Craving comfort food? Whip up a batch of Cheddar Cheese Soup. This recipe is topped with roasted tomatoes and croutons is packed with cheesy flavor.
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Why we love this recipe
This quick and easy soup involves sauteeing just a little bit of onion and garlic in a little butter, adding in some flour as a thickener and a mixture of chicken broth and milk as the soup base, and then a nice helping of that shredded cheddar. Done!
Now all you have to do is think up some garnishes…I used some roasted cherry tomatoes and some croutons. Bacon would of course be fabulous. (Because bacon on anything is fabulous.)
Let’s make it!
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities and nutritional information.
How to make this recipe
Make roasted cherry tomatoes by tossing with a little olive oil and salt and pepper, spreading on a baking sheet lined with foil, and roasting in a 425 oven for 10 minutes.
Melt butter in soup pot and add onion and garlic. Stir for 3 minutes.
Add flour and whisk until mixed, then slowly pour in broth and then milk, whisking until blended. Bring to a slow boil and cook until slightly thickened, 5-10 minutes.
Add cheese and mustard, stirring until cheese is melted. Add salt and pepper to taste. Now either carefully pour into a blender and puree, or even better, puree right int the pot with an immersion blender.
Ladle into bowls (heating the bowls beforehand in a 200 degree oven is nice!) sprinkle with paprika and garnish with the roasted tomatoes and some croutons.
Recipe FAQs
We like getting a block of Vermont or Irish cheddar and grating it up ourselves for this recipe (if you have a grating attachment on your food processor this step will take 5 seconds!)
Croutons are cubes of toasted bread, and you can usually find them next to the salad dressing in your grocery store. They come in all different flavors – we go for the plain ones for this recipe since we have so many other flavors going on.
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Cheddar Cheese Soup
Craving comfort food? Whip up a batch of Cheddar Cheese Soup. This recipe is topped with roasted tomatoes and croutons is packed with cheesy flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Lunch
- Method: Stovetop and Oven
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 20 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 sweet onion, peeled and chopped
- 1 clove minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 4 cups milk
- 3 cups grated cheddar cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups croutons
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika (optional!)
Instructions
- Make roasted cherry tomatoes by tossing with a little olive oil and salt and pepper, spreading on a baking sheet lined with foil, and roasting in a 425 oven for 10 minutes.
- Melt butter in soup pot and add onion and garlic. Stir for 3 minutes.
- Add flour and whisk until mixed, then slowly pour in broth and then milk, whisking until blended. Bring to a slow boil and cook until slightly thickened, 5-10 minutes.
- Add cheese and mustard, stirring until cheese is melted. Add salt and pepper to taste. Now either carefully pour into a blender and puree, or even better, puree right in the pot with an immersion blender.
- Ladle into bowls (heating the bowls beforehand in a 200 degree oven is nice!) sprinkle with paprika and garnish with the roasted tomatoes and some croutons.
Medifast Coupon Code 2011 says
What a great sounding soup and we currently are still eating lots of soup because winter doesn't seem to want to go away.
Love the picture, that is hilarious.
Wendy says
My mouth is watering! Can't wait to make this for my family.
And of course, I love Vermont.
caitlin says
I love Vermont (and cheese) too and try to go every summer :) The dancing on the car picture makes me wish it was July already!
Barbara says
Double yum on that cheddar soup!
flaky says
This looks delicious!
Kelly says
vermont cheddar is my favorite cheese, this looks unbelievable!
Photocat says
And there is that blue plate again!
Photocat says
HEY!!!!! I AM THE COW PHOTOGRAHPER… You do FOOD!!!! ;o))))
I am printing out this recipe, mouth watering. And I like the girl dancing on the car. It's how life should be, being happy enough to share it with the world and cows!
PoetessWug says
It's an obvious winner!!….Moooooooo! ^_^ Even cows who help make the cheese agree!!
tamilyn says
I'm not a huge soup fan, but this looks fab.
smalltownoven says
Roasted cherry tomatoes and croutons sound like the perfect complement to this seriously yummy soup!
Kate says
This sounds amazing…and it would warm me up on a day like today!
Jennifurla says
Heaven in a bowl, I love your toppings myself
Joanne says
I don't really remember the vermont love but I DO remember the cows. There was a post about them and how endearing they are, if I'm remembering correctly. But can they hold a candle to a soup made of CHEESE? Unclear. This looks amazing.
Boodle says
this sounds comforting :D