Broccoli soup, a comforting and nutritious dish, is a delightful culinary creation that has captured the hearts of soup enthusiasts worldwide. This versatile soup offers a symphony of flavors, combining the earthy goodness of broccoli with a creamy, velvety texture. It stands out as a guilt-free indulgence, boasting low calories and abundant vitamins and minerals. Whether you're a seasoned chef seeking a culinary adventure or a home cook yearning for a wholesome meal, broccoli soup emerges as an ideal choice. This article presents a carefully curated collection of broccoli soup recipes, each offering unique twists and delectable variations. From classic cream-based versions to innovative vegan and gluten-free alternatives, there's a recipe for every palate and dietary preference, ensuring a culinary journey that will leave you craving for more.
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NO CREAM CREAMY BROCCOLI SOUP
Got this from Minute rice back of the box! *Substitute: You can use 4 1/2 cups frozen or drained canned peas, chopped asparagus or chopped leeks instead of broccoli.
Provided by TishT
Categories White Rice
Time 50m
Yield 8 cups, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cook and stir carrots, onion, and celery in hot oil in large saucepot on medium-high heat 3 minute Add chicken broth and water: stir. Bring to a boil.
- Stir in broccoli and rice. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 10-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring frequently.
- Add soup, in batches, to belnder or food processor container; cover. Blend until pureed. Return soup puree to pot. Add milk and cheese; cook until heated through, stirring occasional.
SIMPLE CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 50m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a large pot, melt butter and cook onion until tender over medium high heat. Add potato and toss to coat with butter. Add hot stock and bring to a simmer. Stir in broccoli and return to a simmer. When potato and broccoli are tender, puree in batches in a blender or food processor. Return to pot and add cream. Season to taste and serve warm.
CREAMLESS BROCCOLI SOUP
You will never miss the cream in this soup. It is a filling vegan recipe anyone would enjoy. Found in one of my favorite Moosewood cookbook
Provided by TishT
Categories Grains
Time 1h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Combine in a soup pot the oil, onions, celery, garlic and salt.
- Cook covered on medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring often.
- Meanwhile, rinse the broccoli, cut into 4-5 cups of florets, and peel and chop the stems to make about 2 cups.
- Reserve 1 cup of florets.
- When the onions are clear, add 4 cups of the water or stock and all the broccoli except for the reserved florets.
- Cover and bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the oats and simmer gently for about 10 minutes, stirring often, until the broccoli is tender and the soup begins to thicken.
- Remove from the heat and then stir in the lemon juice, dill and pepper.
- Working in batches, puree the soup (in a blender, preferably) until smooth.
- Bring the remaining 1/2 cup water to a boil in a small sauce pan.
- Add the reserved broccoli florets and cook, covered, until they are bright green and crisp tender, about 3-5 minutes.
- Stir the florets and their cooking water into the soup.
- Garnish with lemon slices and chives if desired.
- Serve.
CREAMY BROCCOLI SOUP (FROZEN BROCCOLI)
Steps:
- Melt butter in large, heavy pot over medium-high heat. Sweat onions, and stir in the flour until incorporated. Gradually whisk in the stock. Add the broccoli and bring to a simmer. Cook for 20 minutes. Finish with cream. Roughly puree with an immersion blender and season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
ROSALYNN CARTER'S CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP-WITH NO CREAM
Steps:
- Saute onion and garlic in the oil until soft, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add bay leaf, broccoli, potato, and stock. Simmer gently, covered for about 10 minutes, until the broccoli is tender, but still bright green. Remove bay leaf and let cool.
- Puree in a blender (not totally smooth). Season to taste, add lemon juice and return to pan to reheat if necessary. Add a dollop of yogurt just before serving.
CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP
This soup is super creamy in texture, but it contains very little actual cream. The butter and flour mixture -- what's called a roux -- gives it body and silkiness.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Soups, Stews & Stocks Soup Recipes
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a medium pot, melt butter over medium. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 8 minutes.
