American
Broccoli Cheddar Soup
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Broccoli Cheddar Soup is American home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Melt the butter in a pot over medium and cook the onion and garlic until soft, about 5 minutes.
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Sprinkle in the flour and cook 1 minute, then slowly whisk in the broth and milk until smooth.
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Add the shredded carrot and broccoli, then simmer until the broccoli is very tender, about 15 minutes.
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Stir in the cream and nutmeg, then lower the heat and add the cheddar a handful at a time until melted.
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Blend a portion of the soup for a smoother body if you like, then season with the salt and pepper.
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Ladle into bowls and serve warm.
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Serve it with
A American dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Broccoli Cheddar Soup, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Broccoli Cheddar Soup carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew |
| Gluten | Yes | Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 300 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 14 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 620 mg
- Saturated fat
- 13 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Broccoli Cheddar Soup takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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