How do you get a child to eat broccoli? Why, put it in cheese, of course! If you like Panera’s Broccoli and Cheddar soup, then you will love this one for sure. A favorite flavor already made even better. Restaurant-style recipes made at home from scratch tastes so much better and this soup proves it!
What is there not to like about this creamy, full of flavor, loaded with vegetables, and easy to make a delicious bowl of soup? It so smooth, satisfying, and best of all, quick! Literally, this soup can be made in less than 30 minutes.
Soup in general, is my go-to comfort food, especially during this time of year. A nice, steamy bowl of soup is the perfect remedy for the cold days. If you love soup as well, see many more scrumptious recipes in my soup section. You can enjoy it for lunch or dinner EVERY SINGLE DAY! May you stay warm, and your tummy full. 😉
Ingredients
Instructions
Rinse chop onion, and garlic. Cut broccoli into florets. Grate the carrots. Shred the cheese, cover with a plastic food wrap and set all of these prepared ingredients aside.
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What is there not to like about this creamy, full of flavor, loaded with vegetables, and easy to make a delicious bowl of Easy Broccoli and Cheddar Soup (Video Recipe). Literally, this soup can be made under 30 minutes!
- 1 tbsp. – unsalted butter
- 1 x-large – garlic clove (I used homegrown, you’ll need 2-3 store bough size)
- 1 small – yellow onion (I used homegrown weighing 3 oz.)
- 2 tbsp. – unsalted butter (for cooking flour)
- ¼ cup or 32 g – organic all-purpose flour
- 2 cups or 473 ml – organic half & half
- 3 ½ cups or 828 g – water
- 1 tsp. – Mrs. Dash Seasoning
- ½ tsp. – sea salt
- 1/8 tsp. – cayenne pepper
- 1/8 tsp. – black ground pepper (optional, if you like the soup spicier)
- 1 tbsp. – organic chicken bouillon
- 3 cups or 225 g – broccoli florets (I used organic and it makes a huge difference in taste)
- 2 cups or 5 oz./150 g – grated carrots
- 3 cups or 8 oz./ 225 g – sharp cheddar cheese
Rinse chop onion, and garlic. Cut broccoli into florets. Grate the carrots. Shred the cheese, cover with a plastic food wrap and set all of these prepared ingredients aside.
- Preheat a small skillet on high temperature and then add 1 tbsp. of butter. As soon as the butter melts add finely chopped garlic. Sautee for a minute or until the garlic is toasted. Then add chopped onion. Sautee for a couple of minutes or until light golden in color mixing from time to time at high temperature.
- Preheat medium pot on high heat (do not overheat, otherwise the butter will burn from a pot being overheated pot). Add 2 tbsp. of unsalted butter. As soon as the butter melts add ¼ cup of sifted flour and stir until absorbed with butter and cooked for about 10 seconds.
- Add half & half and water. Bring this mixture to a boil stirring constantly to prevent from the flour settles to the bottom of the pot and then burning.
As soon as it boils reduce the heat to low/med and mix in grated carrots, then add all the spices: Mrs. Dash Seasoning, sea salt, cayenne pepper, ground black pepper (optional, adding it will make the soup a bit spicier), chicken bouillon paste, and sauteed garlic and onion. Stir everything together and let it simmer for 10 minutes stirring every minute or so.
- Mix in broccoli florets and let it simmer additional 8 minutes stirring and scraping the bottom of a pot using a flat spatula.
- Finally, mix in shredded cheese (it has to be sharp for the best cheddar taste). As soon as it comes to a boil, remove from the stove and let the soup cool a bit before serving.
- I love to serve this soup with Dark Rye bread toasts. (Slice bread spread a thin layer of salted butter on each slice of the bread, and then broil on high in the oven for a minute or so. Be sure to stand by at all time not to burn the toasts as it toasts pretty fast!!!)
To speed up the process of the soup making I shred cheese, rinse and cut broccoli into florets while the soup is simmering after adding carrots since it takes 10 minutes to simmer before adding broccoli.
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This looks delicious! Do you think using frozen broccoli whittle be ok in this recipe? I have a lot of it frozen but now fresh..
I’ve never used frozen broccoli. I think it should be ok. Let me know how it turns out for you, so other readers know the results as well. Thank you for asking!
When do you add garlic and onion? Did I miss something?
Hello, I did notice that I missed video graphing that step. You add sauteed garlic and onion right after adding carrots. I hope this clarifies a bit.