Steps to Make Homemade Broccolli Cheddar Soup

Broccolli Cheddar Soup.

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, broccolli cheddar soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook broccolli cheddar soup using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Broccolli Cheddar Soup:

1. {Get of Butter (2 tbls/ 4 tbls).
2. {Get of medium sweet yellow Onion diced.
3. {Take of Garlic minced.
4. {Prepare of Flour.
5. {Make ready of Chicken Stock/broth.
6. {Take of Half n Half.
7. {Get of chopped Broccolli.
8. {Take of large Carrots peeled and sliced thin (1/16 inch slices).
9. {Prepare of salt.
10. {Get of pepper.
11. {Take of cayenne pepper.
12. {Get of medium sharp Cheddar Cheese grated.
13. {Make ready of Saute onion in.

Steps to make Broccolli 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!.

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