Description
Hearty crockpot cheesy broccoli potato soup delivers comfort in a bowl for cold winter nights. Simple ingredients blend seamlessly, creating a creamy, satisfying meal you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 potatoes (medium, peeled and diced)
- 4 cups (960 ml) broccoli florets (chopped)
- 2 cups (226 g) cheddar cheese (shredded)
- 4 cups (960 ml) vegetable or chicken broth
- 1 cup (240 ml) heavy cream or milk
- 1 onion (small, finely chopped)
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp salt (or to taste)
- ½ tsp black pepper
- Chives or parsley (fresh, chopped for garnish)
Instructions
- Prep Work: Meticulously wash and dice broccoli florets, russet potatoes, yellow onion, and garlic into uniform pieces to guarantee even cooking and consistent texture throughout the soup.
- Base Construction: Nestle chopped vegetables into the crockpot, flooding with broth, and seasoning with thyme, salt, and pepper to establish a robust flavor foundation.
- Slow Infusion: Cover and set crockpot to low, allowing ingredients to gently meld and transform for 4-5 hours until potatoes surrender their firmness and vegetables reach sublime tenderness.
- Textural Transformation: Utilize immersion blender to partially puree the mixture, creating a luxurious landscape of creamy base punctuated with hearty vegetable chunks.
- Creamy Enrichment: Stream in heavy cream, whisking continuously while gradually folding in sharp cheddar cheese to achieve a silky, indulgent consistency without unwanted cheese clumping.
- Final Fusion: Maintain low heat for an additional 15-20 minutes, permitting flavors to harmonize and cheese to completely dissolve into the soup’s velvety embrace.
- Flavor Calibration: Sample and refine seasonings, ensuring a perfectly balanced taste profile that celebrates each ingredient’s unique character.
- Presentation: Cascade soup into serving vessels, crowning with delicate fresh chive or parsley garnish to introduce a vibrant, aromatic finale.
- Serving Suggestion: Present piping hot, accompanied by crusty artisan bread or crisp croutons to provide delightful textural contrast.
Notes
- Vegetable Prep Matters: Uniform chopping ensures even cooking and consistent texture throughout the soup, preventing undercooked or mushy sections.
- Blending Technique: Partially puree the soup to maintain some vegetable chunks, creating a more interesting and rustic mouthfeel compared to completely smooth soups.
- Cheese Melting Tip: Stir cheese gradually and continuously to prevent clumping, ensuring a smooth and creamy consistency without separating.
- Flavor Depth Hack: Let the soup simmer an extra 15-20 minutes after adding cream and cheese to allow ingredients to fully integrate and develop a rich, complex taste profile.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 hours
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 7
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 10g
- Cholesterol: 50mg