Great Beer Cheese Soup
Created by amafor3 on January 3, 2012
- Servings: 5
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 30-45m
- Recipe #3826
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 sticks butter
- 2 cups carrots, chopped
- 2 cups celery, chopped
- 2 cups onion, chopped
- Flour, to coat
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 2 pounds Velveeta cheese, cubed
- 10 ounces sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
- 2 cans beer
How to Make
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Step 1: In a large pan add butter and melt. Stir in carrots, onion and celery, saute until tender.
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Step 2: Lightly sprinkle flour on sauteed veges to soak up excess butter. Keep stirring until you have a thickened mixture in your pan. Slowly add chicken broth and whisk constantly so no clumps form. Bring to a boil.
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Step 3: While still stirring add cubed and shredded cheese's. Take pan off the burner when cheese has melted. Pour in beer slowly and carefully as it will foam a lot while pouring.
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Step 4: After beer is completely added return to burner with low flame and heat until soup is warmed through. DO NOT BOIL. Serve immediately in a bread bowl or with crusty rolls.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (986 g)
- Calories 1560.6
- Total Fat - 110.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 54.2 g
- Cholesterol - 268.7 mg
- Sodium - 5125.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 68 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.5 g
- Sugars - 27.5 g
- Protein - 62.9 g
- Calcium - 1624.3 mg
- Iron - 2.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 8.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg