Creamy Pimiento Cheese Soup

Name: Creamy Pimiento Cheese Soup
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter; 1 rib celery rib, chopped; 355 milliliters chicken broth; 85 grams package cream cheese, cubed; 0 teaspoons hot sauce; 946 milliliters milk; 1 medium onion, chopped; 0 teaspoons pepper; 113 grams sliced pimientos, drained and divided; 1 teaspoons salt; 113 grams cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese; 1 medium size sweet potato, peeled and chopped

Creamy Pimiento Cheese Soup is a gluten free and vegetarian recipe with 30 servings. This soup has 55 calories, 2g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of onion, sharp cheddar cheese, pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It is perfect for Autumn. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour.

Instructions

Melt butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat.

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Butter

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Add onion and celery, and saut 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

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Celery

Onion

Add chopped sweet potato, milk, and chicken broth; bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 18 to 20 minutes or until sweet potato is tender.

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Chicken Broth

Sweet Potato

Milk

Remove mixture from heat, and stir in half of the pimientos.

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Pimiento

Add Cheddar cheese and next 4 ingredients, stirring until cheese melts.

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Cheese

Let cool 5 minutes.

Process cheese mixture, in batches, using a handheld blender, blender, or food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Stir in remaining half of pimientos before serving.

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Processed Cheese

Pimiento

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*1 medium potato, peeled and chopped, may be substituted.

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Potato

Note: Our Test Kitchens professionals tested this soup using three different tools--a food processor, blender, and handheld blender. Though each worked well, the handheld blender produced the smoothest soup.

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