Broccoli Cheese and Potato Soup is the ultimate comfort dinner made with chunks of potatoes, carrots, onion and fresh broccoli in a thick, cheesy broth.
One of my husbands most frequent dinner requests is potato soup, especially during the winter months. This is all fine by me since it is so easy to make and super affordable. I have found many variations of potato soup to switch it up a bit and adding broccoli is a favorite. Plus, any dish I can get the kids to eat broccoli without complaints is a major mom win in my book. This is soup is one of those dishes.
You may also enjoy this Cheesy Ham and Potato Soup or Beer Cheese Potato Soup!
Broccoli Cheese and Potato Soup
Broccoli Cheese and Potato Soup is thick and creamy with chunks of potato and broccoli in every bite. Garlic, carrot and onion add nice flavor to the broth and of course, there’s the cheese. Sharp cheddar adds a level of yum and also helps thicken the broth. Just look at the photos! Can’t you just imagine every delicious bite of comfort and warmth. I sure can but maybe I am bias considering I still have a belly full of soup.
Aldi
If you have been following me the past few months, you may have noticed me sharing a lot of recipes made with Aldi ingredients. Well, here is another and I will be rounding up some recipes for my Aldi shoppers in a post here soon. All the ingredients in this soup are found in any grocery store but it makes my Aldi grocery list. You may like these Chicken and Gravy Biscuit Sandwiches made with Aldi “red bag chicken”.
Broccoli Cheese and Potato Soup
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
Broccoli Cheese and Potato Soup is the ultimate comfort dinner made with chunks of potatoes, carrots, onion and fresh broccoli in a thick, cheesy broth.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 2 carrots, peeled and finely diced
- 1 Tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 cup milk, 2% or whole
- 2 large Russet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 pound broccoli, florets chopped
- 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- sea salt
- ground pepper
Instructions
- Rinse the carrots and potatoes. Peel the potatoes and carrots.
- Dice the carrots, potatoes and onion. Mince garlic if using whole cloves.
- Chop the broccoli florets from stem and chop down florets to bite-sized pieces.
- Melt the butter in a soup pot on the stovetop on a medium-high heat.
- Add carrots and and onion to the pot. Stir and cook until onion is translucent.
- Add garlic and stir until fragrant (about 1 minute).
- Immediately add the flour followed by broth and milk. Stir well.
- Add potatoes. Stir and bring to a boil.
- Reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper. Add broccoli.
- Simmer for about 10 minutes or until the potatoes are tender when poked with a fork. Time can vary depending on the size the potatoes were diced.
- Remove from heat. Stir in shredded cheese.
- Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top and freshly ground pepper. (optional)
Notes
- I did use a reduced fat cheese today but typically I would use full fat. Either works in this recipe.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 20
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
What is your favorite ingredient to add to potato soup? Let me know in the comments below.
This was very good. I will be making it again.
Can this soup be made in advance?
Yes, you could freeze for later or just reheat when ready to eat.
Absolutely delish! I topped with chives & bacon bits. We devoured
This recipe is so delicious! Any tips on how to freeze this soup? Would love to have it while on maternity leave.
I let the soup cool and then place it in big ziploc bags, then date and place in freezer.
This is so good. I used 1/3 half and half and 2/3 almond milk. I also pureed 1/3 of the soup before adding the cheese which made it extra creamy. I like the idea of adding a touch of thyme.
Am adding this to my favorites.
Very easy, family loved it!
I made it tonight with left over broccoli so I only made half the recipe. It was delicious!. I will be making it again.
Can you use frozen broccoli?
Yes, frozen broccoli will work. You may need to add a couple minutes to the cook time so the broccoli is cooked how you like.
Can I use something else instead of broth? We don’t have that in our country…
You could maybe make a broth
Delicious! I will be keeping this recipe!
This recipe is delicious! I have made it several times and really enjoy the flavor.
Just made it, and it’s delicious!
I added chopped ham and bacon and doubled the recipe! Disappeared! Oh and I used 1 cuphalf and half and cup milk. Thanks!
I added some cauliflower…yum!
Loved it!!! Only it did take a little longer to cook. I didn’t cut my potatoes too big but it got so thick. I didn’t add the whole 2 cups of cheese either. But will definitely be making it again!!! 😊
Very good. I used frozen broccoli and it still came out good.
So easy, fast & delicious!
This soup is so easy to make and delicious. I thought it was too thick tonight and added more milk. Eeek I wish I hadn’t. It’s still good but lesson learned. I read the reviews above and added thyme, probably won’t do that again either.
I made this a eeek or so ago and now again tonight. I added some ham to it. It’s absolutely delicious!
I added a lite celery seed and garlic and onion powder. The celery plays well with the cheesy sauce.
Haven’t made this yet but was looking for a new soup recipe. I’ll be making it soon and will probably add some white beans to it, making it even more hearty. I keep lots of soups in my freezer for quick meals and this will make a great addition!
This soup is the best broccoli and cheese soup I’ve ever had! Love the addition of potatoes.I added some fresh chopped thyme when I was cooking the onions and carrots, the flavor really came through! Thanks for this great recipe!
I am allergic to both garlic and onion, but absolutely love soup! Any suggestions for making this soup flavorful but with out the garlic and onion?
have you tried Asafoetida before? Might be something to look into.
I haven’t tried it yet, I love potato an broccoli soup. I look forward to trying this recipe. Thank you
This was so good. I add bacon pieces to mines, delicious!
Can I make this in a slow cooker? Would you pre-cook anything like the onions and garlic or just dump it all? Thanks!
Yes, obviously you would want to wait until the potatoes got tender and then add broccoli so times would be different. I would probably wait to add the thickener too and instead of flour using a cornstarch slurry later in cook time.
Love this. I added bacon crumbles. Yummy.
Easy and delicious!
This was excellent! Very easy to make. I didn’t add carrots & I did use cream instead of milk. It made 3 lg dinner size bowls of soup. I had 1 & my husband had 2! Enough for the 2 if us. So if you really need 6 servings I would double recipe.
This was the BEST! Will make again and again.
So glad you enjoyed. I just made this soup the other day… it a great recipe to have on hand.
My apologies, if this is a weird question, but do you know if this soup could be frozen and re-heated after being cooked? I’m not sure about the protocol of that. Either way, the recipe looks great, and I’m excited to try it, thanks!!
Yes, just let the soup cool before placing into fridge or into freezer bags.
This was so delicious! I love a good broccoli soup recipe, can’t wait to make this one again!!
So glad you enjoyed Angela!
Mmm this looks so hearty and comforting to enjoy on colder days. My family would definitely like this!
Oh for sure.
This is one of my favorite soups! I can never get it quite right. I’ll have to try this recipe!!! YUMMY!
I think you will find this recipe really easy to do!
This brings mack so many great memories of eating broccoli with cheese sauce as a kid. I love it.
OMG. We ate broccoli and cheese sauce all the time as kids also!
This sounds amazing! I don’t particularly love broccoli so this might be the best way to make me have them ahahah
Haha, yeah just sneak it in there.