Broccoli Cheese Soup

By scottsdalejulie

Ingredients

• Ingredients Needed:
• Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe
• This broccoli cheese soup recipe is my original creation, and it was a huge success. We all loved it, and the taste was really amazing. So if broccoli and cheese soup is what you're looking for, here it is. Yummy!
• 1 cup •1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup •1/2 cup water
• 4 cups •4 cups chicken broth
• 1/2 teaspoon •1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon •1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 1 •2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley or 1 TB dried parsley
• 3 cups •3 cups frozen or fresh broccoli - coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup •1/4 cup onion - finely chopped
• 1/4 cup •1/4 cup green bell pepper - finely chopped
• 1 1/2 1/2 •1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (overflowing)
• 5 slices •5 slices bacon (I like the thick cut)
• to medium heat add chopped onion and bell pepper to the bacon grease. Stir the onion and bell pepper around and let it cook until the onions are translucent.
• Add broth, salt, cayenne pepper, and parsley.
• to to a simmer.
• Meanwhile, steam your frozen broccoli. (Those steamer bags work great as does my Tupperware vegetable steamer.) Then fine chop about half of it.
• to to to soup and reduce heat to low.
• Add heavy cream and water and cheese. Do not boil.
• Stir over low heat just until cheese melts.
• Ladle into bowls and top with the crumbled bacon that you set aside earlier.
• Fantastic! Hope you enjoy my broccoli cheese soup recipe.

Preparation

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