How To Make Slow Cooker Broccoli Cheese Soup
This slow-cooked broccoli cheese soup gives a rich combination of minty and salty tastes and a smooth, velvet-like texture. Add milk for a creamier soup.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1tbspbutter
- 1large onion,chopped
- ½cupcelery,sliced
- 1tspgarlic powder
- 1bay leaf
- 4cupschicken broth,or stock
- 6cupsfresh broccoli,about 2 heads
- 4ozcream cheese
- 12ozevaporated milk
- 2cupssharp cheddar cheese,shredded
- ⅔cupfresh parmesan cheese,shredded
- salt & pepper,to taste
Instructions
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Heat butter in a small pan over medium heat. Cook onion and celery until tender, about 3 minutes.
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Wash and chop the broccoli and place in the slow cooker. Add cooked onion, garlic powder, bay leaf, chicken broth, cream cheese, and salt and pepper to taste.
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Cook on Low 6 to 7 hours or until broccoli is tender. Add evaporated milk and cook 30 to 60 minutes more. Discard the bay leaf.
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Remove one cup of broccoli and coarsely chop. Puree remaining soup using a hand blender.
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Add chopped broccoli back into the soup. Stir in all of the cheeses until melted.
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Garnish with additional shredded cheeses or ½ teaspoon of pesto sauce.
Nutrition
- Calories: 377.18kcal
- Fat: 25.60g
- Saturated Fat: 14.45g
- Trans Fat: 0.45g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 7.01g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.20g
- Carbohydrates: 16.73g
- Fiber: 2.25g
- Sugar: 8.86g
- Protein: 21.38g
- Cholesterol: 77.43mg
- Sodium: 738.67mg
- Calcium: 538.26mg
- Potassium: 575.81mg
- Iron: 1.15mg
- Vitamin A: 228.08µg
- Vitamin C: 63.55mg
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