Easy Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Easy broccoli cheese soup is prepared in but thirty minutes! Creamy comfort in an exceedingly bowl with tender broccoli, cheddar, then a lot of flavour!

Our Broccoli Cheese Soup formula has taken quite an few years to induce right: style, flavour and consistency. This won't be a certain duplicate of Panera’s Broccoli store cheese Soup… However it’s thus smart you’ll be ingestion it right out of the pot before your friends and family have an opportunity to pour themselves a bowl!

When I visited my town big apple many years agone, I used to be taken to Panera’s and was now given a steaming hot bowl of Broccoli store cheese Soup. Dipping into it, I couldn't believe however fantastically thick and creamy it was… and since then I’ve been creating it reception for us!

Thick Associate in Nursingd creamy with an ABUNDANCE of broccoli and yank store cheese cheese!

INGREDIENTS :

1/3 cup butter
1 yellow onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped or minced
1/3 cup all purpose flour (or plain flour)
1 pound (500 grams) broccoli florets, cut into small pieces
2 large carrots, peeled and grated
2 cups low fat sharp cheddar cheese
2 cups good-quality low sodium chicken stock
3 cups half-and-half, (or evaporated milk or regular milk)
3/4 teaspoon salt, or more to your taste
1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper, or more to your taste
1 teaspoon vegetable stock powder (or chicken bouillon powder)
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder

INSTRUCTIONS :

Melt the butter in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Fry the onion until fragrant (about 2 minutes). Add in the garlic and cook for a further minute. Whisk in the flour and cook for a few minutes or until golden brown.
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. 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.
Add in the broccoli and carrots and gently simmer for another 20 minutes, until broccoli is completely tender. Mix in cheese and stir until just combined. Taste test and add in extra salt and/or pepper, if desired.
Serve with bread rolls!