I learned how to make this delicious and simple recipe from my late grandmother. It’s my all-time favorite soup recipe!
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup chopped broccoli
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 14 ½ ounces evaporated milk
- 1 cup water
- 1 ½ teaspoons grated onion
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, bring 3 cups water and salt to a boil. Cook broccoli in boiling water, uncovered, for 10 to 12 minutes. Drain, place broccoli in a small bowl, and mash.
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Mix in flour, and then gradually whisk in milk and water; stir continuously until liquid begins to boil. Stir in grated onion and mashed broccoli. Season with remaining salt.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 144 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 11 g |
| Cholesterol | 30 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 1464 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Cooked the onions first put them in blender with cooked broccoli Of some of its water. Melted butter in pan a added cornstarch then broccoli water and Some lactose free milk with salt and pepper. Very nice, easy and fast. May add crated cheese of top.
yum, what a great recipe!! my evaporated milk was expired, so I used 2% milk. I added a finely chopped celery stalk to it and fresh onion instead of dried. I also doubled the Broccoli because I love broccoli, and added two slices of American cheese at the end. What a perfect broccoli soup!
very good and very rich
I gave it 4 stars since I made minor changes per previous reviews. I used the water from the broccoli,2 1/2 cups of broccoli, 2 cans of evaporated milk (12oz ea)added some half & half and doubled the flour. Took this to a fund-raising event and brought home 1 bowl. This got lots of compliments and I will definitely make it again. Thanks for the recipe.
Very easy! Very tasty! Did not need that remaining salt, though.
Very good and easy. I had to make a double batch the second time becuase it went so fast.
Best Cream of Broccoli Soup I have ever ate! I threw out all my other cream of brccoli recipes. The entire family loved it!
This soup was tasteless and way to salty.. I think it would be better with 1/2tsp of salt instead and add some pepper….
3 stars for flavor and FIVE for creaminess!!! I added a head of broccoli, 1/2 onion, cheese, cornstarch and kept the 3 c. of water in in the beginning. I had to add quite a bit of salt to pep up the flavor, but man was the creaminess good!! ATTEMPT 2: tripled broccoli, added 1/2 & 1/2 instead of the extra cup water, a little cornstarch, 2 Chicken Boullions and cheddar. This was almost there! Next time I will add more boullion cubes and I think the creaminess & flavor will be perfected!
Great soup! I love it! I added 1/4 cup of white wine and that added TONS of flavor….serve with some croutons and shredded cheese and it is super yummy
Simple and Delicious. I sautéed diced onion with the butter before adding flour and left out the grated onion at the end. I did not add any salt at the end, either. I thought it was flavorful enough without.
“Gramma” your soup is good:D the recipe was very easy to follow!!
Great base soup…. i added pepper, a bit more onion, some chicken boullion, and cheddar cheese…. then it was delicious!
Absolutely wonderful. I did double the amount of broccoli.
This is delicious, quick and easy! Thank you!
I doubled up all ingerdients to make a nice-sized pot of soup. I also used my water from boiling the broccoli as the soup base and added some chicken soup base to the water. I used 10% cream instead of condensed milk and it turned out excellent. thanks for the recipe!
I didn’t know where to start making a cream of broccoli soup — so I’m glad I had this as a guideline (I had a lot more broccoli to use up).
I would give more stars if I could. I have been using this for years as my cream soup base for everything, as our boys are allergic to milk. A few changes: I reserve a cup of the salted water (from boiling the broccoli) to be used later in the recipe and omit the 1 1/2 tsp of salt. I also used 3/4 cups of soy milk instead of the evaporated milk. I often freeze cups of the leftover water to be used later for quick soup bases when I don’t use broccoli.
Love it! I add instant mashed potatoes and all kinds of stuff to make it great. (Anything I can think of that I have around that looks good… noodles, etc.)
Loved the taste of this soup, I do add some chedder cheese on top and it’s great! My husbend likes it, so thats a plus!
This recipe was suprisingly good! I didn’t try this for the longest time because it seemed too simple and basic to be any good. I added some finely grated parmesan cheese to it at the end – other then than I followed the recipe exactly as written. Oh, but if you are cooking for more than one or two people I would definately double or even triple the recipe – does not make very much.