Most Pinned Panera Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe (2024)

Most Pinned on Pinterest Panera Broccoli Cheese Soup – if you love Panera’s broccoli soup you will love this Copycat Panera Broccoli Soup Recipe! You can have the great taste of Panera in your own home in about 35 minutes!

It is simple enough that you will be making it all the time! This broccoli soup recipe is easy enough that your kids can help you, you can make it after work without too much effort.

The soup will blow you away with the flavor it brings to the table! My family loves it when I make this soup, most of the time we can’t get enough of it.

My fall time dinners are most always soup, so be prepared for an overload of soup recipes.

Here are some amazing Fall Soup Recipes:

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Chicken Meatball Soup Recipe with Rice

Lately I have been craving Panera Bread Broccoli Soup every day and today I decided to make it and share my recipe with you!

In this recipe I will show you how to make Broccoli soup taste like Panera Breads recipe. You will not be disappointed!

Quick Note

So the most important part of the recipe in my opinion is the ingredients, and having fresh ingredients will take your dish to the next level! When choosing ingredients, I prefer organic and fresh ingredients but you can use what you prefer.

Each of these ingredients plays a very important flavor role in this recipe and you can feel free to add to it if you wish, but I love it just the way it is.

To makeBroccoli Cheese SoupYOU will need:

• Butter
• Onion
• Flour
• Half & Half
• Chicken Broth(I love using homemade chicken broth)
• Fresh Broccoli
• Shredded Carrots
• Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
• Salt and Pepper
• Bread Bowl

Now for this soup I use fresh organic broccoli, I love this recipe because broccoli is packed full of Vitamin C, Magnesium, Folates, Vitamin A, Phosphorus and Potassium!

Broccoli is a great source of fiber and a natural anti-biotic, it also helps prevent cancer and cleanses your intestines. You cannot go wrong with broccoli!

The next fresh ingredient I use is onion, onions are a great source of vitamins and minerals. I use yellow onions for this recipe because yellow onion is known as the cooking onion they cook up beautifully and add the perfect flavor for soups. Onions are known to help lower the risks of cancer, and prevents heart disease.

Onions are super veggies in my book. Moving on to carrots, everybody knows that carrots are great for eyes but that’s not all they are good for!

Carrots are both anti-bacterial and anti-viral they boost kidney and liver function and they do wonders for your skin! I want to go eat some carrots right now! Let’s get to fun part of this recipe shall we.

How to Make Broccoli and Cheese Soup like Panera

1. Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a pot on medium heat. Add onion and saute until golden color, about 5 minutes, stirring few times.

2. Next, sprinkle 1/4 cup of flour and cook for 1 minute, whisking constantly.

3. Slowly add 2 cups of chicken broth whisking it with flour, then add 2 cups of half-and-half, whisk until everything is combined.4. Into the same pot add 1/2 lb of broccoli (about 3 cups), 1 cup of grated carrots and season with salt and pepper to taste.

5. Bring soup to a boil, turn the heat to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring few times.

6. Add a little sprinkle of nutmeg and 2 cups of sharp cheddar cheese. Remove from the heat and stir the cheese into the broccoli soup.

Pour Copycat Panera Bread Broccoli Cheese Soup into a bread bowl. Garnish with more cheese and a sprinkle of freshly ground black pepper. Grab a spoon and enjoy!

Q. – Do YOU like this Panera Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe?

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This recipe was updated in October, 2023.