Meet your new favorite soup! A bowl-full of love and comfort! Our Hungarian mushroom soup recipe is a rustic, comforting dish using paprika, soy sauce, and sour cream for an earthy, simple mushroom soup recipe!
One taste and you will be in love!
What is a Hungarian Mushroom Soup?
Hungarian soup is a rich, creamy mushroom recipe, which includes a good helping of Hungary’s most treasured spice: paprika.
The combination of chunky mushrooms and sweet, peppery sweet paprika produces a robust, earthy and flavorsome soup recipe that is just crying out for a dollop of sour cream!
Ingredients for Hungarian Mushroom Soup
This is such an easy mushroom soup that uses just a few common ingredients:
- Butter
- Onion
- Mushrooms (I use shiitake mushrooms)
- Plain flour
- 2 1/2 tsp. paprika (I use standard paprika, but use Hungarian if you can get hold of it)
- White wine
- Good quality vegetable stock
- Soy sauce
- 2% milk
- Sour cream
- Lemon juice
- Dried or fresh dill
- Salt and pepper
- Fresh parsley
- Extra sour cream for topping
What is Paprika?
As far as we are concerned, the spice rack isn’t complete without paprika. It is a staple in every kitchen.
In fact, paprika is the fourth most popular spice in the world. It is made from dried and ground peppers that are part of the Capsicum annuum variety of peppers.
Paprika is used in a variety of dishes around the world. It is very popular in Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish and Hungarian recipes.
What is Paprika used for?
Paprika takes an ordinary recipe and elevates it to a gourmet delight by enhancing flavors in dishes. It is also a beautiful garnish for many recipes. It is commonly used to season and give to color many dishes such as rice, soups, stews, and goulash.
One of our favorite dishes made with paprika is Portuguese Peri Peri Chicken using our homemade Peri Peri Sauce.
RECIPE TIP: Although the dish is titled Hungarian Mushroom Soup, it is not essential to use Hungarian paprika. Standard paprika will work fine. Authentic Hungarian sweet paprika has a deep red color and sweeter flavor. It will undoubtedly produce a richer, sweeter soup.
How to Make Mushroom Soup
- In a large pan, fry the onions in butter until soft, then add the mushrooms and cook for another 2 minutes.
- When the mushrooms start to soften, sprinkle with flour and paprika and mix in well.
- Next, add the white wine and scrape up any bits of flour/paprika stuck to the base of the pan. Then gradually add the stock, milk and soy sauce and stir continually, until the soup starts to boil and thicken.
- Take the soup off the heat and allow to cool slightly before adding the sour cream, then stir in well.
- (IMPORTANT NOTE: adding the sour cream while still on the heat will cause it to curdle!)
- Add the lemon juice, dill, and seasoning to taste.
- Serve with freshly chopped parsley and extra dollops of sour cream.
Can you freeze mushroom soup?
Yes, this recipe for Hungarian mushroom soup can be frozen. Allow to fully cool before transferring to an airtight container.
Freeze for up to 3 months and defrost thoroughly before reheating. Reheat in a pan and ensure the soup is piping hot throughout before serving.
STORING TIP: Freshly made soup will also keep in the fridge, in a sealed container, for 2 days.
What to Serve with Hungarian Mushroom Soup
An indulgent dish like this definitely requires an indulgent pairing and something that you can dunk into all that creamy, mushroomy goodness!
A nice slice of healthy sprouted bread goes perfectly with this hearty soup.
Without a doubt, this soup also pairs well with fully loaded sandwiches or a great salad like our Roasted Artichoke Salad.
- Any kind of grilled cheese will work well
- A Mushroom grilled cheese sandwich would pair up amazingly
- You could also try this soup with Paprika chicken wraps
- A fully loaded Beef brisket burrito made with our Easiest Slow Cooker Brisket Recipe
- It also goes so well with our favorite Easy Stir Fry Recipe
- And you can’t go wrong with an Easy Slow Cooker Lasagna Recipe
- We love pairing this soup with Hungarian wine or even our Moscato Sangria recipe
- How about finishing off your meal with Ina Garten’s Apple Crisp?
Grab yourself a massive bowl and get ready for a delicious creamy soup recipe and simple Sunday Supper Soup recipe like you’ve never tasted before! As far as homemade soup recipes go, we think this is the best mushroom soup in the world!
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Hungarian Mushroom Soup
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp. butter (30 g.)
- 5.3 oz Onion finely chopped (150 g.)
- 17.7 oz shiitake mushrooms (or your favorite mushrooms)
- 3 Tbsp. plain flour
- 2 1/2 tsp. hungarian sweet paprika (or your favorite paprika)
- 100 ml white wine
- 300 ml vegetable stock good quality
- 3 Tbsp. light soy sauce
- 200 ml 2% milk
- 3 Tbsp. sour cream
- Juice of half a lemon
- 3 tsp dried dill
- Salt and pepper
- 0.7 oz chopped parsley (20 g)
- Extra sour cream for topping
Instructions
- In a large pan melt the butter and fry the onions until soft. Next add the mushrooms and stir fry for a further 2 minutes.
- When the mushrooms start to soften sprinkle with flour and paprika and mix in well.
- Next add the white wine and scrape up any bits of flour/paprika that are stuck to the base of the pan. Once the wine has reduced by half, gradually add the stock, milk and soy sauce and stir continually until the soup starts to boil and thicken.
- Take the soup off the heat and allow to cool slightly before adding the sour cream then stir in well. (Note – adding the sour cream whilst still on the heat will cause it to curdle).
- Finally, stir in the dill and lemon juice and season to taste.
- Serve with freshly chopped parsley and extra dollops of sour cream.
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Looking for more easy soup recipes?
- Instant Pot Mexican Rice Soup
- Easy Broccoli Soup
- Chicken Egg Noodle Soup
- Thai Butternut Squash Soup
- Split Pea Soup with Bacon
This post was updated on October 25, 2019.
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