Best Crazy Good Cream Of Broccoli Soup Recipes

RICH BROCCOLI CREAM SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute celery and onion in butter until tender. Add the broccoli, broth, garlic salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes or until broccoli is tender. , In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and water until smooth. Stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat to low. Stir in cream; cook 10 minutes longer or until heated through.

DINNER - CRAZY GOOD CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large, heavy soup pot or Dutch oven and add the onion and celery. Cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 to 8 minutes. Do not allow these ingredients to brown. Add a generous pinch of salt to prevent this from happening (the salt draws out liquid from the vegetables). Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until the garlic smells fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute.
• Add the broccoli, potatoes or rice, water or stock, bouquet garni, and salt, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes. Remove the bouquet garni. Stir in the spinach and let sit for a minute off the heat. Add freshly ground pepper, taste and adjust salt.
• Using a hand blender, or in batches in a regular blender, purée the soup. If using a regular blender fill only half way and cover the top with a towel pulled down tight, rather than airtight with the lid, because hot soup will jump and push the top off if the blender is closed airtight. Return to the pot and heat through, stirring. Adjust seasoning to taste with salt and pepper. Serve, topping each bowl with a sprinkle of chopped herbs and with other garnishes of your choice.

CRAZY GOOD CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP

Steps:

• In med. size saucepan cook the broccoli, broth, onion and spices until broccoli stems are tender. (poke with a fork to check).
• Remove bay leaf. Puree this mixture in several small batches in your blender. Be careful! this stuff is hot. Only fill your blender half way so you don't hurt yourself and make a mess!
• Put pureed mix in a bowl, rinse out saucepan and melt the butter on. med. heat. Once melted, add the flour and whisk together (you are making a rue, like when you make a white sauce). Then add the milk.
• Once this mixture has thickened a bit, add the puree. Mix well and then serve and enjoy!

BEST CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in medium sized stock pot, and saute onion and celery until tender. Add broccoli and broth, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
• In small saucepan, over medium-heat melt 3 tablespoons butter, stir in flour and add milk. Stir until thick and bubbly, and add to soup. Season with pepper and serve.

PAULA'S CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan and lightly sauté onion.
• Add flour, bouillon cubes and seasonings, stirring until smooth.
• Remove from heat.
• Gradually whisk in milk.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Boil and stir 1 minute.
• Meanwhile, cook broccoli according to package directions.
• Add broccoli and simmer an additional 10 minutes.
• At this point, you could put in a crock set on low until ready to serve.
• NOTE: When I make this in the crock pot, I triple the cream soup base and add 2 packages of the broccoli florets.