Broccoli Cheddar Soup
"This is an easy yummy soup! I "cheat" or rather amend this soup with a can of Campbell's Broccoli Cheese to help bring the flavors together. Don't worry, it's way better than just opening the can :) I serve this with a home made bread or focaccia!
Submitted some corrections for the jerk of a critic/editor who, ironically, can't spell! But hey, thanks!"
photo by *Parsley*
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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20
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 bunches broccoli
- water
- 2 chicken bouillon cubes
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 10 ounces broccoli cheese soup
- 12 ounces evaporated milk
- 1⁄2 cup cream
directions
- Melt butter in pot.
- Add olive oil, onion, and garlic and saute until onion is tender.
- Don't only use the florets skin the stalks and add them too -- they're great!
- Add broccoli and water and bullion to barely cover the broccoli.
- Bring to boil and cook until broccoli is al dente (which means "to the tooth" easy to bite through but still has firmness). About 10 minutes.
- If you like it smooth puree all or part in a blender or stick blenders work great!
- Add can of Campbell's Broccoli cheese.
- Add a slurry of 1/4 c flour and evaporated milk. and check that it's thick as you like. -- if not thick enough, add 2T of flour for each quart of water.
- Add cheese, salt, pepper, and other seasonings (like the curry, jakesoup jerk) to taste.
- Finish with heavy cream to taste but you may no longer boil.
- Like any soup it taste better the longer it sets so, fix it early if you can, but it's great fresh too.
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Reviews
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I thought this was very good. The curry powder adds a nice extra something to the flavor of the soup. I used cheddar cheese soup instead of broccoli cheese, but that's all I changed. Thanx for sharing this! -
a nice casserole. also easy conversion, for 8x8 pan. put cooked (approx 5 -10 min) broccoli in bottom of pan . pour sauted onions on top. mix 1 can mushroom soup + 1/2 soup can of milk( which can be a combo of evaporated milk/blend/cream or regular milk). pour over top of broccoli +
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Yum! Thanks, I always like a good shortcut meal! I actually went into to this thinking I had a can of the soup but found out I was actually out. I improvised with a frozen broccoli and cauliflower in cheese sauce; defrosted and tossed it in when it calls for the soup and it turned out great. Added some extra cheddar cheese and Success! Thanks for sharing:) -
This recipe is poorly put together. They left out when to add the curry, and bullion cubes. (add these once your water is boiling) Seeing as how most people who are online finding recipes are learning how to cook they won't know how long it takes to cook broccoli to "al dente" (which by the way al dente is a term for pasta and less commonly rice and beans). Cook the broccoli until it is firm but not hard. About 10-15 minutes and the term is 2 heads of broccoli. What is a slurry of 1/4 flower? Do you mean 1/4 teaspoon, 1/4 tablespoon, 1/4 cup, 1/4 pound or maybe you mean fill 1/4 of the pot with flower? (its a 1/4 cup by the way) Lets move onto cream. Seeing as how "fresh cream" only comes from a cow people should know they are looking for Heavy Whipping Cream. I went ahead and used half and half instead and it works fine. The soup tastes great but the directions are extremely poor. I hope people find this review useful is cooking this soup.
Tweaks
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thank you ruswithork. not necessary to be negative. I made an entry + entered before finished .. Also an easy conversion.. . for 8x8 pan - cook broccoli until tender. put in bottom of pan. add sauted onions ( I omitted garlic) . pour over broccoli. mix 1 can mushroom soup + 1/2 soup can of evaporrated milk (can be cream / blend / can milk,) + pour over broccoli + onion. spread grated cheese on top (I used combo of cheddar / monteray jack on top (as much or as little as you want). top with "stove top" dressing prepared as per box instruction. bake @ 350 deg. - approx 30 min.
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I thought this was very good. The curry powder adds a nice extra something to the flavor of the soup. I used cheddar cheese soup instead of broccoli cheese, but that's all I changed. Thanx for sharing this!
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I love food! I am always amazed that there are always new things to try... even foods I hated as a child are often a new thing to love. I'm always interested in trying gourmet or cultural favorites.
I dabble in the kitchen on whims mostly. Usually spurred on by upcoming events, parties, etc. I especially love a great presentation.
Outside the kitchen I like reading to my kids, classic lit, fantasy, Harry Potter mania stuff, church stuff (weird mix?-- I think not). Right now we are in the mid-madness of getting the kids ready with their 4-H projects and getting ready to help with church camp which we volunteer for.
