olive oil in a large pan and cook the onion over a low heat for 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook over a moderate heat for 3-5 minutes until they are tender and the moisture has been driven off.

Add the stock, milk and chopped thyme, simmer, covered, for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, grill the bacon until crisp, then crumble into small pieces.

Purée the soup using a hand-held blender or processor and stir in the cream. Serve sprinkled with the bacon, chopped chives and sprigs of thyme, and seasoned with black pepper.