Broccoli puree soup is a delicious and tender creamy soup for dietary nutrition. You can cook it from frozen broccoli, which must be removed from the freezer about 30 minutes before cooking. By the way, vitamins in frozen cabbage are preserved better than in fresh ones, provided that they are not thawed and frozen. You can include this dietary puree in the children's menu. Even the most fastidious kids are unlikely to understand what is included in its composition, and the color, if not to digest the cabbage, is obtained gently light green, so the dish looks extremely appetizing!
It is said that the benefits of broccoli are somewhat exaggerated, which, as always, is the fault of commerce. However, if you compare it with regular, white cabbage or cauliflower, then in my opinion, broccoli is much tastier. The benefit of broccoli is also in the fact that 100 g contains only 28 kcal, so if you do not cook too large portions, then obesity is definitely not threatened.
- Cooking time: 35 minutes
- Servings: 3
Ingredients for making broccoli diet soup:
- chicken broth - 1.5 l;
- broccoli - 350 g;
- potatoes - 250 g;
- onions - 150 g;
- vegetable oil for frying - 15 ml;
- butter - 15 g;
- sea salt - 7 g.
A method of cooking a broccoli diet soup.
Cook the chicken broth. It is not necessary to have special skills for its preparation, but some moments will help to make it more tasty and rich. First, the bones in the broth are necessary, so use the lower legs, wings and skeleton of the bird. Secondly, spices - parsley root, bay leaf a few cloves or arrows of garlic, a bunch of celery or parsley.
If chicken broth is intended for cream soup, then you should not try to make it transparent, just simply strain it at the end.
Chicken broth is usually cooked for 1 hour on a quiet fire.
So, prepare the cream soup. In a saucepan with a thick bottom, heat the vegetable oil for frying, add a tablespoon of butter. Then, when the butter has melted, we throw finely chopped onions.
To make the onions soft and transparent, but not burnt, add a few tablespoons of chicken broth or hot water. When the liquid evaporates, we torment the onions for another 1-2 minutes and you can continue cooking.
Put the diced potatoes. For cream-shaped soups, I advise you to use steaming varieties of potatoes.
Pour hot broth into the pot, boil until the potatoes are ready, that is, about 10 minutes.
We divide broccoli into small florets. You can cook soup with both frozen and fresh cabbage, this does not affect the taste of the finished dish.
Cook broccoli 10-12 minutes after boiling, close the pan with a lid!
Grind the finished soup with an immersion blender to a state of uniform mashed potatoes, pour sea salt.
You can taste it with milk or cream to taste, but this is not necessary, it turns out tasty and without extra calories.
To the table, broccoli diet soup is served warm. If the diet allows, then with a piece of rye bread, dried in a toaster. Enjoy your meal!
