Creamy Corn And Shiitake Mushroom Soup Recipes

CREAMY CORN AND SHIITAKE MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In a 4-quart saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onion and cook gently, stirring occasionally, for about 4 minutes, or until fragrant and soft. Add the corn, salt, and water, cover, and cook for about 20 minutes, or until the corn is very tender. Remove from the heat and let cool for at least 10 minutes before proceeding.
• Position a coarse-mesh sieve on top of another saucepan. In batches, purée the soup in a blender or food processor until velvety smooth. Pour each puréed batch through the sieve, pressing on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids. Add the mushrooms and set the soup aside until ready to serve. (The soup may be made up to 2 days in advance, cooled, and refrigerated.)
• Reheat the soup over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching. If the soup is too thick, thin it with water. Taste and add extra salt, if necessary. Ladle the soup into a large serving bowl or individual bowls. Sprinkle with the chives and serve immediately.

CREAM OF SHIITAKE AND CORN SOUP

Steps:

• In a big pot, over medium heat, put half of the oil. Add the leeks and cook until they are tender.
• Add the broth, the potato, the corn and the celery. Cover and let cook until the vegetable are tenders (20 minutes).
• Meanwhile, in a frying pan, sauté the mushrooms in the rest of the oil. Season to taste.
• Cream the soup with a blender.
• Put the soup in bowls. Make a nest of mushrooms over and serve piping hot.

CHINESE CORN-AND-MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In a pot, bring broth and 2 cups water to a boil. Meanwhile, slice corn from cobs and set aside; add cobs to pot. Remove and discard shiitake stems; cut caps in half (into quarters, if large) and add to pot. Thinly slice scallions and add white and light-green parts to pot, reserving dark-green tops. Grate ginger directly into pot. Reduce heat to low; simmer 10 minutes.
• Remove cobs from pot. Add corn kernels and tofu. Stir, breaking tofu into bite-size pieces; simmer 1 minute. Stir in soy sauce, sambal oelek, and oil. Serve, with scallion tops, drizzled with more sambal oelek and oil.

CREAMY MUSHROOM CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Fry bacon till crispy.
• Remove and drain.
• Fry onion in bacon drippings till tender.
• Stir in corn, soup and milk.
• Heat thoroughly, stirring often.
• Crumble bacon and sprinkle over each bowlful.

CREAMY SHIITAKE MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In a heated saucepan, add oil and onion. Saute until opaque. Add mushrooms and saute about one minute longer, stir some.
• Add broth, soy sauce, ginger, and Chinese five spice powder. Bring to a boil for one minute. Then reduce temperature to low heat.
• In a small bowl add 1/4 cup of soup and stir until it has lowered its temperature. Then add the half-and-half and stir.(Add as much as you want. I just limited it to keep the calorie count lower.) Then return the mixture to the rest of the soup and stir. If you've done this right, your half-and-half will not clump.
• Cook on low for one minute more and then serve with freshly cracked pepper on top.