- Add flour and cook, stirring, until combined, 1 minute.
- Whisking constantly, add broth and 1 cup water and bring to a boil over high. Reduce heat and simmer, whisking occasionally, 10 minutes.
- Add broccoli and bring to a simmer. Cook until broccoli is very tender, 20 minutes.
- Transfer mixture to a large bowl. In batches, fill a blender halfway with mixture and puree until smooth; to allow heat to escape, remove cap from hole in lid, cover lid with a dish towel, and hold down firmly while blending. Return soup to pot as pureed.
- Add cream and heat over medium until warmed through. Season with salt and pepper. Thin with broth or water, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 268 g, Fat 18 g, Fiber 5 g, Protein 10 g, SaturatedFat 11 g
BEST CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP
This recipe is thick and flavorful. It is simple, delicious, and quick to make, enjoy (I know you will).
Provided by Jessie A.
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Cream Soup Recipes Cream of Broccoli Soup
Time 35m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in medium sized stock pot, and saute onion and celery until tender. Add broccoli and broth, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
- In small saucepan, over medium-heat melt 3 tablespoons butter, stir in flour and add milk. Stir until thick and bubbly, and add to soup. Season with pepper and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 207.2 calories, Carbohydrate 17 g, Cholesterol 31.9 mg, Fat 12.4 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 9.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.4 g, Sodium 528 mg, Sugar 7 g
CREAMED BROCCOLI SOUP
A simple to make, very delicious creamed soup.
Provided by William Anatooskin
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Cream Soup Recipes Cream of Broccoli Soup
Time 1h5m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; add chopped onions, carrots, and garlic, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until softened.
- In a medium-sized cooking pot, add 4 cups water and chicken bouillon granules and bring to boil. Add precooked onion mixture to soup pot. Add broccoli florets, reserving a few pieces to be added near the end of cooking time. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 15 to 20 minutes or until broccoli is just tender.
- In a blender or food processor, puree soup in batches and return to pot. Stir in half and half cream and remaining broccoli florets.
- In a cup, mix flour with 1/4 cup cold water to form a thin liquid.
- Bring soup to boil; add flour mixture slowly, stirring constantly to thicken soup as desired. Add soy sauce, black pepper, and stir well. Garnish with chopped parsley (or carrot curls) when serving. Serve soup hot or cold.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 246.6 calories, Carbohydrate 20.2 g, Cholesterol 47.5 mg, Fat 16.3 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 7.5 g, SaturatedFat 9.7 g, Sodium 1720.6 mg, Sugar 5.7 g
DAIRY-FREE CREAMY BROCCOLI SOUP
The satiny texture of this soup will make you think it's cream-based, but it's absolutely dairy-free and delicious! It's a perfect dish to use up leftover broccoli stalks that don't fit into other meals. It freezes well and makes a great winter warm-up snack or lunch! Can be served immediately, seasoned with black pepper, curry powder, or even grated cheese (for people who don't mind dairy) or can be frozen in individual portions and microwaved later.
Provided by JoCanadian
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Broccoli Soup Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until translucent, 10 to 15 minutes. Add broccoli stalks, potatoes, broccoli florets, and celery root; toss until coated in oil. Cover vegetables with chicken stock; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are easily pierced with a fork, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove soup from heat.
- Fill a blender no more than halfway with liquid and vegetables. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before increasing blender to maximum speed. Puree until soup is light green and creamy, 45 seconds to 1 minute. Repeat with remaining soup, working in batches.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 152.4 calories, Carbohydrate 28.2 g, Cholesterol 2 mg, Fat 2.4 g, Fiber 5.4 g, Protein 7 g, SaturatedFat 0.5 g, Sodium 127.5 mg, Sugar 4.1 g
CREAMY BROCCOLI SOUP
This is one of the best formulas for a creamy, savory broccoli soup - and it doesn't include any cream. Borrowing from the concept of using coconut water to provide the kind of richness that is reminiscent of bone broth in Yi Jun Loh's ingeniously vegan Malaysian ABC soup, this simple green elixir starts with a base of umami-loaded vegetables seared in olive oil then braised in coconut water. With silken tofu providing creaminess, this verdant, vegetable-powered soup can be pleasurably contrasted, in flavor and in temperature, with an optional dollop of sweet, cool ricotta. (If you're keeping this vegan, you'll still have plenty of creamy richness even if you leave the ricotta out.)
