Broccoli Beer Cheese Soup
Whether you include the beer or not, this soup tastes wonderful. I always make extra and pop single servings into the freezer. —Lori Lee, Brooksville, Florida
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 5 celery ribs, finely chopped
- 3 medium carrots, finely chopped
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 4 cups fresh broccoli florets, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper
- 4 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, cubed
- 1 bottle (12 ounces) beer or nonalcoholic beer
- Optional toppings: Additional shredded cheddar cheese, cooked and crumbled bacon strips, chopped green onions, sour cream and salad croutons
Reviews
This soup is delicious! I used some red pepper flakes instead of the red pepper. I added some paprika as well. We topped the soup with homemade croutons. So easy and flavorful!
This soup is one of my family s favorite. Best one yet.
I left out the beer and added more chicken brothe. This turNed out great and would have to be the best broccoli soul I've made. Great flavor!
This is a wonderful version of cheese broccoli soup. I added some garlic but did everything else as directed. It's a good idea to cube the cream cheese as small as possible, then let it come to room temp or soften in micro. It takes awhile for it to melt. Absolutely delicious.
Very tastey. I was skeptical because it sounded under seasoned....not the case! Keep stirring to get the cream cheese incorporated. Will make again!
I made this beer cheese soup a few nights ago for the first Green Bay Packer game of the season. It was a huge hit with everyone. They even liked the broccoli in it. Maybe the bacon helped a little. I'll be making this one again and skipping the optional sour cream, it's plenty rich without it.
We throughly enjoyed this recipe. We used a dark, porter beer; very good! We also don't "measure", everything looks about right, perfect! Also when the cream cheese was added it was stirred until all melted.
I followed this recipe exactly, which I seldom ever do! It came out perfectly and I will definitely make it again. One comment, even though I am slow when I cook, I think it would take most cooks more than 15 minutes to prepare this, so maybe allow some extra time. I usually use lots of spices to kick up my recipes so I was skeptical since this only called for salt and pepper...but the recipe is perfect and does not need any tweaking! Thanks for sharing. NOTE: I used a food processor to finely chop the veggies except the broccoli florets. When I added the cream cheese I kept stirring and mashing the cream cheese until it was creamy.
This is absolutely terrible. It was not creamy, there was more celery than broccoli, and the cream cheese melted into curdled chunks.Will never make again, worst recipe i have ever made.Also, adding the beer at the end like this recipe says to do makes it taste like souped down beer. Worst soup i have ever tasted0/5 stars if I could.
I love this soup!