Cream of Mushroom Wild Rice Oink Soup

Cream of Mushroom Wild Rice Oink Soup

This is another creamy soup made in the slow cooker. Creamy soups require a few steps so you have ingredients for the soup and then ingredients with steps for then making it creamy.

Initial Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups water
3 Tbsp butter
1 pound pork stew meat (cubes of pork)
4 cups chicken broth
3 clove garlic, crushed
1 cup long grain Minnesota wild rice
16 oz white button mushrooms (sliced and cubed)
8 oz portobello mushrooms (sliced and cubed)

Throw it all in the slow cooker on low for 6 hours. You can cut your mushrooms however you want them. I sliced them and then cubed the slices so they are small pieces. You can also use whichever kind of mushrooms you want/like.

Ingredients to make it creamy:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
1 cup milk
1 cup half and half

Melt butter and stir in flour. Add milk and half and half and stir until thickens. Temper the milk mixture with the soup broth to ensure you don't curdle the milk. Once tempered pour into the soup. This is a thickens the next day type soup. It won't thicken right away but it's still tasty.  Great the next day. 

Enjoy!