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Copycat Panera Broccoli Cheese Soup (Prepped In 10 Minutes)

A bread bowl with broccoli cheese soup topped with extra cheddar cheese.
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This Panera broccoli cheese soup is an explosion of flavor. It has a rich and creamy base with melty cheese and bits of broccoli in each bite. What's not to love about that? And the best part is this Panera broccoli cheddar soup only takes 10 minutes to prepare!

Ingredients

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4 tbsp butter

1 yellow onion, finely chopped

¼ cup all purpose flour

1 ¾ cup chicken broth or stock (or vegetable broth)

2 cups half and half cream

3 cups broccoli florets, cut into bite-size pieces

1 cup diced carrots

Salt and ground black pepper, to taste

2 cups cheddar cheese, finely grated

Crusty bread bowl to serve in (optional)

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a saucepot over medium-high heat.
  2. Add onions and cook, stirring for 5 minutes.
  3. Add flour and cook until the flour is somewhat like a peanut butter color. 
  4. Pour in chicken stock and half cream.
  5. Bring to a boil and stir in broccoli and carrots.
  6. Reduce heat and simmer until the broccoli is tender.
  7. Remove half the soup and add to a food blender, and blend the soup. Or you can blend it in a saucepot with an immersion blender.
  8. Pour the blended soup pot into the pot of soup and add cheddar cheese.
  9. Set the soup over the stove and stir, heating until the cheese is melted.
  10. To serve, ladle soup into bowls, or carve out the middle part of the bread. Remove the center part leaving a ½-inch thick bread shell, and ladle the soup inside the bread.
  11. Serve garnished with some cheddar cheese on top.

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