Broccoli Cheese Soup

[homecook]

Broccoli Cheese Soup

1 small onion, minced
4 T. butter
5 T. flour
1 tsp. salt
3 c. light cream or milk
1-2 cups chicken broth
2-10oz. pkg. broccoli or 1-1/2 large broccol heads, steamed
1/2 - 3/4 c. shredded cheddar cheese (I use about 1 lb. Velveeta)

Cook butter and onion until tender. Add flour. Cook for 1 minute. Gradually add cream and whisk til smooth, add salt. Gradually add chicken broth until desired thickness. Add cheese until melted. Add broccoli. Enjoy


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[Calicolady]

YUM! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/images/yum.gif

[sattie]

I love BC soup! I have been making Emeril's recipe for quite some time now and it is pretty much the same except with thyme, nutmeg, white pepper, and garlic. It is really tasty stuff. Thanks for sharing the recipe HC!

[leolady]

Ah man! I love this soup and I had lost the recipe!

Thanks so much for posting it!

[lilylove]

I haven't had a nice bowl of this in years...sounds perfect!! Thanks!

[homecook]

Bumping for rickismom!!

[rickismom]

Bumping for rickismom!!

THANK YOU!! :biggrin:

[Cooksie]

Looks good (saw the pic :)) and sounds good! I'll have to try it this way.

[QSis]

I'm big on making a vat of soup and freezing most of it.

This probably wouldn't freeze well, huh?

Lee

[homecook]

I'm big on making a vat of soup and freezing most of it.

This probably wouldn't freeze well, huh?

Lee

I'm with you Lee, that's what I do with most soups.

I really don't think it would work with this because of the cream/milk in it and I think the broccoli would be mush when defrosted. It's good reheated the next day or two but that's about it. In my experience......

[Maverick2272]

This is one of my favorite soups, thanks!

(Now we just need to figure out how to duplicate chili's Loaded Baked Potato soup, LOL)

[homecook]

This is one of my favorite soups, thanks!

(Now we just need to figure out how to duplicate chili's Loaded Baked Potato soup, LOL)

Now that would be ideal Mav! I've only had it a couple times there but unfortunately they're not that close to me.
Another place years ago that had great potato soup was Denny's, believe it or not. It was outstanding!

[Maverick2272]

Now that would be ideal Mav! I've only had it a couple times there but unfortunately they're not that close to me.
Another place years ago that had great potato soup was Denny's, believe it or not. It was outstanding!

DW loves their lunch deal, all you can eat soup and salad. The tortilla soup is also awesome. If I ever manage to duplicate either I will be sure to share them!

[Blues Man]

I love broccoli cheese soup! Thanks for sharing......

[homecook]

You're welcome Blues Man!!

[Bilby]

Hey Heather, I made this recipe for lunch and it is so very moreish! Lunch took about 15 mins to make from scratch and about an hour to eat cos I just kept on going back to top up my mug - just a little bit. And when it came to put the leftovers away, the container I grabbed ended up being just that little bit too small, so there was nothing left to do but to eat the overflow!! Can't go making unnecessary washing up now, can I?? ;-) I did add some garlic and pepper to the mix and only took stabs at the quantities.

As to freezing it Lee, as this recipe basically uses a white sauce (although I added the cheese at this point and made it a bechamel), as its starting point, I don't see why you couldn't freeze it. Especially if you keep the milk/cream content down to just making the sauce and use the chicken stock as the volume. You could always add milk/cream at the reheat stage if you wanted to but I think it was creamy enough without more. I only used milk and worked on this basis today.

Good one Heather!!