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    Home / Recipes / Soups

    Decadent Broccoli Cheese Chowder

    Posted On Jan 22, 2013 · Updated On Jan 11, 2019

    Decadent Broccoli Cheese Chowder

    You're gonna want to make a double batch. Trust us.

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    This decadent Broccoli Cheese Chowder recipe is obsession-worthy. We know 'cause we're obsessed.

    Courtesy:  No Face Plate

    I loved Broccoli and Cheese so much that as a kid, I dressed up as it for Halloween. I'm serious.

    Over the years my passion has mellowed a bit, but I'm still the one nibbling at the last couple of florets on Fondue Night and I just about lost it when I found out Gramma had made Broccoli Cheese Casserole (in all its mayonnaise-drenched, condensed soup goodness) for Christmas Dinner. Yeah, I ate some of what I cooked - but at least as much BCC went down the hatch.

    Since I cook for a couple of gluten-free women, I wanted to try different thickeners, instead of flour - cornstarch seemed an obvious choice, but maybe I could minimize the starch by using goat cheese and extra potato?

    Yes I can, and did, and I gotta say - best B+C Chowder ever made by Moi.

     

     

    Broccoli Cheese Chowder

    No Face Plate
    5 from 1 vote
    Print Recipe
    Course Main Course, Soup
    Cuisine American

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 small head brocolli
    • 2 medium yukon gold potatoes peeled and diced largishly (my pieces were all about ½ inch wide)
    • 1 small onion
    • 2 carrots
    • 2 stalks celery
    • 4 cloves garlic minced
    • 3 scallions minced
    • Small handful parsley minced
    • 1 cup milk or cream
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 4 oz fresh goat cheese
    • A rather large amount of freshly grated black pepper
    • Salt to taste
    • 6 cups vegetable stock or water and boullion equivalent
    • ¾ pound sharp cheddar cheese grated, tossed with 1 tablespoon cornstarch
    • 1 teaspoon mustard
    • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
    • Scallions shredded cheddar, hot sauce or Jalapeno Oil to garnish

    Jalapeno Oil

    • 1 large jalapeno
    • ½ cup flavorful olive oil
    • Parsley scallions, garlic, whatever herb strikes your fancy

    Instructions
     

    • Melt your butter in a medium stock pot and add onion, celery, carrot, garlic. Over medium high heat, stir veggies every 2 minutes while keeping pot covered until they soften, about 6 minutes. Covering the pot in between stirs helps to steam the veggies, thus quickening their cooking time.
    • Add your brocc, stir, cover once more and cook 2 minutes, until it has turned bright green. Add stock, potatoes, scallions, parsley, pepper, mustard and lemon juice, and simmer soup for 10-12 minutes, until potatoes are very soft. Remove from heat.
    • Use an immersion blender to carefully blend your soup to the desired consistency - I went for pretty well-blended with some large chunks for kicks. Return to the heat and add your cream, cheddar, and goat cheese. Stir well and let it all melt and blend. Taste for salt and add, if needed.
    • Sprinkle any remaining cheddar over the top along with parsley or scallions, and serve. If you want a little heat, try the Jalapeno Oil on it. Nom.

    Jalapeno Oil

    • Put it all in a blender and whizzzzzz until everything's emulsified. Strain through cheesecloth or a fine-mesh sieve. Serve.
    Keyword broccoli cheese chowder

     

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