Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, broccoli cheddar soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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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. 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 must first prepare a few components. 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. Get large onion, roughly chopped
  2. Get garlic,minced
  3. Make ready carrots, diced to the size of your liking
  4. Make ready butter
  5. Get flour
  6. Take bay leaf
  7. Prepare half and half
  8. Make ready chicken stock*
  9. Get broccoli crowns
  10. Get sharp cheddar cheese
  11. Make ready salt
  12. Prepare pepper
  13. Prepare cream cheese

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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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