This recipe for Gluten-Free Mushroom Soup and Eggs on Toast is an upgraded version of one of my childhood favourites... now gluten-free!
Note: This recipe was first posted on my original blog, Celebration Generation, on May 14, 2012. It was transferred over to this blog - existing comments and all - on 9/20/2021
So, I’ve written and deleted the first few paragraphs of this blog entry a few times.
Who knew that writing a blog entry on a very simple comfort food from my childhood would be so complicated?
Bottom line?
Today’s recipe was brought on by all of the Mother’s Day ads lately, it’s a sore time of year for me, etc.
To say that my family’s relationship status is “It’s Complicated” would be a gross understatement.
ANYWAY.
Gluten-Free Mushroom Soup & Eggs on Toast
My grandmother was awesome, and this recipe was inspired by her.
She used to make mushroom soup and eggs on toast for me as a kid, and I loved it.
Very simple comfort food - heat up an undiluted can of cream of mushroom soup, chop up some hard-boiled eggs into it, and serve it over toast. Good stuff!
Well, now I’m an adult that’s allergic to gluten, so indulging in this weekend’s nostalgic craving took a little more effort.
Not a ton of effort, mind you... and the results were so good!
This is not high cuisine, and it's not the prettiest meal ever - but it sure hits the spot.
While I've designed this recipe to be gluten-free, feel free to serve it on regular toast, and/or use flour instead of cornstarch if you're not Gluten-free.
Either way, hope you enjoy it!
PS: I have no idea if it's a regional thing, or what - but no one I know seems to have ever heard of this dish. Anyone out there have any thoughts on that?
More Gluten-Free Breakfast & Brunch Recipes
Looking for more breakfast food recipes for the whole family? Here are some easy recipes to try:
Gluten-Free Apple Pancakes with Caramel Apple Topping
Gluten Free Bagels
Gluten-Free Banana Bread
Gluten-Free Banana Muffins
Gluten Free Banana Nutella Ebelskivers
Gluten-Free Blackberry Muffins
Gluten Free Blueberry Banana Bread
Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffins
Breakfast Meatloaf
Gluten Free Cranberry Orange Bread
Gluten-Free Crepes
Gluten Free Eggless Banana Bread
Gluten Free French Onion Soup Tart
Gluten-Free Lemon Drizzle Cake
Gluten-Free Lemon Mascarpone Ebelskivers
Gluten-Free Paska [Easter Bread]
Gluten Free Pop-Tarts
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread
Gluten Free Pumpkin Muffins
Gluten Free Sourdough Waffles
Gluten-Free Zucchini Bread
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Mushroom Soup and Eggs on Toast
Ingredients
- 1 Small Onion chopped
- 1 Celery Rib chopped
- 1 lb Baby Bella Mushrooms chopped and divided
- 2 Garlic cloves pressed
- 1 cup Chicken Broth
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 1 teaspoon Fresh Thyme chopped
- 2 tablespoon Corn Starch
- 2 tablespoon Water
- Salt and Pepper
- 6-8 Large Eggs, Hard boiled, peeled and sliced
- 8 slices of bread toasted*
Instructions
- In a large pan, cool onion and celery – stirring often – until vegetables are tender and onion becomes translucent.
- Add about ⅔ of the mushrooms, garlic, and chicken broth, bring to a boil. Lower heat to a simmer, cook until mushrooms are very soft – about 10 minutes.
- Pour mushroom mixture into a blender or food processor, process til smooth. Set aside.
- In the same pan, combine heavy cream with remaining mushrooms and thyme, bring to a boil. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until mushrooms are desired tenderness. Add pureed mushroom mixture, stir until well combined.
- Whisk together corn starch and water until smooth. Add corn starch mixture to pan, stirring until very well combined. Turn heat down to low, stirring frequently until sauce thickens.
- Once sauce thickens, stir in sliced eggs, season with salt and pepper to taste, remove from heat.
- Place one slice of hot toast on a plate, spoon some mushroom soup mixture over it. Top with another slice of toast, and more mushroom soup. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
I loved this as a kid (born mid-1950s) and still do today. However, I'm pretty sure that I have Celiac's so I hope to try this recipe soon. I'm from Michigan but my mother was born in South Dakota and her mother was from Minnesota so it COULD be a regional thing.
I love this dish. My Swedish relatives fed it to me as a child and I still have cravings today. I have found a delicious gluten free bread that works well with this recipe and gluten free condensed mushroom soup. Yummy. Yes if I had the time I would make everything from scratch but that’s just not going to happen right now. I also, have never met anyone outside my family that knows or likes this dish. Dinner tonight, yum!
Our family rated this dish as a perfect rainy day lunch. Fast forward 25-35 years and I couldn’t even convince my children to try it. I think the difference between when we were growing up and then was the fact that we were more accustomed to having gravies, casseroles and stews as a means of our parents working vegetables into any dish they could for nutritional values. By the time I raised my own, offering them pure, home-ground vegetables puréed or even small, raw vegetable snacks, their taste buds were adverse to mushy, runny, dishes where everything fused into one collective taste. Fortunately I enjoy it all, and make it on occasion when home alone.