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Cheesy Broccoli Soup • THM • Keto • Low Carb

Cheesy Broccoli Soup

Cream cheese, cheddar, and Parmesan team up together with broccoli in this smooth, creamy, comforting cheesy broccoli soup.
5 from 7 votes
Diets: Egg Free • Gluten Free • Keto • Low Carb • Sugar Free
THM Fuel: THM S
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 4 mins
Total Time: 9 mins
Servings: 16 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds fresh broccoli florets, cut into small chunks
  • 8 ounces (1 package) ⅓ fat cream cheese or Neufchâtel cheese
  • 4 cups (1 box) chicken broth or stock
  • ¼ cup shredded or finely chopped carrots
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons dried onion flakes
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ⅓ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1½ cups (12 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
  • ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup unsweetened almond or cashew milk
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ¼ cup nutritional yeast (optional)
  • ¼ cup Frank's Original Red Hot Sauce or Homemade Hot Pepper Sauce (optional)
  • ½ teaspoon xanthan gum or glucomannan (optional)

Garnish

  • bacon pieces (optional)
  • additional hot sauce (optional)

Instructions
 

Pressure Cooker Instructions

  • Place the broccoli, cream cheese, chicken broth, carrots, garlic, onion flakes, garlic powder, and nutmeg in the pot of your 8 quart or larger pressure cooker (Instant Pot).
  • Put on the lid and turn the pressure to High for 4 minutes.
  • Quick release pressure.

Slow Cooker Instructions

  • Place the broccoli, cream cheese, chicken broth, carrots, garlic, onion flakes, garlic powder, and nutmeg in the crock of your 8 quart or larger slow cooker (Crock Pot).
  • Put on the lid and allow to cook on low for 4 hours or on high for 6 hours.

After Pressure or Slow Cooking

  • Stir in the remaining ingredients, being careful to sprinkle or sift the xanthan gum or gluccie to avoid clumping (the xanthan gum/gluccie simply thickens it more, you can add more or less or leave it out completely).
  • OPTIONAL: Using an immersion blender, blend the soup until most but not all of the broccoli florets have been ground up.
  • Serve with bacon pieces and additional hot sauce.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 150kcalCarbs: 6gProtein: 8gFat: 11gFiber: 2gNet Carbs: 4g