Broccoli Cheddar Soup

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter

1/2 onion, chopped

1/4 cup melted butter

1/4 cup flour

2 cups milk

2 cups chicken stock

1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped broccoli florets

1 cup matchstick-cut carrots 1 stalk celery, thinly sliced

2 1/2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese

salt and ground black pepper to taste

Prep 15m

Cook 50m

Ready In 1h

Directions

1)Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium-high heat.

Saute onion in hot butter until translucent, about 5 minutes.

Set aside.
2)Whisk 1/4 cup melted butter and flour together in a large saucepan over medium-low heat; cook until flour loses it's granular texture, adding 1 to 2 tablespoons of milk if necessary to keep the flour from burning, 3 to 4 minutes.

3)Gradually pour milk into flour mixture while whisking constantly.
Stir chicken stock into milk mixture. Bring to a simmer; cook until flour taste is gone and mixture is thickened, about 20 minutes.

Add broccoli, carrots, sauteed onion, and celery; simmer until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.

4)Stir Cheddar cheese into vegetable mixture until cheese melts.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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