Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, broccoli cheddar soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Broccoli Cheddar Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Broccoli Cheddar Soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

My husband loves Panera® broccoli cheddar soup but it went up in price and therefore we set out on a hunt to create the perfect broccoli cheddar soup. Here is what we came up with. There are tons of variations and options to make this soup your own. You can add extra veggies, different cheeses, garlic to your onions, a little nutmeg to the.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook broccoli cheddar soup using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Broccoli Cheddar Soup:

1. Make ready 6 Tablespoons Butter (2 tbls/ 4 tbls)
2. Make ready 1 medium sweet yellow Onion diced
3. Make ready 1 clove Garlic minced
4. Make ready 1/3 Cup Flour
5. Get 2 Cups Chicken Stock/broth
6. Take 4 Cups Half n Half
7. Make ready 6 Cups chopped Broccoli
8. Make ready 2 large Carrots peeled and sliced thin (1/16 inch slices)
9. Get 3/4 teaspoon salt
10. Take 3/4 teaspoon pepper
11. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
12. Prepare 16 oz. medium sharp Cheddar Cheese grated
13. Prepare 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. Slowly add chicken broth and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low.

Steps to make Broccoli Cheddar Soup:

1. Saute onions in 2 tablespoons of butter until onions is caramelized and looks translucent.
2. Add minced garlic to onions and saute 1 minute max while stirring constantly. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. 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.
4. Slowly add the chicken stock/broth while whisking constantly.
5. Slowly add Half n Half while whisking constantly. Simmer on low temp for about 20 minutes.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Leftover soup can be kept in air tight containers for 1 week only! Warm in microwave. Enjoy!

Slowly add chicken broth and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Our fan-favorite Broccoli Cheddar Soup is a gateway to childhood. It always brings to mind memories of chilly weekends and scarf-wrapped adventures. It's also just plain delicious to boot.

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