Uncle Bill's Broccoli Soup

"A delicious creamy soup and very easy to make. I developed this soup over 20 years ago and it has been a favorite."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a saucepan over medium-high heat, melt butter.
  • Add onions, carrots, garlic and cook for 5 minutes or until softened, stirring occasionally.
  • In a medium size cooking pot, add water and chicken soup base and bring to boil.
  • Add precooked onion/carrot/garlic to soup.
  • Add broccoli florets, reserving (6- 8 pieces) of broccoli florets to be added near the end of cooking.
  • Reduce heat and simmer covered, until broccoli is tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
  • In a blender or food processor, puree' soup in batches and return to cooking pot.
  • Stir in half and half cream and remaining broccoli florets.
  • In a cup, mix together flour and 1/4 cup water to form a thin liquid.
  • Bring soup to boil; add flour mixture to thicken soup as desired, stirring constantly.
  • Add soy sauce, black pepper and stir well.
  • Garnish with chopped parsley when serving.
  • You can also use some carrot curls for garnish.
  • Serve soup hot or cold.

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Reviews

  1. This was a really great homemade soup. I shredded my carrots instead of chopping them and added a bit more pepper - truly delicious!!
     
  2. I liked this soup but I felt that it was over seasoned and a bit heavy. The beauty of making soup from scratch is that you don't have to use that much sodium. The soup base was way overpowering as was the soy sauce, and I didnt like the sweetness the carrots added. You could barely taste the subtle flavor combination of garlic, onion, and broccoli that are so signature in cream of broccoli soup. This recipe is great if you love flavor packed foods, but I cook to avoid foods like this, so I was pretty disappointed overall. A tasty soup for those who can't taste. Don't make this soup unless you want cream of broccoli with a flare.
     
  3. THE MOST DELICIOUS SOUP we have ever tasted. We've made it twice now- once substituting 1 cup cream and 1 cup milk for the half and half, and the second time using evaporated milk in an atempt to be more healthy (I don't know what half and half is- I don't think we have it in Australia). I say forget being healthy and go for the cream. It was still fantastic either way, though.
     
  4. If my kids ask for seconds, I give a recipe 5 stars. They asked for seconds! Great use of veggies! I especially liked that it didn't have Velveeta cheese in it (unlike so many other broccoli soup recipes), just standard veggies and pantry items and easy to make. Oh, I didn't use soup base, just homemade chicken stock. I added salt to taste after the soy sauce. I used raw (whole) milk instead of half-and-half and I doubled the onions because I had a lot on hand.
     
  5. WOW! That's all I have to say!
     
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  1. THE MOST DELICIOUS SOUP we have ever tasted. We've made it twice now- once substituting 1 cup cream and 1 cup milk for the half and half, and the second time using evaporated milk in an atempt to be more healthy (I don't know what half and half is- I don't think we have it in Australia). I say forget being healthy and go for the cream. It was still fantastic either way, though.
     
  2. This was a really great homemade soup. I shredded my carrots instead of chopping them and added a bit more pepper - truly delicious!!
     

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I live in Burnaby, British Columbia. I am retired and have written a cookbook entitled, From Uncle Bill's Kitchen. I am a recipe developer, author, publisher, distributor and a chef. My cookbook is very unique as I have a Nutrient Analysis for each ingredient used in each recipe that shows you the values for Calories, Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. A high-lighted bar shows the values on a per serving basis plus the Fat/Cal%. From Uncle Bill's Kitchen contains tried-and-true, tested, easy to follow reipes for both novice and experienced cooks. You'll find old Russian, Ukrainian, and other ethnic favorites, along with modern West Coast dishes. The Nutrient Analysis will please the health conscious. Uncle Bill's favorite recipes will reward efforts of the most creative cook and provide the family with many tantalizing, healthful meals. I have appeared on 48 various Television Shows in Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna and Kamploops, B.C. Canada, as well as in Palm Springs, CA. In Palm Springs, CA, I have been a Guest on the JACKIE OLDEN RADIO SHOW and THE JOEY ENGLISH RADIO SHOW, twice a year since 1998. I also do demo cooking shows at CHAPTERS BOOK STORES, SAVE-ON-FOOD STORES, GALLOWAY'S FOODS, WESTMINSTER PUBLIC QUAY MARKET, and in the U.S. at BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORES in Palm Springs, CA, Phoenix and Yuma, AZ. I was in Palm Springs, CA from June 10th to July 14th. 2002 and again appeared twice on the Jackie Olden Show, twice on the Joey English Show and pre-taped a TV COOKING SHOW with Jackie Olden that is aired on TV from Palm Springs, CA to Los Angeles, CA.
 
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