Description
Comforting Midwest Pioneer woman slow cooker broccoli cheese soup delivers creamy richness with farm-fresh ingredients. Hearty servings promise warmth and satisfaction for you at dinner’s end.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ lb (680 g) Velveeta cheese
- 2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 lb (454 g) frozen broccoli florets
- 5 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 cans cream of celery soup
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 carrots, finely diced
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp seasoned salt
- ¼ tsp salt, plus more to taste
- 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Preparation: Uniformly dice onions and carrots into fine pieces to promote even cooking and flavor distribution.
- Base Construction: Layer chopped vegetables and frozen broccoli florets into slow cooker, creating a robust vegetable foundation.
- Liquid Integration: Pour chicken broth and cream of celery soup over vegetables, establishing a luxurious flavor profile and creamy texture.
- Seasoning Harmony: Sprinkle kosher salt, black pepper, cayenne, and seasoned salt across mixture, stirring thoroughly to ensure comprehensive flavor penetration.
- Simmering Phase: Lock slow cooker lid and set to high temperature, allowing ingredients to meld and develop rich, complex tastes over four hours.
- Textural Transformation: Deploy immersion blender to partially puree soup, maintaining approximately 25% whole vegetable chunks for engaging mouthfeel.
- Cheese Infusion: Incorporate cubed Velveeta and grated cheddar cheese, gently folding to create a silky, indulgent soup consistency.
- Final Refinement: Reduce slow cooker temperature to low, permitting cheese to dissolve completely and harmonize flavors for 15 minutes.
- Serving Presentation: Conduct final seasoning assessment, then transfer piping hot soup into serving vessels, ready for immediate enjoyment.
Notes
- Prep Precisely: Uniformly chop vegetables to ensure even cooking and balanced flavor distribution throughout the soup.
- Seasoning Strategy: Layer salt varieties carefully, including a subtle cayenne kick for depth without overwhelming heat.
- Blending Balance: Partially puree soup to create a creamy texture while maintaining some vegetable chunks for satisfying mouthfeel.
- Cheese Melting Magic: Cut Velveeta and cheddar into small cubes for seamless integration and smooth, velvety consistency.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg