Mama Dickey’s Creamy Broccoli Soup | Cooking Up A Storm
Mama Dickey is here today for 6 weeks of soup! Today she’s joining us to make a family classic! She’s modified her world famous broccoli cheese soup to be made quickly and easily in a crock pot!
Ingredients:
4 tbsp butter
5 tbsp flour
2 cups half and half
1 cup milk
2 cans chicken broth
1 medium onion, diced
3-4 cups broccoli florets, chopped
1 medium onion, diced
3-4 cups broccoli florets, chopped
1 tbsp garlic
8 oz cream cheese
1-2 cups cheese, to taste
salt & pepper, to taste
Directions:
1. In a large sauce pan, melt butter over medium heat. Once melted, make a roux by mixing in flour until the mixture clumps up. Whisk in the half and half until a thick white sauce has formed.
2. Add diced onions, chopped broccoli, garlic and cream cheese to slow cooker. Pour sauce from the pan over and add the chicken broth. Stir to combine.
3. Cook low and slow for 5-7 hours until broccoli is soft. Add in extra chicken broth as needed to thin out your soup.
4. Uncover soup and add cheese (as desired), salt and pepper to taste. Stir until the cheese melts into the soup. Use an immersion blender to pulse smooth the soup if needed/desired.
5. Serve with cheese, raw broccoli florets, fresh bread and salt & pepper as needed.
Tips:
1. Use an immersion blender to break up your broccoli pieces a little more and to liquefy your soup.
2. Add extra chicken broth to your crock-pot close to it finishing to help make it more creamy and less thick. Crock-pots tend to dry up the soup a bit through evaporation.
3. You may very well add no extra shredded cheese to your soup. Mama Dickey doesn’t for hers, since she adds in so much cream cheese. You can add it to taste; we recommend a good cheddar cheese.
3. You may very well add no extra shredded cheese to your soup. Mama Dickey doesn’t for hers, since she adds in so much cream cheese. You can add it to taste; we recommend a good cheddar cheese.
4. Steam a few pieces of broccoli in the microwave to add some extra green broccoli pieces to the top of your soup for decoration.
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