
How To Make Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Enjoy a hearty bowl of cheddar soup for the cold winter nights! It’s loaded with tasteful broccoli and three kinds of cheeses.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1tbspbutter
- 1onion,small, diced
- 1garlic clove
- 4cupsfresh broccoli,or frozen
- 2cupschicken broth
- ½tspthyme
- salt and pepper ,to taste
- 12ozlight cream,or evaporated milk
- 1tbspcornstarch
- 4ozcream cheese
- 1½cupssharp cheddar cheese,divided
- â…“cupfresh parmesan cheese
Instructions
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In a saucepan, cook the onion and garlic in butter over medium heat until tender.
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Add the broccoli, chicken broth, thyme and salt, pepper.
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Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until broccoli is tender, for 8 minutes.
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Remove 1 cup of broccoli from the saucepan, coarsely chop them, then set aside.
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Using an immersion blender, blend the remaining soup.
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Combine cream and cornstarch.
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Bring the soup to a boil and whisk in the cream mixture and cream cheese. Simmer until thickened, about 3 to 4 minutes.
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Remove from the heat, then stir in cheddar cheese, parmesan cheese and the reserved chopped broccoli.
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Serve warm, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 479.31kcal
- Fat:Â 40.45g
- Saturated Fat:Â 23.87g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.47g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 11.17g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 1.57g
- Carbohydrates:Â 13.89g
- Fiber:Â 2.18g
- Sugar:Â 5.63g
- Protein:Â 17.34g
- Cholesterol:Â 130.49mg
- Sodium:Â 659.21mg
- Calcium:Â 419.51mg
- Potassium:Â 434.19mg
- Iron:Â 0.97mg
- Vitamin A: 367.44µg
- Vitamin C:Â 56.42mg
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