Panera Broccoli Cheese Soup is a recipe everyone will love.

Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup

butter

all-purpose flour

white onions

half-and-half

broccoli (frozen)

American cheese (Velveeta)

chicken broth (2 cans)

carrots (Julianne cut,

cheddar cheese

salt and pepper

white onion

In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Stir in the flour and onions. Cook for about a minute,

Slowly add the half-and-half, about 1/4 cup at a time, whisking until thickened and smooth.

When all of the half-and-half is incorporated, add the broccoli and processed cheese. 

When the cheese is completely melted, add the chicken broth 1 cup at a time, stirring occasionally, until soup is well mixed and has a consistent texture.

Add the carrots and simmer for about 10 minutes.

Stir in the cheddar cheese and cook for 10 minutes more.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Serve when all the cheese is fully melted and blended through.

I have been making this recipe (exactly as it appears) for years.  A few months ago I made it for my community's food club.  These are residents who have refined food palettes.  It was a hit.  Some were shocked Velvetta was an ingredient.  In my opinion, Velvetta gives it a smooth, umami flavor.

This was my first time on your site.  I made the soup tonight.  It turned out better than I thought.  It was very delicious to me.  I'll get my husbands opinion, also.  I love broccoli and cheese soup and I had some at work this week. So it was still on my mind.  I used regular chicken broth.  Thank you.

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You can make this broccoli cheese soup and it tastes just like Panera Bakery.  You can find this recipe at http://www.copykat.com/2011/05/12/panera-broccoli-cheese-soup/

Hi, this is Stephanie Manley with copykcat.com. I've been making recipes on
the internet that taste just like they do in the restaurant for a really
long time. Today we're going to make Panera's Broccoli Cheese soup, so
let's get started.

So here we have the ingredients for the Panera Broccoli Cheese soup. Now we
have broccoli, frozen, or you could use fresh and steam it up, your choice.
We have some chopped onion, shredded carrots, a couple cans of chicken
broth, half and half, cheddar cheese and Velveeta.

Now you don't have to use Velveeta, you can use an American cheese, but
we're using the American-style cheese, because it melts really, really
nicely, and it melts better than cheddar does on its own, and a little bit
of half and half.

Okay, we're going to begin by making a roux, so we're going to turn this up
to a medium-high heat. Now a roux, as you know, is equal parts of butter
and equal parts of flour. So I'm starting out with a couple tablespoons of
butter, and when this gets melted I'm going to go ahead, and add a couple
of tablespoons of flour. So you can see the butter is bubbling up. So it
says, "Hey, add the flour now."

So we're going to go ahead and add our couple tablespoons of flour. You
want to go ahead and cook this for a couple of minutes. Make sure you cook
this for at least a minute or two, because if you don't, the flour is going
to taste raw and your soup's not going to taste good, so we're going to let
this go ahead and cook for just a couple of minutes.

Now we're going to go ahead and saute our onion, so I'm going to add a
little bit more butter here and saute the onions. Now I'm going to go ahead
and add the half and half to make the roux. All right, you can see this
has already gotten nice and thick. We're going to go ahead and add the
second can in.

Then we're going to add our cheese, our carrots, and our broccoli in. We're
going to leave this on a medium to a low heat, and we're going to come back
in about a half an hour, and we'll have some nice creamy soup.

So our soup's been cooking for about 25 to 30 minutes and now we're going
to add in the cheddar cheese. All right, we're just going to give this a
stir and cook it for about another five minutes and the soup will be ready.
Our Panera Broccoli Cheese soup is now done, so we're going to give this
one a try, so creamy.

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped yellow or white onion
1 cup half-and-half
1 (16-ounce) package frozen chopped broccoli
1 (16-ounce) loaf processed cheese (Velveeta or a store brand)
2 (14.5-ounce) cans low-sodium chicken broth
1 cup julienne-cut carrots (shredded carrots are okay)
8 ounces shredded cheddar cheese (2 cups)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Stir in the flour and onions. Cook for about a minute, then slowly add the half-and-half, about 1/4 cup at a time, whisking until thickened and smooth. When all of the half-and-half is incorporated, add the broccoli and processed cheese. When the cheese is completely melted, add the chicken broth 1 cup at a time, stirring occasionally, until soup is well mixed and has a consistent texture. Add the carrots and simmer for about 10 minutes. Stir in the cheddar cheese and cook for 10 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve when all the cheese is fully melted and blended through.

Panera's Broccoli Cheese Soup

panera broccoli cheddar soup

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total: 40 minutes

Servings: 6

Ingredients

Instructions

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