Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, broccoli cheddar soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Broccoli Cheddar Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Broccoli Cheddar Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

My husband loves Panera® broccoli cheddar soup but it went up in price and therefore we set out on a hunt to create the perfect broccoli cheddar soup. Here is what we came up with. Broccoli Cheddar Soup is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: a soup of pureed broccoli and broth with cheese.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have broccoli cheddar soup using 13 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Broccoli Cheddar Soup:
  1. Prepare 1 large onion, roughly chopped
  2. Prepare 3 cloves garlic,minced
  3. Get 2 carrots, diced to the size of your liking
  4. Prepare 4 tbsp butter
  5. Take 1/4 cup flour
  6. Prepare 1 bay leaf
  7. Take 2 cups half and half
  8. Make ready 3-4 cups chicken stock*
  9. Make ready 6-7 heads broccoli crowns
  10. Get 3-4 cups sharp cheddar cheese
  11. Take salt
  12. Make ready pepper
  13. Take 4 oz cream cheese

For this broccoli cheddar soup, I used water and heavy cream to build my soup base. This broccoli cheddar soup is one of those dishes that you can really make your own. Think of this like Broccoli Cheddar Soup, but made vegan and kicked up and notch with poblano peppers and jalapenos. So there you have it… Jalapeño Broccoli Cheddar Soup.

Steps to make Broccoli Cheddar Soup:
  1. Melt butter in a large, heavy duty saucepan.
  2. Sauté onion and carrot on medium heat for 5-8 minutes. Sweating them down. Add minced garlic.
  3. Add flour. Stir flour into veggies. Turn heat down if browning too fast. You want to be able to cook the flour for about 5minutes.
  4. Add half and half.
  5. Add chicken stock. *If you like your soup thin, add all 4 cups. If you like a thicker soup,just add 3 cups.
  6. Add bay leaf.
  7. This is where I add my salt and pepper. I start out with 1tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper. You can adjust to your preference.
  8. Bring soup up to a gentle boil, medium-high heat..let simmer for 10 minutes.
  9. At this point, I use my immersion blender. I've got kids that would die if they knew onions were in this. This way, you dont sacrifice flavor over the tastes of picky eaters.
  10. I threw about 1/2 tsp salt in and dumped my broccoli in. My broccoli was mostly florets,but I also left a head, with more stalks…for texture. Completely up to you..
  11. I lightly simmered, for 20 minutes. Or until your broccoli is tender.
  12. Remove bay leaf.
  13. Once you have tender broccoli, remove a couple cups of broccoli to a bowl. I used the immersion blender again, in the soup.
  14. Return the chunks of broccoli to the soup.
  15. Add cream cheese and cheddar cheese.
  16. Stir all that yummy cheese until it melts into the soup. 😆
  17. Ladle up and enjoy!! - I served this in bread bowls. Delicious!

This broccoli cheddar soup recipe is so satisfying! It's loaded with fresh broccoli, and creamy thanks to a potato and cheddar cheese (no cream, no flour!). This seriously satisfying soup is brimming with hearty potatoes, nutritious broccoli and carrots and it's all embodied. We'd never make a fuss when it was on the menu, especially because my mom usually served it with a giant piece of garlic bread. #carbsforlife. A very good broccoli cheese soup.

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