Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, broccoli cheddar soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have broccoli cheddar soup using 13 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Broccoli Cheddar Soup:

1. Prepare 1 large onion, roughly chopped
2. Make ready 3 cloves garlic,minced
3. Take 2 carrots, diced to the size of your liking
4. Take 4 tbsp butter
5. Get 1/4 cup flour
6. Prepare 1 bay leaf
7. Prepare 2 cups half and half
8. Take 3-4 cups chicken stock*
9. Get 6-7 heads broccoli crowns
10. Make ready 3-4 cups sharp cheddar cheese
11. Take salt
12. Prepare pepper
13. Take 4 oz cream cheese

You get all of the stick your bones goodness you get from all the best comfort food while indulging in the sharp, cheesy flavor from the cheddar. This Broccoli Cheddar Soup recipe uses simple ingredients but has so much flavor and creaminess. Some soups require hours and hours of simmering time to develop. A from-scratch, homemade Broccoli Cheddar Soup recipe!

Steps to make Broccoli Cheddar Soup:

1. Melt butter in a large, heavy duty saucepan.
2. Sauté onion and carrot on medium heat for 5-8 minutes. Sweating them down. Add minced garlic.
3. Add flour. Stir flour into veggies. Turn heat down if browning too fast. You want to be able to cook the flour for about 5minutes.
4. Add half and half.
5. Add chicken stock. *If you like your soup thin, add all 4 cups. If you like a thicker soup,just add 3 cups.
6. Add bay leaf.
7. This is where I add my salt and pepper. I start out with 1tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper. You can adjust to your preference.
8. Bring soup up to a gentle boil, medium-high heat..let simmer for 10 minutes.
9. At this point, I use my immersion blender. I've got kids that would die if they knew onions were in this. This way, you dont sacrifice flavor over the tastes of picky eaters.
10. I threw about 1/2 tsp salt in and dumped my broccoli in. My broccoli was mostly florets,but I also left a head, with more stalks…for texture. Completely up to you..
11. I lightly simmered, for 20 minutes. Or until your broccoli is tender.
12. Remove bay leaf.
13. Once you have tender broccoli, remove a couple cups of broccoli to a bowl. I used the immersion blender again, in the soup.
14. Return the chunks of broccoli to the soup.
15. Add cream cheese and cheddar cheese.
16. Stir all that yummy cheese until it melts into the soup. 😆
17. Ladle up and enjoy!! - I served this in bread bowls. Delicious!

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