Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe

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Frozen broccoli-cheese sauce makes this hearty soup a speedy addition to a lunchtime or evening meal. It's a great way to use up leftover rice. This recipe can easily be doubled, too. —Laura Mihalenko-DeVoe, Charlotte, North Carolina

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Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons chopped onion
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup chicken broth
1 package (10 ounces) frozen broccoli and cheese sauce, thawed
1/2 cup cooked long grain rice
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions

In a small saucepan, cook onion in butter until tender. Stir in broth and broccoli with sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 4 minutes.
Add rice and cream. Cook 3-4 minutes longer or until heated through and broccoli is tender (do not boil). Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1-1/4 cups (prepared with reduced-fat butter and reduced-sodium broth) equals 268 calories, 18 g fat (11 g saturated fat), 51 mg cholesterol, 829 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 9 g protein.

Originally published as Broccoli Cheese Soup in Cooking for 2 Spring 2008, p37