Creamy Beer Cheese Soup with Salsa Verde
This soup is rich—you don’t need much to fill up. But if you’d like to bulk it up a bit, add steamed small broccoli florets to the finished soup, heat through, and serve. For a silky textured soup, you can puree it in the blender, but I prefer the texture the onions and salsa verde offer this otherwise creamy soup.
by: Three Many Cooks
Serves: Serves 4
Ingredients
- 1 generous tablespoon canola oil
- 1 large onion, cut into medium dice
- ¼ cup flour
- 2 cups good quality vegetable broth (e.g. Pacific, Kitchen Basics, or Imagine brand)
- 1 bottle or can (12 ounces) beer
- ½ cup salsa verde
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 8 ounces (about 3 cups grated) extra-sharp cheddar cheese
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- Salt and ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat oil in a soup kettle over medium-high heat. Add onions; sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in flour, and then broth and beer, stirring constantly until foaming subsides. Bring a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, partially covered, to blend flavors, about 10 minutes, stirring in the salsa verde, garlic, and Worcestershire the last couple of minutes. Whisk in cheese until incorporated into the soup. Whisk in milk, heat through, adjust seasonings, including salt and pepper to taste. Serve.
This looks delicious and super comforting. My mom is from Wisconsin where beer cheese soup is everywhere!
Over the course of our (very) snowy winter…I’ve come to the conclusion that beer makes the best ever addition to soups and stews! (along with best addition to meat braises..and baked beans.. and..) I’m excited to try this one…As Wisconsinites, beer cheese soup is pretty important to me and my Mister!
love,
cathy b.
you are SO right!!! this is right up my alley. how could this NOT be delicious? MMMMM!
Tried your Creamy Beer Cheese Soup…love love love love love it! It’s easy, quick and I have a nice meal after working all day.
Music to my ears, Michele: )