Provided by Eric Kim
Categories dinner, lunch, weeknight, soups and stews, appetizer, main course
Time 45m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cut off the broccoli stems, then cut the stems into 1-inch-thick slices. Separate the florets into small pieces. Reserve the stems and florets separately.
- Heat a large Dutch oven or pot over medium-high and add the olive oil. Stir in the onion, carrot, tomato, sweet potato and the broccoli stems, spread in an even layer and season generously with salt and pepper. Let the vegetables on the bottom sear without stirring until lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add the garlic powder and stir with a wooden spoon to hydrate the spice in the fat and continue cooking for another minute or so. The tomato will start to break down and get jammy.
- Add the coconut water, raise the heat to high and bring the soup to a boil. Cover, lower the heat to keep the soup at a gentle boil and continue cooking until all of the vegetables are mostly softened and the stock is imbued with savory flavor, about 10 minutes. For a creamier texture, remove the broccoli stems to snack on or discard; for more broccoli flavor (and roughage), leave the stems in.
- Stir in the broccoli florets and tofu, raise the heat to high and bring the soup to a boil. Cover and cook until a paring knife easily cuts the stem part of a broccoli floret, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Carefully ladle the contents of the pot into a blender and blend until smooth. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed, then add more coconut water or water to thin out the soup to your desired thickness.
- Serve hot in shallow bowls, each serving dolloped with a spoonful of fridge-cold ricotta, if using, and lightly drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil and sprinkled with herbs, if desired.
CREAMY BROCCOLI SOUP
A quick, creamy, hearty soup.
Provided by Marge
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Cream Soup Recipes Cream of Broccoli Soup
Yield 5
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Bring broth to a boil. Add broccoli and onion. Cook for five minutes, or until broccoli is tender.
- In a separate bowl, slowly add milk to flour, and mix until well blended.
- Stir flour mixture into broth mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, until soup is thick and bubbly. Add cheese if desired; stir until melted. Add seasonings and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 160.8 calories, Carbohydrate 9.1 g, Cholesterol 27.6 mg, Fat 9.2 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 10.8 g, SaturatedFat 5.6 g, Sodium 480.6 mg, Sugar 3.8 g
Tips:
- Choose fresh, high-quality broccoli: Look for broccoli crowns that are deep green in color and have tightly closed florets. Avoid broccoli that is yellowing or has loose florets.
- Trim the broccoli properly: Cut off the tough ends of the broccoli stalks and remove any yellow or wilted leaves. Cut the broccoli crowns into small florets.
- Cook the broccoli until it is tender-crisp: This will help retain the broccoli's vibrant green color and nutrients. You can steam, boil, or roast the broccoli. If you are boiling the broccoli, do not overcook it, as this will make it mushy.
- Use a good quality vegetable broth: This will add flavor to the soup without adding any cream or dairy. You can also use water, but the soup will be less flavorful.
- Add other vegetables to the soup: This will make the soup more nutritious and flavorful. Good options include carrots, celery, onions, and potatoes.
- Season the soup to taste: Add salt, pepper, and other seasonings to taste. You can also add a squeeze of lemon juice or a dollop of sour cream for extra flavor.
Conclusion:
Creamless broccoli soup is a delicious, healthy, and easy-to-make soup that is perfect for a quick and easy lunch or dinner. It is also a great way to use up leftover broccoli. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can create a creamy and flavorful soup that the whole family will love. So next time you're looking for a healthy and delicious soup recipe, give this creamless broccoli soup a try!
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