Vegan Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup (no cream)

Try this vegan wild rice and mushroom soup for a hearty and warming dinner this winter. This healthy mushroom soup recipe contains no cream, but has lots of delicious brothy flavor.

Vegan Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup

Most wild rice and mushrooms soups are creamy, but not this one. I prefer my mushroom soup to be brothy and more like chicken noodle soup but with mushrooms and rice instead. I love making soup because it’s so easy to just throw all your ingredients in one pot. There’s no need for lots of dishes, and the clean up is simple. For this recipe, I cook the rice in my instant pot before it goes in the soup. So this isn’t a one pot meal, but clean up is still simple.

Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup No Cream

Here’s a layout of the ingredients I used. However, you can switch things up! Feel free to use any type of rice, barley, or farro instead of wild rice. You can also add any kind of mushroom you like.

• Wild Rice: I used organic wild rice from the bulk section at Whole Foods. This recipe is wonderful with any type of grain though. You can use quinoa, brown rice, or barley.
• Mushrooms: Here we used cremini mushrooms, but any type of mushroom will work!
• Vegetable Broth: We use vegetable broth to keep this recipe vegan, but this soup is divine with beef broth.
• White Beans: To add a little protein to this hearty soup, we added in canned white beans. Any bean will do though. If you aren’t vegan you can add in some cooked rotisserie chicken, cooked stew meat, or venison.
• Fermented vegetables: in this recipe, I use sauerkraut, fermented jalapenos, and fermented garlic. Using fermented ingredients in soups greatly enhances the flavor.

Healthy Wild rice and Mushroom Soup

Here are some things you can do to customize this soup:

• Use whatever beans you want. I also love to use chickpeas in this soup. I think red beans would also be a good choice.
• Try different mushrooms! this is a fun way to change up this soup. Try oyster mushrooms or shiitake.
• You can use different types of rice in this recipe too. I think mixed wild rice is the best but you can use Canadian wild rice or brown rice. Just cook the rice according to the directions before you add it to the soup.

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