Beer and Cheese Soup
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1⁄2 yellow onion, chopped very fine
- 1 stalk celery, chopped very fine
- 2 small carrots, chopped very fine
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups whole milk
- 12 ounces light beer
- 3 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese, plus more for garnishing
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce (optional)
directions
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
- Add the onion, celery, carrots, and garlic. Cook until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Stirring constantly, add the flour and cook for 3 minutes; the mixture will clump.
- Still stirring constantly, add the broth slowly and cook until a thick paste forms, 3 minutes (if you need to use a whisk for clumps, that's okay).
- Still stirring, slowing add the milk and then the beer. Cook until the form subsides and the mixture thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Add the cheddar, salt, pepper, sugar an the hot sauce and simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let cool for 5 minutes.
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Reviews
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I made quite a lot of changes and this soup still turned out great. I did not have fresh carrots, and so had to use frozen. I had a bunch of cheese ends drying out in the drawer, and instead of grating them and my fingers, I chopped them up. Used a red onion, celery flakes instead of celery and a nonalcoholic beer. Because the carrots were frozen, I did not want to do the roux thing, so I added a chopped potato to create a little body - might add a bit more next time. I cooked all with the broth and beer, then whirred with the immersion blender. Returned to the burner and then added maybe 1/2 cup of half and half instead of the milk. Did not add salt or sugar or hot sauce. Mmmmm.
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This was delicious. My mom used to make Beer Cheese Soup with Velveeta, but I wanted to try it with real cheese. I did make a few adjustments for missing ingredients and to taste. I used 4 garlic cloves and wish I would have used a couple more! I didn't have any whole milk, so I used 1 cup of milk and 8 oz of cream cheese and I used red pepper flakes instead of hot sauce. I also added extra cheese, about a cup of Montery Jack. Very tasty...this will be my recipe for the future!!! We served with crusty garlic bread and it was very good.
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I made quite a lot of changes and this soup still turned out great. I did not have fresh carrots, and so had to use frozen. I had a bunch of cheese ends drying out in the drawer, and instead of grating them and my fingers, I chopped them up. Used a red onion, celery flakes instead of celery and a nonalcoholic beer. Because the carrots were frozen, I did not want to do the roux thing, so I added a chopped potato to create a little body - might add a bit more next time. I cooked all with the broth and beer, then whirred with the immersion blender. Returned to the burner and then added maybe 1/2 cup of half and half instead of the milk. Did not add salt or sugar or hot sauce. Mmmmm.
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This was delicious. My mom used to make Beer Cheese Soup with Velveeta, but I wanted to try it with real cheese. I did make a few adjustments for missing ingredients and to taste. I used 4 garlic cloves and wish I would have used a couple more! I didn't have any whole milk, so I used 1 cup of milk and 8 oz of cream cheese and I used red pepper flakes instead of hot sauce. I also added extra cheese, about a cup of Montery Jack. Very tasty...this will be my recipe for the future!!! We served with crusty garlic bread and it was very good.
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