Savory Cheese Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 large sweet onion
• 3 large carrots (peeled and chopped)
• 3 large celery ribs (chopped)
• 1 red bell pepper (chopped)
• 2 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups milk
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened and cubed
• 3 cups sharp cheddar cheese

Recipe

• 1 melt 4 tablespoons of butter in a large pot over medium heat.
• 2 add garlic power, onions, celery and carrots. cook over medium heat about 8 minutes, or until vegetables are semi-soft.
• 3 add red pepper and cook another 2-3 minutes.
• 4 add chicken broth, stir, place lid on pot and lower heat to low.
• 5 meanwhile, melt 4 tablespoons of butter in a large pot over medium heat.
• 6 add flour and stir constantly.
• 7 once it is a pasty substance, add milk slowly!
• 8 once the milk is incorporated and it looks like a thick gravy, add cream cheese; remove from heat.
• 9 remove the lid from the broth and veggie mixture and remove a ladle at a time of the soup and add to the cream cheese mixture, (totaling about 4 ladles).
• 10 once the cream cheese mixture has been tempered, add it back into the soup and combine.
• 11 add the cheddar and stir until all cheese is melted.