How To Make Easy Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Have a warm bowl of broccoli cheddar soup with this easy recipe! In just 30 minutes, you have flavorful soup with tender broccoli and tasty cheddar cheese.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ⅓cupbutter
- 1yellow onion,chopped
- 4garlic cloves,finely chopped or minced
- ⅓cupall-purpose flour,or plain flour
- 2cupschicken stock,good-quality low sodium
- 3cupshalf-and-half,or evaporated milk or regular milk
- ¾tspsalt,or more to taste
- ½tspcracked black pepper,or more to taste
- 1tspvegetable stock powder,or chicken bouillon powder
- 1tspmustard powder
- 1tspgarlic powder
- 1lbbroccoli florets,cut into small pieces
- 2large carrots,peeled and grated
- 2cupscheddar cheese,low-fat, sharp
Instructions
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Melt the butter in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat.
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Fry the onion for about 2 minutes, or until fragrant. Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Whisk in the flour and cook for a few minutes or until golden brown.
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Reduce heat to medium-low and slowly pour in the chicken stock and half-and-half, stirring well to combine and dissolve the flour into the liquid.
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Season with salt and pepper, stock powder, mustard powder, and garlic powder. Give it a good mix and allow to cook and thicken for about 5 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
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Add in the broccoli and carrots and gently simmer for another 20 minutes, until broccoli is completely tender.
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Mix in cheese and stir until just combined. Taste test and add in extra salt and/or pepper if desired.
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Serve with bread rolls! Enjoy.
Recipe Notes
For an even thicker consistency, mix 1 to 2 tablespoons of cornstarch with 3 tablespoons of water or milk, and add to the soup when it’s simmering. Mix through well and allow to thicken.
Nutrition
- Calories: 395.08kcal
- Fat: 30.40g
- Saturated Fat: 18.00g
- Trans Fat: 0.70g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.21g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.45g
- Carbohydrates: 17.56g
- Fiber: 1.05g
- Sugar: 6.52g
- Protein: 15.02g
- Cholesterol: 89.37mg
- Sodium: 583.69mg
- Calcium: 364.29mg
- Potassium: 493.55mg
- Iron: 1.16mg
- Vitamin A: 475.54µg
- Vitamin C: 56.49mg
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