Broccoli cheddar soup

Name: Broccoli cheddar soup
Total time: 6300 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 strips bacon; 1 onion; 1 cup shredded carrots; 4 oz sharp cheddar, shredded; 4 oz white cheddar, shredded; 4 cups chicken broth; 3 tbsp butter; 3 tsp garlic; 1/3 cup flour; 1 cup milk; 1 cup heavy cream; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper; 3 cups broccoli

Shari Meyer @sharilikesrainbows

Broccoli cheddar soup

Shari Meyer @sharilikesrainbows

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Ingredients

1 hr 45 min

Choppy Choppy
6 stripsbacon
1onion
1 cupshredded carrots
4 ozsharp cheddar, shredded
4 ozwhite cheddar, shredded
Not Choppy Choppy
4 cupschicken broth
3 tbspbutter
3 tspgarlic
1/3 cupflour
1 cupmilk
1 cupheavy cream
1/2 tspsalt
1/4 tspnutmeg
1/4 tspcayenne pepper
3 cupsbroccoli

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Steps

1 hr 45 min

1

Bake bacon in oven at 400°F for 25 minutes. Let cool and chop into pieces.
2

Add 3 tbsp butter and grease from baking bacon into Dutch oven. Cook onions until done. Add garlic and cook until fragrant.
3

Add 1/3 cup flour and stir until fully incorporated.
4

Slowly pour in chicken broth, stirring and scraping browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
5

Add 1 cup milk and 1 cup heavy cream, stir. Then add 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper, and black pepper, stir. Then add broccoli and carrots, stir.
6

Bring to boil then let simmer for 15 minutes, until the broccoli and carrots are done.
7

Add shredded cheeses. Stir until melted and combined. Let simmer for 5 more minutes.
8

Remove form heat and let cool for 10 minutes. Top with bacon pieces.