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Enjoy your favorite restaurant's broccoli Cheddar soup any time with this delicious recipe! My husband loves Panera® broccoli cheddar soup but it went up in price and therefore we set out on a. Healthy broccoli cheddar soup packed with carrots, broccoli, garlic, and cheese. Broccoli Cheddar Soup is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: a soup of pureed broccoli and broth with cheese.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook broccolli cheddar soup using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Broccolli Cheddar Soup:
- Take 6 Tablespoons Butter (2 tbls/ 4 tbls)
- Get 1 medium sweet yellow Onion diced
- Prepare 1 clove Garlic minced
- Take 1/3 Cup Flour
- Prepare 2 Cups Chicken Stock/broth
- Prepare 4 Cups Half n Half
- Get 6 Cups chopped Broccolli
- Make ready 2 large Carrots peeled and sliced thin (1/16 inch slices)
- Get 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 3/4 teaspoon pepper
- Get 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Make ready 16 oz. medium sharp Cheddar Cheese grated
- Make ready Saute onion in
This seriously satisfying soup is brimming with hearty potatoes, nutritious broccoli and carrots and it's all embodied. Is there anything better than Broccoli Cheddar soup? You get all of the stick your bones goodness you get from all the best comfort food while indulging in the sharp, cheesy flavor from the cheddar. This lightened up broccoli cheddar soup is made with olive oil and milk instead of butter and cream.
Steps to make Broccolli Cheddar Soup:
- Saute onions in 2 tablespoons of butter until onions is caramelized and looks translucent.
- Add minced garlic to onions and saute 1 minute max while stirring constantly. Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a large soup pot with weighted bottom (if possible so soup doesn't stick) add the other 4 tablespoons of butter, flour, and cook on medium heat for approx. 5 minutes while whisking constantly with wire whip until mixture is thickened. This is an important step. If this mixture doesn't thinking properly, soup will not thicken later in the process.
- Slowly add the chicken stock/broth while whisking constantly.
- Slowly add Half n Half while whisking constantly. Simmer on low temp for about 20 minutes.
- Then add broccolli, carrots, and the onions and garlic mixture you set aside earlier. Also add salt, pepper, and cayenne. Simmer for another 20-25 minutes. By this time, soup should have thickened some. Whisk often to break up skim that forms on top of soup.
- Go ahead and stir in most, but not all of the cheese saving some for garnish. Give cheese a chance to melt. (About 1 minute DO NOT use pre-grated cheese! The flavor is just not there and that's crucial to this soup.
- At this point, go ahead and serve soup into individual bowls and add a little cheese to the top of each bowl. If you have kids, add a few goldfish crackers to peak their interest.
- Leftover soup can be kept in air tight containers for 1 week only! Warm in microwave. Enjoy!
You get all of the stick your bones goodness you get from all the best comfort food while indulging in the sharp, cheesy flavor from the cheddar. This lightened up broccoli cheddar soup is made with olive oil and milk instead of butter and cream. It's a classic bowl of broccoli cheddar soup that will warm you up from inside out. As kids, Broccoli Cheddar Soup was our favorite!! 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.
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