Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, broccoli cheddar soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have broccoli cheddar soup using 13 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Broccoli Cheddar Soup:
- Prepare 1 large onion, roughly chopped
- Take 3 cloves garlic,minced
- Prepare 2 carrots, diced to the size of your liking
- Get 4 tbsp butter
- Get 1/4 cup flour
- Take 1 bay leaf
- Prepare 2 cups half and half
- Make ready 3-4 cups chicken stock*
- Take 6-7 heads broccoli crowns
- Make ready 3-4 cups sharp cheddar cheese
- Make ready salt
- Make ready pepper
- Make ready 4 oz cream cheese
A from-scratch, homemade Broccoli Cheddar Soup recipe! This is cozy homemade comfort food at On-demand broccoli soup is kind of a necessity around here, especially while the weather is still. This seriously satisfying soup is brimming with hearty potatoes, nutritious broccoli and carrots and it's all embodied. A very good broccoli cheese soup.
Instructions to make Broccoli Cheddar Soup:
- Melt butter in a large, heavy duty saucepan.
- Sauté onion and carrot on medium heat for 5-8 minutes. Sweating them down. Add minced garlic.
- 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.
- Add half and half.
- Add chicken stock. *If you like your soup thin, add all 4 cups. If you like a thicker soup,just add 3 cups.
- Add bay leaf.
- 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.
- Bring soup up to a gentle boil, medium-high heat..let simmer for 10 minutes.
- 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.
- 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..
- I lightly simmered, for 20 minutes. Or until your broccoli is tender.
- Remove bay leaf.
- Once you have tender broccoli, remove a couple cups of broccoli to a bowl. I used the immersion blender again, in the soup.
- Return the chunks of broccoli to the soup.
- Add cream cheese and cheddar cheese.
- Stir all that yummy cheese until it melts into the soup. 😆
- Ladle up and enjoy!! - I served this in bread bowls. Delicious!
Note: you can purée half of your soup in a blender or with a handheld immersion blender if you choose however. This Broccoli Cheddar Soup recipe uses simple ingredients but has so much flavor and creaminess. Some soups require hours and hours of simmering time to develop. Recipe: Roasted Broccoli & Cheddar Soup. by Anjali Prasertong. This soup was born on a hungry weeknight, when I was looking for a meal made with ingredients I almost always keep on hand.
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