Homemade 5-Ingredient Broccoli Cheese Soup
- Prep 5 minutes
- Cook 25 minutes
- Total 25 minutes
Homemade 5-Ingredient Broccoli Cheese Soup is a soup recipe on Avoteb. Plan on 25 minutes from start to plate. The amounts and the method are both on this page.
Ingredients
- 3 cups chicken or vegetable stock
- 2 cups chopped broccoli florets, fresh or frozen
- 1 small white onion, diced (about 1 cup)
- 1 (15 oz.) can evaporated milk
- 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese (**see note below**)
- plus a few generous pinches of salt and black pepper
- (optional: a few generous pinches of Italian seasoning or Cajun seasoning)
Method
Whisk together stock, diced onion and broccoli in a medium saucepan. Warm over a medium burner until it comes to a low boil. Lower heat to medium and continue boiling for about 5 minutes, or until the onions are tender. Stir in the evaporated milk and continue cooking for 3 minutes or until the mixture returns to a let it bubble gently. Lift from heat and mix in the cheese until melted.
Salt soup with salt and pepper to taste.
Plate warm.
**As the cook said above, some brands of shredded cheese melt more easily than others. To play it safe, It is worth buying a block of cheddar and shredding it yourself just before adding in the cheese. But the cook used Kraft brand for this recipe, and it melted evenly!**
