What can I use instead of Cream of mushroom soup?

Butter + flour + stock + mushrooms: 2 Tbsp butter + 2 Tbsp flour; whisk in 1 cup broth + 1/2 cup milk with 1 cup sautéed mushrooms; thicken. Sour cream + sautéed mushrooms: 1 cup sour cream + 1/2 cup sautéed mushrooms + 1/4 cup stock.

Substitute for Cream of mushroom soup

What it does in a recipe: The green-bean-casserole essential: creamy, earthy, thick.

2 substitutes, ranked by what's already in your pantry. Amounts are dataset values — US and metric where a ratio exists.

Butter + flour + stock + mushrooms

per 10 1/2 oz can

US2 Tbsp butter + 2 Tbsp flour; whisk in 1 cup broth + 1/2 cup milk with 1 cup sautéed mushrooms; thicken

Metric28 g butter + 16 g flour + 240 ml broth + 120 ml milk + mushrooms

Pantry stapleBaking-safe ✓Alcohol-freeEgg-freeFish-freeNut-freePeanut-freeShellfish-freeContains dairyContains gluten

The from-scratch original.

What changes: Fresher, less salty

Sour cream + sautéed mushrooms

per 10 1/2 oz can

US1 cup sour cream + 1/2 cup sautéed mushrooms + 1/4 cup stock

Metric230 g + 70 g + 60 ml

CommonBaking-safe ✓Alcohol-freeEgg-freeFish-freeNut-freePeanut-freeShellfish-freeContains dairy

Fast casserole shortcut.

What changes: Tangier

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What can I use instead of Cream of mushroom soup?: Butter + flour + stock + mushrooms: 2 Tbsp butter + 2 Tbsp flour; whisk in 1 cup broth + 1/2 cup milk with 1 cup sautéed mushrooms; thicken. Sour cream + sautéed mushrooms: 1 cup sour cream + 1/2 cup sautéed mushrooms + 1/4 cup stock.
What is the exact ratio to substitute Cream of mushroom soup?: Butter + flour + stock + mushrooms (per 10 1/2 oz can) — US: 2 Tbsp butter + 2 Tbsp flour; whisk in 1 cup broth + 1/2 cup milk with 1 cup sautéed mushrooms; thicken. Metric: 28 g butter + 16 g flour + 240 ml broth + 120 ml milk + mushrooms.
What changes when you substitute Cream of mushroom soup?: Fresher, less salty. Tangier.

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