Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, broccoli cheddar soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Infuse Butter & Oils with your Favorite Herbs with the Touch of a Button. Stir in broccoli, carrots, and celery. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Add milk and bring to a simmer, then stir in cheddar.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook broccoli cheddar soup using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Broccoli Cheddar Soup:
- Prepare 6 Tablespoons Butter (2 tbls/ 4 tbls)
- Make ready 1 medium sweet yellow Onion diced
- Take 1 clove Garlic minced
- Take 1/3 Cup Flour
- Take 2 Cups Chicken Stock/broth
- Prepare 4 Cups Half n Half
- Make ready 6 Cups chopped Broccoli
- Prepare 2 large Carrots peeled and sliced thin (1/16 inch slices)
- Take 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Take 3/4 teaspoon pepper
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Make ready 16 oz. medium sharp Cheddar Cheese grated
- Take Saute onion in
Puree the soup in batches in a blender until smooth; you'll still have flecks of carrot and broccoli. Return to the pot. (Or puree the soup in the pot with an immersion blender.) Add the cheese to. Broccoli Cheddar Soup Tips How do you keep broccoli cheddar soup from curdling? Curdling in a cream soup usually occurs when the milk or cream is added at too high of a heat.
Steps to make Broccoli Cheddar Soup:
- Saute onions in 2 tablespoons of butter until onions is caramelized and looks translucent.
- Add minced garlic to onions and saute 1 minute max while stirring constantly. Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a large soup pot with weighted bottom (if possible so soup doesn't stick) add the other 4 tablespoons of butter, flour, and cook on medium heat for approx. 5 minutes while whisking constantly with wire whip until mixture is thickened. This is an important step. If this mixture doesn't thinking properly, soup will not thicken later in the process.
- Slowly add the chicken stock/broth while whisking constantly.
- Slowly add Half n Half while whisking constantly. Simmer on low temp for about 20 minutes.
- Then add broccolli, carrots, and the onions and garlic mixture you set aside earlier. Also add salt, pepper, and cayenne. Simmer for another 20-25 minutes. By this time, soup should have thickened some. Whisk often to break up skim that forms on top of soup.
- Go ahead and stir in most, but not all of the cheese saving some for garnish. Give cheese a chance to melt. (About 1 minute DO NOT use pre-grated cheese! The flavor is just not there and that's crucial to this soup.
- At this point, go ahead and serve soup into individual bowls and add a little cheese to the top of each bowl. If you have kids, add a few goldfish crackers to peak their interest.
- Leftover soup can be kept in air tight containers for 1 week only! Warm in microwave. Enjoy!
Broccoli Cheddar Soup Tips How do you keep broccoli cheddar soup from curdling? Curdling in a cream soup usually occurs when the milk or cream is added at too high of a heat. As you incorporate the milk and broth into the cooked onion and flour mixture, keep the heat at medium and stir continuously with a whisk. Add in the broccoli florets and the shaved carrots. Remove half of the soup to a blender.
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