Broccoli Cheese Soup. In a stockpot, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion in butter until softened. Stir in broccoli, and cover with chicken broth.
You can cook Broccoli Cheese Soup using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Broccoli Cheese Soup
- It’s 3 tbsp of butter.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of cold butter, cubed.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of yellow onion, diced.
- You need 1/2 cup of sliced leek, white part only, well rinsed.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of sea salt.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of cracked pepper.
- It’s 1 pinch of fresh grated nutmeg.
- Prepare 1 clove of garlic, minced.
- It’s 1 tsp of fresh thyme, chopped.
- You need 3 cup of vegetable broth.
- It’s 3 of each heads of broccoli florets, chopped.
- You need 1/2 cup of heavy cream.
- You need 1 1/4 cup of grated cheddar.
- It’s 3 tbsp of flour, use rice flour for gluten free.
Cheese Broccoli Soup This simple soup has basic ingredients, but it tastes so good. The green broccoli florets and the brilliant orange carrots make this creamy soup a colorful addition to any table. —Evelyn Massner, Oakville, Iowa If you like Panera's broccoli cheddar soup, this blows the pants off it. I kept the soup vegetarian by using low-sodium vegetable stock rather than chicken stock, and made it healthier by using fat-free half-and-half. Melt butter in a pot over medium heat, then add the onions.
Broccoli Cheese Soup instructions
In a large stock pot, saute onions a leek in 3 tablespoons of butter with salt, pepper and nutmeg- until softened,.
Add garlic and thyme until fragrant, 30 seconds.
Sprinkle flour in and cook about 2 minutes.
Slowly whisk in broth, stirring constantly, and bring to a boil.
Reduced heat and let simmer for five minutes.
Add broccoli florets and continue simmering for 20 minutes until broccoli is tender.
Add cream and simmer until warmed through.
Stir in cheese until melted.
Stir in cold butter.
Add nutmeg, then add broccoli, a small dash of salt, and plenty of black pepper. Broccoli Cheese Soup is the ultimate comfort food! This is deliciously cheesy, amazingly rich and creamy, and it has plenty of fresh broccoli (cut into itty bitty pieces of course) dotted throughout. Also try my Cheddar Broccoli Potato Soup and Slow Cooker Broccoli Cheese Soup. Add the broccoli, carrots and the sauteed onions, into the pot.
