For broccoli-Cheddar soup, I discovered numerous recipes. I made numerous ingredient changes to the recipes. I came up with the following recipe. The most excellent one yet. It can be made without all the other components. simple components only. It’s also excellent. It tastes exactly like Panera®, in my opinion.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 cups |
Ingredients
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
- 1 (16 ounce) package cheese tortellini
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can Italian-style diced tomatoes
- 1 (15.5 ounce) can white kidney beans (cannellini), rinsed and drained
- ½ zucchini, sliced
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinaigrette
- 1 teaspoon basil
- ground black pepper to taste
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste
Instructions
- Bring chicken broth to a boil in a large pot; cook tortellini in boiling broth until tender, about 6 minutes.
- Stir tomatoes, beans, zucchini, red wine vinaigrette, basil, and black pepper into the broth; cook until the zucchini is tender, about 6 minutes more. Top with Parmesan cheese to serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 249 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 37 g |
| Cholesterol | 29 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 12 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 905 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made this soup tonight. I love the simplicity! I added shredded carrots, chopped yellow bell pepper and scallions (didn’t have zucchini). Filling and tasty! I served with bruschetta I made from this app.
My husband loved this recipe! He also said it was better a couple of days later! I also added some spinach.
This was awesome! We added hamburger as well as garlic and onions. It was so tasty and perfect for a cold night. I did add more broth and had black beans just because that is what I had on hand. We will definitely have it again. It was extremely easy
This was delicious and I will definitely make it again. I sautéed the zucchini with fresh garlic and added sliced mushrooms before adding it to the soup. I also chopped up whole peeled plum tomatoes instead of Italian diced and just added Italian herbs to the sautéed veggies. When it was almost done, I threw in some green onions. It was full of flavor and the whole family loved it.
This had a lot of flavor. I added some garlic granules. I put everything in the crockpot at once and cooked on low for 4 hours. Will make this again–it is so easy and so flavorful.
This soup is absolutely delicious! I added corn and a little brown sugar. My entire family loved it. Even, I, who don’t like spinach. This recipe is a keeper.
My husband made it and it came out great the only thing is the broth needs to be doubled and he added garlic and onion powder…very easy and good!
Hey, this was great! Very easy too. I added some frozen kale, onion powder, oregano, and garlic powder and substituted the beans for green peas. The red wine vinaigrette just made this. Thanks for a wonderful recipe that was a snap to make on short notice after a walk on a 12-degree F night! Warmed us up right.
I am rating this with only 4 stars because I altered the original recipe a bit. I doubled the broth and also added 1 thinly sliced carrot and 1 cup frozen peas. It was tremendous. Hearty and healthy. I also used mushroom tortellini and great Northern beans because that was what I had on hand. I absolutely loved this soup and it will be fun to try different ingredients with this soup. I will definitely be making this a lot during the winter!
I like this recipe a lot. I doubled the amount of chicken broth because I like more broth in my soup. I also omitted the red wine vinaigrette because I had none on hand. But it tasted good and was quick and easy to make. Will definitely make again!
This is excellent healthy comfort food! As we are not zucchini people I tore spinach leaves in the soup. We also added another can of italian diced tomatoes so the tortellini was a little less dominate. Will be a keeper in our home:)