Quick Broccoli Cheese Soup with Heavy Cream
This is how you make homemade quick broccoli cheese soup with heavy cream at home! Perfect dinner idea when it's cold outside. Creamy and cheesy with fresh vegetables too.
Servings: 5
Equipment
- 1 pot
Ingredients
- 1/2 c onions diced
- 6 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp garlic chopped
- 1 c half and half heavy cream
- 4 c chicken broth or vegetable broth if making vegetarian
- 2 carrots grated, optional
- 1 stalk celery diced
- 2 oz cream cheese room temp.
- 4 tbsp flour
- 4 c broccoli florettes
- 3 c cheddar cheese sharp is best
- 1/2 tsp cayenne
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Melt butter in a pot on your stovetop on medium heat.
- Add diced onions and saute just until onions soften.
- Whisk in flour and slowly stir until it turns a light brown color.
- Slowly add your half and half, whisk until smooth.
- Add chicken broth and seasonings.
- Reduce heat and simmer until it thickens, about 10 minutes.
- Add broccoli, carrots, and celery.
- Continue to simmer until vegetables are the desired tenderness, about 20 minutes or so.
- Then add cheese and cook until it melts, just a few minutes. Stir and serve!
Nutrition
Serving: 4oz | Calories: 576kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 28g | Cholesterol: 138mg | Sodium: 1335mg | Potassium: 660mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 6070IU | Vitamin C: 82.4mg | Calcium: 621mg | Iron: 1.8mg