This Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Potatoes is full of delicious vegetables and so creamy thanks to the cheese! You will love warming up with a bowl of this soup on a chilly day.
This soup recipe is on heavy rotation at our house during the cooler weather months. Along with other family favorites like Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup and Slow Cooker Taco Soup, we’ve got plenty of options for your soup cravings!
As one might expect, winter time in Hawaii is much different from winter time on the mainland.
We aren’t shoveling snow or putting on warm coats before we leave the house, but the temperatures have dipped a bit and we have been getting lots of rain.
And whether it’s a snowy day back east or a rainy day here on the island, a warm bowl of soup is the perfect dinner when the yucky weather has kept you indoors.
This is one of my favorite soups. It’s a broccoli cheese soup, but it has more veggies to make it chunkier and healthier, too! It’s a great choice for Meatless Monday since it will warm you up and fill you up.
Once all the veggies are prepped and chopped, it comes together very easily.
Ingredients for Broccoli Cheddar Soup
- butter
- onion
- carrots
- celery
- garlic
- potatoes
- flour
- water
- milk
- broccoli
- cheddar cheese
How to Make Broccoli Cheddar Soup – Step by Step
- Melt two tablespoons of butter in a large soup pot and sauté the chopped carrots, celery, and onions until soft. Then add in the garlic and cook for a couple minutes more.
- Next add in some chicken broth and the potatoes and cook until they’ve softened.
- Once the potatoes are ready, combine the water and flour to make a slurry and then add to the soup. Cook for a few more minutes then add in the milk and broccoli.
- Continue cooking until the broccoli is tender, then remove from heat and stir in the cheese until smooth and thickened.
- Grab a spoon and start slurping! My three year old can be a pretty picky eater, but he actually asks for me to make this all the time! That doesn’t always happen where vegetables are concerned.
Tips and Notes
Gluten-Free, Vegetarian, and Vegan Options
To make this Broccoli Cheddar Soup gluten-free, simply swap out the all purpose flour for your favorite gluten-free flour such as rice flour, chickpea flour, or oat flour.
To make this recipe vegetarian, swap the chicken broth for vegetable broth. For a vegan alternative, swap out the milk for soy, hemp, rice, or almond milk, and the cheese for a vegan cheese alternative, or leave it out completely.
Can I make this using the Instant Pot or Slow Cooker?
To make Broccoli Cheddar Soup using an Instant Pot: cook onions, carrots, celery, and garlic in butter using the sauté function. Once veggies are soft, add the chicken broth, potatoes, and broccoli. Cook over manual high pressure for 10 minutes and perform a quick release. Turn the pot back to sauté and add the slurry mixture of the flour and water, along with the milk. Stir and cook for 4-5 minutes until thickened, then add the cheese. Stir until melted and serve.
To make Broccoli Cheddar Soup using a Slow Cooker: add all of the ingredients (except for the flour, water, milk, and cheese) to the bowl of your crockpot. Cook over high heat for 4-5 hours. Remove the lid and add the slurry mixture of flour and water, along with the milk and cheese. Stir well, then replace the lid and allow to cook for 15 more minutes until thickened.
More Delicious Soup Recipes
Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup finely chopped carrot
- 1 celery stick, finely chopped
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 large potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1 Tablespoon flour
- 1/2 cup water
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 cups chopped broccoli
- 2 heaping cups shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large soup pot. Add onions, carrots, and celery and saute over medium heat until tender about 4-5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 more minute until fragrant.
- Add chicken broth and potatoes, bring to a boil, and cook until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes. Mix flour with water, add, and simmer until soup is slightly thickened.
- Add milk and broccoli and cook until broccoli is just tender and soup is heated through, about 5 minutes. Stir in cheese, allow to melt, and serve. Enjoy!
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Notes
- To make this Broccoli Cheddar Soup gluten-free, simply swap out the all purpose flour for your favorite gluten-free flour such as rice flour, chickpea flour, or oat flour.
- To make this recipe vegetarian, swap the chicken broth for vegetable broth. For a vegan alternative, swap out the milk for soy, hemp, rice, or almond milk, and the cheese for a vegan cheese alternative, or leave it out completely.
- To make Broccoli Cheddar Soup using an Instant Pot: cook onions, carrots, celery, and garlic in butter using the sauté function. Once veggies are soft, add the chicken broth, potatoes, and broccoli. Cook over manual high pressure for 10 minutes and perform a quick release. Turn the pot back to sauté and add the slurry mixture of the flour and water, along with the milk. Stir and cook for 4-5 minutes until thickened, then add the cheese. Stir until melted and serve.
