Description
This Easy Crockpot Broccoli Cheese Soup is a semi-homemade recipe made with simple ingredients and is a hearty, delicious meal that you can enjoy this Fall or on cold winter nights! It’s the perfect comfort food that is trending on Tiktok and for good reason!
Ingredients
Scale
- 24 oz. of Frozen Broccoli ( you can use more if you wish)
- 10 oz. of Shredded Carrots (you can use more if you wish)
- 1 White Onion (diced)
- 2 tablespoons of Minced Garlic
- Salt and Pepper to Taste
- 3 tablespoons of Corn Starch
- 4 cups of Chicken Broth
- 1 cup of Heavy Cream
- 16 oz. of Velveeta Cheese
- 1 and 1/2 cups of Shredded Cheddar (optional)
Instructions
- Start by adding your broccoli, shredded carrots, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper to a crockpot. Mix until well combined.
- Dump in 3 cups of chicken broth. In a separate small bowl, mix the last cup of broth with your corn starch to form a cornstarch slurry. Add the final cup to the crockpot.
- Cook on high for 4 hours. Add in heavy cream and Velveeta cubes. If you want a thick soup, add additional shredded cheese.
- Cook on high for an additional hour or low for two hours. Until broccoli and carrots are tender.
- Serve with croutons, bread, or additional shredded cheese. Enjoy Panera at home.
Notes
- Smoother Soup: we like our soup to have texture, with smaller pieces of broccoli in it. But for a smoother soup, you can use an immersion blender to puree some of the soup and break up any large pieces of broccoli. I like our soup chunky, so I scoop out some of the chunks, blend up what’s left, then add the remaining soup back to the pot.
- Otherwise, you risk blending all the chunks out of it, which ruins the texture of the soup, but that’s our preference. You could also use a potato masher in a pinch but the stick blender does a much better job!
- Add Cheese at the End: To prevent the cheese from becoming stringy or oily, if you’re going to add the cheddar cheese, do it near the end of the cooking time (during the last 20 to 30 minutes). Stir and let the cheese melt for the best Crockpot Broccoli Cheddar Soup.
- Prep Time: 30
- Cook Time: 5-6 Hours
- Category: Soup
- Method: Cooktop
- Cuisine: American
