Calling all soup fans! This Instant Pot Broccoli Cheese Soup is full of creamy goodness! This is the perfect way to add in veggies, perfectly paired with cheese!
With just 30 minutes of cook time, this easy soup recipe is a great way to make a hearty and comfort dinner that everyone will love! Fill your soup bowls full!
If you're a soup fan, you're going to love this rich and creamy soup. It's the best for fall and winter - but you can easily eat it anytime that you want.
I love making it and having it in the fridge for when those soup cravings strike! You can never have too much soup to eat throughout the week.
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Why This Recipe Works
This is my favorite recipe for cheesy broccoli soup because it’s so simple, and the ingredients add such great flavor and taste. Kids and adults can all agree that this recipe is the best!
- Fast and easy to make
- Has three whole cups of broccoli for extra veggies to your diet
- A great way to warm your belly
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Recipe Ingredients
Broccoli – You can use fresh or frozen broccoli for this recipe. Adding fresh broccoli adds a great crunchy texture as the frozen can sometimes be really soft.
Heavy cream – If you want to opt for a lighter cream, this will help to cut down on excess calories.
Chicken broth – Vegetable broth or Instant Pot Bone Broth would work perfectly, too.
Cheddar cheese – While I prefer using cheddar cheese, you can easily swap out the top of the cheeses and use whatever you'd like. This is a simple way to change the flavor and taste.
How to Make Instant Pot Broccoli Cheese Soup
Gather up the ingredients listed above and get ready to get started! You're well on your way to making creamy soup!
Step One: Add the olive oil and the garlic to the Instant Pot and hit the "saute" button. Saute for 1 minute.
Step Two: Add the broccoli florets and saute for 3 more minutes.
Step Three: Add the chicken broth and stir well.
Step Four: Put on the lid and cook for 5 minutes on high pressure. Once the time passes, do a quick pressure release.
Step Five: Add salt and black pepper and saute for another 2 minutes.
Step Six: Add heavy cream and cheddar cheese into the mixture and stir well.
Press "saute" for 3 minutes and close the lid.
(Let all the ingredients simmer)
Step Seven: Once done, open the lid, serve and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- If you need to saute the broccoli more, you can. The shorter time that you saute it, the crunchier texture it's going to have.
- You can easily add any type of seasonings or ingredients to flavor the broccoli as well. I tend to use salt and pepper, but you can use lemon pepper or anything else that you're craving.
Variations
Add protein - You can easily add Instant Pot Frozen Chicken or Instant Pot Frozen Ground beef to the mix.
Don't want to use cheese? you can make this classic Instant Pot Broccoli Soup instead as a great alternative, too!
What to Serve with Broccoli Cheese Soup
This soup recipe can pair with so many things. Some of my top choices to add to this soup are:
More Soup Recipes
Love soup? Me, too! Here are some of my favorite comforting soup recipes for you to try:
Instant Pot Butternut Squash Soup
Instant Pot Broccoli Potato Soup
Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can! You can use a pot on the stovetop as an easy option. The recipe steps remain the same, but the method is a little different.
Yes, if you want to freeze this soup, you can. Just be aware that there is a chance that the texture of the soup will be a bit grainy but still delicious. This is because of the added cream.
Reheating soup doesn't have to be hard! In fact, you just need to add the soup to a microwave-safe bowl and reheat it! Make sure that you heat and stir so that you're breaking up any of the hot spots.
More Instant Pot Broccoli Recipes
If you love broccoli, here are some of the most popular broccoli recipes that I think you'll love!
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Instant Pot Broccoli Cheese Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 3 cups broccoli cut into florets
- 3 cups chicken broth
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1½ cups cheddar cheese
- salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Press "saute" and add olive oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add garlic and saute for 1 minute.
- Add the broccoli and saute for 3 more minutes.
- Add the chicken broth and stir well.
- Close the lid and cook on high pressure for 5 minutes.
- Once the cooking time is complete, do a quick pressure release.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, stir well and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add heavy cream and cheddar cheese and stir well.
- Press "saute" for 3 minutes and close the lid.
- After 3 minutes, open the lid, serve and enjoy!
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Notes
- If you need to saute the broccoli more, you can. The shorter time that you saute it, the crunchier texture it's going to have.
- You can add lemon pepper or any other seasoning you like.
- You can use fresh or frozen broccoli. Cooking instructions stays the same.
In the illustrated part of the recipe, you do not mention adding chicken stock in stage 2
Fixed. Thanks 🙂
It was very tasty but quite thin. I am wondering if it would be better to add tapioca of something to thicken it up a bit.
Can a milk substitute be used?
Yes, definitely. It will effect the texture obviously, but you can use coconut milk or soy milk...
Can I substitute a block of Velveta for the cheddar? It's the only thing I use Velveta for and I just bought a bulk package of it.
Yes, that should work well.
Was thinner than I expected, and I would use less garlic, but overall it was good. Will wait for wife's opinion before making again.
I'm glad you liked it, and thanks for the feedback! I like to use a lot of garlic, but it is a personal preference of course.
Looks and sounds fantastic. Broccoli and cheddar cheese is one of my favorite soups. Cannot wait to make it. Thank you for sharing.