Rich, creamy soup with spinach and mushrooms that is tastefully topped with cold shrimp.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 cups |
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup flour
- 1 (8 ounce) package sliced mushrooms
- ½ cup dry sherry
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
- 1 quart milk
- 2 bunches fresh spinach, cleaned and chopped
- 4 green onions, chopped
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- salt and pepper to taste
- 8 ounces cooked small shrimp
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour, and cook until the mixture turns a darker yellow color, about 5 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms, and cook for 2 minutes.
- Whisk in the sherry, chicken broth, and milk, then add the spinach, green onion, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil over high heat, whisking constantly, then reduce heat to medium low, and simmer until the spinach is tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Garnish with shrimp to serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 267 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 21 g |
| Cholesterol | 108 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 708 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 12 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This soup is delicious. I added an extra cup of milk to add more liquid. Also, I followed the comments advice to add pasta. Absolutely great mix but don’t add too much pasta like I did. I ended up taking some of it out since pasta absorbs liquid. Go figure.
Made this and added 2 cloves of garlic. I would have liked more spinach in the soup and will do that next time. Beautiful flavour!
Incredible flavour! I didn’t have any sherry and used white wine instead. Also to bulk up the texture I used king oyster mushrooms – which made it really hearty – a wonderful dinner soup! Thanks for the recipe SunnyByrd!
This soup was so bland…
Add 2 heaping Tablespoons of the bottled minced garlic, use Shrimp Stock and add 1/4t Crushed Red Pepper and you will have a soup that is amazing ! (rather than just average as it’s written)
So delicious! I made it with vegetable broth and had to substitute for sherry but even then it came out great. Very rich and flavorful.
My husband loved this soup. I thought it needed more flavor, but was very, very good. Will make it again, and maybe add a little garlic or something.
I also had to perk it up with red pepper flakes and a couple other spices.
I made this completely vegetarian, using veggie rather than chicken broth and omitting the shrimp. Also, I added minced garlic and used white onion instead of green, as well as a couple Russet potatoes chopped up relatively small. The nutmeg really brings this recipe together. For extra-awesome taste, try adding a slice of White American cheese during the simmer. Doing so turned this into my favorite soup ever, and really brought it to a new level of deliciousness!
spinach/soup
This was OK for me. A little Bit bland. I think if I make this again I will use less milk and more spices. and maybe even half and half instead of the milk.
Fabulous soup that can be a whole meal. I made alterations to make it gluten free by using a Gluten free cream soup mix I make and have at hand. The shrimp really are a touch of genius. Spinach and shellfish go so well together. Thank you for this soup that’s towards the top if my soup repetoire.
Wow, we loved this! I used veg broth and subbed a mix of coconut milk and almond milk for milk, and I used olive oil instead of butter. The flavor combo was just excellent. Easy to make, too. I like it with lots of fresh-ground pepper. This is a new favorite!
Not quite what I was expecting from the other reviews, but it was still quite good, and my boy really enjoyed it.
Very good and very easy. Make sure you chop up the spinach. I got lazy and didn’t. You know you can’t get a whole cooked leaf of spinach on a teaspoon? My wife made me wear a lobster bib.
Fabulous flavour, I added more mushrooms and some noodles.So quick and easy to make and good enough to impress anyone!
This has very good flavor. Its a comfort soup. I followed the recipe to the “T”.. Its yummy. I know I will have leftovers as I could only get my son to try it. So for leftovers I have already decided I can add some pasta or rice, to give me another meal with this great tasting soup.. thank you ..
Can use Vegetable stock in place of Chicken stock…Sprinkle with fresh grated parmesean cheese right before serving