As you know, many tasty, satisfying and exquisite externally dishes appeared in France. Cheese soup with mushrooms is no exception. Thick and delicate, aromatic and scorching, it is good at any time of the year, for any company, under any "accompaniment" on the table. When and by whom the first recipe for cheese soup was invented is unknown. However, France is considered to be his birthplace, as the culinary and gourmets of this country were the first to add cheese to the broth. The basis of the first soups is cheese. They especially like to add this type of cheese to Latvian and Czech culinary home-made soups.
If in France they prefer to add expensive and aromatic varieties of cheese to dishes, then in our country the recipe for cheese soup with champignons with cream cheese has gained great popularity. This is a more convenient, budget and affordable option, which can always be supplemented with a more expensive cheese if the stomach wants it and the wallet allows it. Experienced housewives believe that a combination of several cheeses gives a truly incredible taste.
Amazing variety
It should be noted that there are a lot of recipes for cheese soup with mushrooms and other ingredients. Cheese soup can be either a simple homemade or a gourmet restaurant one. The taste of the dish will vary depending on the type and amount of cheese that is used in the preparation. Calorie content and satiety will vary depending on additional ingredients. Some chefs add only cheese and croutons to the soup. Others use fragrant wild mushrooms or chicken. For example, in Slovakia, housewives prefer to put homemade noodles in cheese soup with mushrooms. Italians lay parmesan and seafood, the French and residents of some other Western countries prefer to add cheese to the broth.
Despite the large number of positive reviews, advantages, cheese soups have some disadvantages.
Cheese soup with mushrooms and figure
As you know, cheese is a fatty product, which makes cheese soup a dish quite “heavy” for both the figure and the body. Of course, one small plate of cheese soup with champignons (the recipe with a photo will be provided below) is not dangerous for the waist, but too frequent use of salted cheeses is very harmful and can negatively affect the stomach, liver, intestines. Nutritionists advise turning any soups, including cheese, into a thick puree. So the first dish is absorbed faster and easier.
Today we chose the simplest, most affordable, often used by Russian housewives recipe. Photos of the decorated dish, as well as a detailed description of the cooking process will help beginners.
Essential Ingredients
- 240 g of chicken.
- 180 g of champignons.
- Salt.
- Cream cheese.
- Two large potatoes.
- A small onion.
- Fresh greens.
- Butter.
- Blue cheese - optional.
Description of the recipe with a photo
Cheese soup with champignons and cooks quickly enough, since the recipe requires a small amount of ingredients. We must say right away that all products must be cut into very small cubes. Thanks to such a small cut, they cook faster. At the final stage, the ingredients will still need to be mashed using a blender, so the accuracy of slicing does not play a role, only the size of the pieces is important.
So, peel the potatoes, cut into cubes and send to the pan for 10-15 minutes. Chicken fillet, chopped in the same small cubes, will be cooked in another dish. Put finely chopped onions and small slices of champignons in the pan. Fry well, mixing thoroughly.
Next is the process of assembling cheese soup with champignons and chicken. In a small bowl we spread boiled potatoes, mushrooms with onions, chicken fillet. Add a few tablespoons of broth and grind thoroughly with a blender. Using the liquid in which the meat was cooked, bring the soup to the desired consistency. We turn on the medium heat under the pan, heat the soup until the first signs of boiling appear, salt, add the cream cheese. Some housewives prefer to use "Hohland", others choose cheaper cheese, such as "Amber", "Friendship", "Orbit" and others. Tomim main ingredients with cheese for about 10 minutes. Turn off the gas. Add fresh or frozen greens to cheese soup with champignons and chicken.
Some housewives advise to leave several pieces of chicken and mushrooms before chopping all the products. They can be used to decorate dishes during serving. Also a very good option for serving are crackers. Cut white or black bread into small cubes, sprinkle them on a baking sheet, put in the oven for 3-5 minutes. There is the option of making garlic croutons, when the fried pieces of bread are rubbed with garlic and rush into a bowl with soup.
Cheese Soup Options
In addition to the most popular recipe for cheese soup with mushrooms and chicken, in the cookbooks you can find a huge number of options for this dish.
Dietary
For those who follow a diet or just eat right, they use shrimp soup recipe. In the list of ingredients of the dish you can not find oil, potatoes, meat. But it contains low-calorie seafood and cheese with a low fat content.
It turns out to be very tender and pleasant to taste cheese soup, in which natural cream is added. It can be mushroom, chicken, potato soup. Cream will be the highlight. It is recommended to add them at the very last stage of cooking, after it has been sent to the cheese in the soup.
Nourishing
In contrast to creamy or seafood soup, you can put cheese soup with minced pork meatballs. Here, the dish is more saturated in taste, more high-calorie and satisfying. Pork broth is used, minced meat is made from meat. Meatballs can be flavored with your favorite spices, dried herbs, garlic and onions.
There are recipes for cheese soup with mushrooms, which are somewhat different in appearance from the classic soup puree. A striking representative is the first dish with cheese rolls. The basic cooking steps are exactly the same as in the traditional cheese soup recipe. That is, boil potatoes and chicken, fry mushrooms with onions. Only instead of cheese chopped on a fine grater, cheese rolls are placed in the soup.
They are prepared in the following way. Slightly frozen processed cheese is grated, mixed with 250 g of flour and one chicken egg. Add a pinch of salt. Mix the dough thoroughly. Roll out a large thick pancake, turn it into a roll and cut into small portioned portions. It is these rolls that we will send to boiling soup at the final stage of its preparation. Add more fresh herbs and a small piece of butter for the color. The dish is ready. Bon appetit and don't be afraid to experiment!