This past Saturday my 12 year old and I had a girls day out. Our goal was to walk about 5 miles to the craft store, because she needed a Calligraphy pen for school, then we stopped at our local library to check some books and DVD’s and as we already gotten hungry and it was getting darker, we decided to finish our GNO with some good eat together (Priceless memories). We decided to have a bite at Panera Bread.
The next day, after my kids and hubby jumped on the leftover, I thought why not make this soup at home? Nothing beats the home made soup, right?
Easy Low Carb Broccoli Cheddar Instant pot soup
Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
20 mins
Serves: 6
Ingredients
1 Broccoli medium-large head (cut into florets) or 4 cups
2 medium carrots, matchstick cut. Or shredded carrots will do just fine
1 medium onion, chopped. Sometimes I add two onions, because I love onions in my soup HA!
8 oz cheddar cheese, shredded
1 TBS Oil or butter
3 cups chicken bouillon
2 cups light or heavy cream
¼ tsp nutmeg powder
1 TBS hot sauce (optional)
Instructions
Heat oil or butter in the pot, add onions and saute for 5 minutes
Add chicken bouillon, broccoli, carrots, nutmeg
Place on Manual high pressure, sealing position for 4 minutes
Do a quick release and stir in cream
Place pot back on saute, but do not bring to boil - stir in cheese and hot sauce
Notes
How to make Broccoli Cheddar soup thicker
The soup should be already thick and creamy, but if not thick enough for you, here are few extra options -
1. you can add 1-2 TBS flour and mix it with butter when sauteing onions
2. Add corn starch and mix it according to instructions
3. For low carb thickener I use 1 TBS of plain gelatin. Mix it with hot water according to instructions
Recipe notes:
You can make this Broccoli Cheddar soup vegetarian if you add vegetable bouillon instead of chicken bouillon
If cheese clumping occurs, this mostly mean that the cheese is heavy processed. Shred your own block of extra sharp cheddar or mild cheddar instead.
Serving size 1 Cup. Serve it in a bread bowl or by itself.