- To make Broccoli Cheddar Soup using a Slow Cooker: add all of the ingredients (except for the flour, water, milk, and cheese) to the bowl of your crockpot. Cook over high heat for 4-5 hours. Remove the lid and add the slurry mixture of flour and water, along with the milk and cheese. Stir well, then replace the lid and allow to cook for 15 more minutes until thickened.
Amber S Battishill says
Mmmm, this looks so good! I’m going to have to save this to try later!
Angela says
This is such a delicious recipe, can’t wait ti make it again!!!
Amber Myers says
Oh yes, I must make this. We just love having soups and this looks like an amazing one.
Karen says
This soup looks delicious and your photos are gorgeous! I am definitely going to make it this week, going to try your vegetarian version. Thanks for sharing!
Sharon says
This cheesy vegetable chowder is the perfect cold-weather comfort food. So creamy and delicious.
Sharon says
This soup is a big bowl of cheesy yum! I love the addition of the potatoes to fill it out and make it filling.
Cassie says
I am obsessed with broccoli and cheese soup! Yay… I am so grateful for your recipe. I am adding it to my grocery list asap! Thank you!!!!! 🙂
Amber Myers says
Oh yum, this is one of my fave soups! I will be making this for sure. I love soups when it’s cold out.
Lori Geurin says
I just your recipe and can’t wait to make this! I’m always looking for new soup recipes to try in the fall and I love that this one has so many veggies.
Heather says
This soup looks so good! Printing out and saving for when it gets cold out! YUM!
Linda says
Awsome chowder I added clams,scollaps, & flounder. Best seafood chowder I’ve had in a long time!
Ashlyn says
Great Linda!! This is one of my favorite soups, and that sounds delicious with the addition of the seafood! Thanks for letting me know that you enjoyed it!
Joy Love Food says
Yum, this looks so good. It has finally started to cool down here in New England and I have soup on the brain. Will give this a try and hopefully entice some of my own picky eaters to eat their veggies 🙂
Tammy says
Hi… Just stopping by to let you know you have been featured at One More Time Events. Thank you for sharing and hope to see you at this weeks party.
Tammy
Ashlyn {Belle of the Kitchen} says
Thank you, Tammy! I’m so excited to be featured! 🙂
Adelina Priddis says
This is being pinned to my soup board, and making it on next weeks menu! Delicious! Thank you for sharing on Foodie Friday
Ashlyn {Belle of the Kitchen} says
Thanks so much, Adelina! Hope you love it! 🙂
Kristin @Kit's Crafts says
This looks so yummy! I can’t wait to try it! So glad you shared at the Foodies & Crafties Soiree!
Ashlyn {Belle of the Kitchen} says
Thank you, Kristin! Hope you love it like we do. 🙂
Stephanie says
This looks delicious-pinning now! Thanks for sharing! Found you through the Create Link Inspire Link Up!
Ashlyn {Belle of the Kitchen} says
Thank you, Stephanie!
Alexa says
SO good and came out exactly as I hoped it would – super flavorful and hearty, but not overly cheesy! Really great with vegetable broth also. Thank you so much, can’t wait to make it again!
Miz Helen says
Your Cheesy Vegetable Chowder would be a great Chowder that we would really enjoy! Thank you so much for helping us celebrate Three Years at Full Plate Thursday. Have a great week and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Ashlyn {Belle of the Kitchen} says
Thanks for hosting, Miz Helen! 🙂
FABBY says
Thank you so much for this yummy chowder…I can’t wait til I make it for a cold evening! Have a lovely Sunday. I found you at Bouquet of Talent where you are featured!
FABBY
Ashlyn {Belle of the Kitchen} says
Thank you, Fabby! 🙂
Winnie says
Fantastic looking soup
I’d loooooooooooove to try it. I will replace the chicken broth with veg. broth though.
Ashlyn {Belle of the Kitchen} says
Hi Winnie! It will be just as good with vegetable broth, I’m sure!
Easy Life Meal & Party Planning says
This soup sounds so good and I love the additional vegetables that you don’t ordinarily find in broccoli soup! Pinning.
Stopping by from the Show Stopper Saturday Party.
Ashlyn {Belle of the Kitchen} says
I love all the extra veggies, too! Makes it even better. 🙂 Thank you so much for visiting!
Maria says
Your soup looks so so good! I could literally cook and eat soup every single day of my life! And I always love finding new soup recipes. This looks so good!
Ashlyn {Belle of the Kitchen} says
Oh my goodness, I know! Even in the summer time I like to make soup! 🙂