Spinach Bisque

Submitted by pinkie

"I haven't tried this, just posting for safe keeping. It does sound delicious though. Found it in the Sunday paper."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 1⁄2 cups milk
• 1 cup water
• 3⁄4 cup cubed process American cheese
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• oyster crackers (optional)

directions

1. In a 3 quart saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender.
2. Stir in the flour, salt, and nutmeg until smooth.
3. Gradually whisk in milk and water.
4. Add cheese; cook and stir over medium heat until melted.
5. Add spinach; cover and simmer for 4-5 minutes or until heated through.
6. Serve with oyster crackers in desired.

Reviews

[Jobu567]

Amazing. Loved it!!

 

[Sproutie69]

Excellent Soup! I have made this several times and it's great. I noticed different brands of spinach taste differently, some even fishy. what worked best was thawing the spinach over running water, squeezing excess water out and placing in soup right away. I have also used broccoli instead and it was good I did use an extra cup of cheese to make it cheesier.

 

[Donnilyn]

This soup was wonderful. My mother was visiting for 2 weeks and it made a nice lunch for us with some homemade bread! I think the next time I make it I am going to substitute chicken broth or stock for the water. Thanks for the recipe pinkie!