Cream of Mushroom Soup

part of: Mushroom

Cream of mushroom soup is a smooth, velvety soup made from mushrooms cooked in a cream or milk-based sauce thickened with flour or starch. In its condensed tinned form, it’s designed to be diluted with water or milk before serving.

Beyond eating as soup, condensed cream of mushroom is one of the most widely used convenience ingredients in home cooking. It appears in casseroles, stroganoffs, pasta bakes, and slow-cooker dishes, where it serves as an instant creamy sauce base.

It’s a fixture of midweek cooking across Australia and a key ingredient in many family recipes handed down through generations. While it’s not a substitute for a from-scratch mushroom soup, its convenience and versatility have earned it a permanent spot in the pantry.

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How it's made

Mushrooms are sliced, cooked, and combined with a roux-based cream sauce made from butter or oil, flour, milk or cream, and seasonings. The mixture is concentrated by reducing the water content, then filled into tins and heat-sterilised. The condensed format means roughly half the water has been removed, to be added back at serving time.

Nutrition (per 100g)

Energy 79kcal
Protein 1.4g
Carbs 6.1g
Fat 5.3g
Fibre 0.7g Sugar 0.4g
Mass Distribution

0.5 cup is about 126 g — roughly 100 kcal of this.

What it costs the planet (per kilo)

Carbon ≈12.35kg
Freshwater ≈1200.35L
Land ≈4.35m²

≈ Estimated — worked out from a category-typical value further up its supply chain. Where this comes from →

Where it comes from

In the kitchen

Used as

creamy casserole base

Goes well with
chicken green bean onion noodle beef sour cream
Classic dishes
  • Green Bean Casserole
  • Tuna Noodle Casserole
  • Chicken Casserole
  • Beef Stroganoff

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Where this data comes from

Nutrition data from

USDA

How it was calculated

SR Legacy

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