Paleo Cream of Mushroom Soup with Sage

2 tablespoons ghee or avocado oil
1 yellow onion, diced
2-3 cups fresh mushrooms or 1 to 1-1/2 cups dried (a combination of portabella, white button, shiitake, oyster, or other mushrooms that are available to you)
4 cups chicken stock
2 cups filtered water
1 tablespoon fresh sage, very thinly sliced, or ½ teaspoon dried/ground sage
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
1 cup full fat coconut milk plus a bit more to garnish if desired.

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If using dried mushrooms, start by softening them. Soften dried mushrooms by covering with hot water for 5-10 minutes. Drain after softening and before adding to the onions.
In the bottom of a stock pot, melt ghee or coconut oil over medium heat and add onion.
Saute onions in oil.
Slice mushrooms and add to the onions after about 10 minutes. Continue cooking both onions and mushrooms until soft, another 10 minutes.
Add chicken stock, water, sage, bay leaf, sea salt, and pepper, keeping on medium heat.
Once the soup is simmering, lower heat to medium-low (or low on the Instant Pot Saute Function) and cook an additional 20 minutes.
Remove bay leaf.
Puree as desired with an immersion blender, or in batches in a regular blender. Pureed until smooth will yield a soup most like the canned cream-of-mushroom.
Stir in coconut milk, and cook an additional 5 minutes, or until hot. Add salt and pepper to taste if needed.
Serve, top with additional coconut milk and a few slices of sage leaves for garnish. Enjoy!

If you eat dairy, you can use heavy cream in place of the coconut milk. Both are delicious!
To use this in place of cream-of-mushroom soup in a recipe, omit water and puree well.

Credit: Health, Home & Happiness

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