Paula's Cream of Broccoli Soup

~Paula~'s Note:

This is my family's favorite soup ... even my kids enjoy it! I have made this for our church's soup suppers and I always come home with an empty crock pot!

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 5

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 small onion, minced
• 6 tablespoons flour
• 3 chicken bouillon cubes
• 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt (I use Lawry's)
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 4 1/2 cups milk
• 1 (14 ounce) package frozen broccoli florets

Directions:

1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan and lightly sauté onion.
2. Add flour, bouillon cubes and seasonings, stirring until smooth.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Gradually whisk in milk.
5. Bring to a boil over medium heat.
6. Boil and stir 1 minute.
7. Meanwhile, cook broccoli according to package directions.
8. Add broccoli and simmer an additional 10 minutes.
9. At this point, you could put in a crock set on low until ready to serve.
10. NOTE: When I make this in the crock pot, I triple the cream soup base and add 2 packages of the broccoli florets.

Reviews

[diannejm]

This was as delicious as it was easy! I steamed the broccoli, but it would be even better with roasted broccoli. I used four cans of evaporated milk. Next time I'll use evaporated skim milk. I cut the butter to 5 tablespoons. I think it could be cut further to 3 tablespoons with no loss of flavor. I used Tony Chachere's cajun seasoning instead of Lawry's. I WILL prepare this regularly. Yum!

[Mudpie]

This was really good! I added 1 teaspoon of ground dill seed and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice in a double batch.

[BusyB]

Delicious!! We just finished this for dinner tonight. I used Fresh Broccoli instead of frozen, since i had a lot. I just steamed it a few minutes. For the sauce, I did as directed, except I used Chicken "Better than Bouillon" base instead of the cubes. And I didn't have any seasoning salt, so I found a recipe for a substitute and whipped up a version of that. And then I added 2 slices of American Cheese. My mom always put cheese in her's, but I didn't want to use much. It added just enough flavor/texture to be perfect.

It was one of the best Cream of Broccoli Soups I've had (including restaurants), and by far, the best I've made at HOME. Definitely a keeper.