Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, broccoli cheddar soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Broccoli Cheddar Soup is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: a soup of pureed broccoli and broth with cheese. Although it's pureed, it does still have some texture in it from small bits of broccoli. A very good broccoli cheese soup.

Broccoli Cheddar Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Broccoli Cheddar Soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

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

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

This quick recipe is easily adaptable to I found many recipes for broccoli Cheddar soup. I changed many of the ingredients in those recipes. 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.

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!

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