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Broccoli Cheese Soup
This Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe is supremely flavorful and comforting. It's easily done in 30 minutes, and happens to be gluten-free. Your people will quickly gather around a pot of this cozy soup.
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 25 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Amy Dong📖 chewoutloud
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- dutch oven
- oven
- pot
- blender
- stove
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cook
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In a large Dutch oven, melt the butter over medium high heat. Add onion and garlic, stirring ⏱️ 2-3 minutes until tender. Add tarragon and carrots, and stir ⏱️ 3-4 minutes.
butter (salted)4 tablespoonsgarlic (chopped)6 clovestarragon1 teaspooncarrots (matchstick )1 cup
3
Thicken
4
Gently stir in the half & half, vegetable broth, bay leaves, and bring to a boil. Once boiling, immediately stir in the fully dissolved cornstarch and keep stirring until mixture thickens; if you want it even thicker, add another 1-2 TB of fullly dissolved cornstarch.
vegetable broth4 cuplarge bay leaves2cornstarch (dissolved in 4 TB water)4 tablespoons
5
Simmer
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Add broccoli florets, 1 tsp kosher salt, and 1/2 tsp black pepper and bring to a simmer. Simmer ⏱️ 10 minutes uncovered. Pick out bay leaves and carefully set pot in empty sink, for mess-free blending
broccoli florets (fresh or frozen/thawed)5 cupskosher salt (plus more as needed)1 teaspoonlarge bay leaves2
7
Blend
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Using an immersion blender, carefully blend the soup a little at a time, just until soup reaches desired texture with some chunkiness; go slowly, as soup can quickly turn into puree.
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Add Cheese
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Place pot back on stove over medium heat. Add freshly shredded cheese and stir just until melted.
11
Serve with additional broccoli florets and/or cheese for garnish, if desired. Leftovers keep well covered in fridge.
broccoli florets (fresh or frozen/thawed)5 cups
Nutrition Facts
calories
379 kcal
fat Content
29 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
2 g
sugar Content
5 g
sodium Content
1225 mg
protein Content
16 g
trans Fat Content
0.2 g
cholesterol Content
82 mg
carbohydrate Content
16 g
saturated Fat Content
17 g
unsaturated Fat Content
8 g
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