Hope's Creamy Broccoli Soup

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 9 cups broccoli florets
• 1 medium onion
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 pinch basil
• 1 pinch thyme
• 1 pinch sage
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 8 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon onion salt
• 1 dash tabasco sauce
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 7 tablespoons butter
• 7 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1/2 cup whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 cook onion and 1 tbsp butter, add broccoli, and rest ingredients (except buttermilk), bring to a boil for 10 min until broccoli is tender.
• 2 make a sauce: mix ingredients together but do not boil then add to rest of soup mixture.
• 3 cook for additional 5 min then add buttermilk your soup is ready to serve.