Cheese soup cannot be called a popular dish. However, despite this, such an appetizing and tasty dish will surely please everyone. What are the subtleties and secrets of its preparation?
Cooking cheese soup with melted cheese
Among the many recipes for cheese soups, there are clear leaders. And the best of them is considered to be cheese cream soup and soups of puree-like consistency with the addition of melted cheese, which always decorates the broth and gives it a rich creamy taste. Let's see how to cook it.
Ingredients:
- Processed cheese - 250 g
- Potatoes - 4 pcs.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Dill greens - bunch
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Olive oil - 3 tablespoons
- Salt to taste
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
Preparation:
- Put 1 liter of drinking water on the stove to boil.
- Fry diced carrots and onions in olive oil. Saute vegetables until transparent.
- In boiling water, send frying, diced potatoes and spices.
- Grate the melted cheese or chop finely and dip in a saucepan when the potatoes are almost ready.
- Reduce heat to medium and stir constantly until all the cheese is dissolved.
- Add chopped dill, boil for 1 minute and turn off the stove. Cover the saucepan with a lid and leave the soup for 10 minutes.
- Serve soup for lunch by serving bowls. It goes well with white bread toast served separately.
Cheese soup with chicken
Soup with cheese and chicken is a very satisfying, aromatic and simple dish that quickly and for a long time saturates our body. This soup can be seasoned with all kinds of vegetables (potatoes, carrots, onions), grains (pearl barley, buckwheat, rice), legumes (beans, lentils), pasta, etc.
Ingredients:
- Processed cheese - 250 g
- Chicken fillet - 500 g
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Potatoes - 4 pcs.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Butter - 25 g
- Greens (to taste) - a small bunch
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Salt to taste
- Bay leaf - 2 pcs.
- Peppercorns - 3 pcs.
- Croutons - for serving
Cooking Chicken Cheese Soup:
- Dip the washed and medium-sized chicken fillet into a 2 liter saucepan. After boiling, put bay leaf, ground pepper and peas, and salt. Boil the broth for 20 minutes.
- 10 minutes after the broth has boiled, place the diced potatoes in a saucepan.
- In a frying pan in butter, fry the onions and carrots, and send them to the soup.
- Grate the melted cheese and place in a saucepan when the soup is almost ready. Stir it well to dissolve completely and turn off the heat.
- Sprinkle with herbs before serving and serve with croutons if desired.
Cheese soup with mushrooms
Cheese soup with mushrooms is a healthy and spicy dish that can decorate any dining table, both everyday and festive. This is an instant dish, however, it is quite satisfying and tasty. You can use both fresh mushrooms and dried ones. Champignons, oyster mushrooms, porcini mushrooms and any other mushrooms to taste will do.
This soup can be supplemented with any food, for example potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, pearl barley or rice. And if you grind all the finished ingredients of the soup with a blender and add sour cream, cream or milk, you get a delicate cream soup.
Ingredients:
- Fresh champignons - 500 g
- Processed cheese - 250 g
- Butter - 30 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Refined vegetable oil - 60 g
- Drinking water - 1.5 l
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Parsley greens - small bunch
- Salt to taste
Step by step cooking:
- Pour vegetable oil into a heated frying pan and put chopped onions to sauté.
- Cut the champignons into 2–4 pieces and add to the pan to the onion. Fry the mushrooms and onions for about 15 minutes, season with salt and black pepper.
- Boil a pot of water, reduce the temperature to medium and stir constantly, dissolving the processed cheese in it. Let the water boil and cook for 2 minutes.
- Transfer the fried mushrooms and onions to a saucepan and simmer over low heat for 2-3 minutes. Add butter to the soup, adjust the taste with salt and pepper.
- Pour the soup into bowls and add chopped parsley to each. Also, croutons from a fresh white loaf are perfect for the soup.
- To make croutons, cut the loaf into cubes and place on a greased baking sheet. Put them in the oven for 5-7 minutes at 200 degrees. Add ready-made croutons to plates individually.
Cheese soup with meatballs
Only light and incredibly tender cheese soup with meatballs can replace rich borscht. At first glance, in the dish itself, it seems that there is nothing remarkable - meat broth, complemented by round products made from minced meat. However, this first course turns out to be quite satisfying and very nutritious. With just two ingredients, a meal can be turned into a true culinary art.
Ingredients:
- Minced meat - 300 g
- Hard cheese - 50 g
- Potatoes - 3 pcs.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Butter - 25 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Salt to taste
Making Cheese Soup with Meatballs:
- Cut the potatoes into cubes and dip in boiling water.
- In a frying pan, heat the butter and send the carrots cut into cubes and onions in half rings to fry until lightened. Then add the frying to the pot with potatoes.
- Make minced meatballs and add them to the soup. The meatballs are prepared as follows. Minced meat is seasoned with salt, black pepper, kneaded well and beaten so that the products in the soup do not fall apart. The minced meat is repulsed as follows. It is taken in hand, and with force is thrown back into a plate or on a flat surface. This process is repeated 3-5 times. Of course, you can add a chicken egg to fasten the minced meat, but then the broth will turn out to be too cloudy.
- After placing the meatballs, reduce the heat to medium and cook until tender, constantly skimming off the foam.
- Grate hard cheese on a medium grater and add to the finished soup. Stir to dissolve completely and remove from heat.
- Let the first dish steep for about 10 minutes and serve in portioned bowls. Serve the soup with fresh white bread croutons.
Shrimp Cheese Soup
Simultaneously, a simple and savory soup with cheese and shrimp is easy to prepare. The combination of cheese and seafood gives the dish a delicate taste and piquant aroma. This hearty, healthy and tasty dish will not spoil your figure, but will saturate the body for half a day. Treat yourself and your family to its delicate taste.
This soup can be supplemented with any vegetables like potatoes, carrots, cauliflower. Rice, lentils and small pasta also go well with shrimp.
Ingredients:
- Peeled shrimps - 250 g
- Processed cheese - 350 g
- Potatoes - 3 pcs.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Refined vegetable oil - for frying
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Parsley greens - small bunch
- Salt to taste
Preparation:
- Boil 2 liters of water and dissolve the grated melted cheese over medium heat.
- Add the diced potatoes to the cheese pan, season with salt and cook until tender.
- Meanwhile, grill. Heat refined vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry finely chopped carrots and onions until golden brown.
- When the potatoes are ready, add the vegetable fry and shrimp to it. Boil the soup and add the chopped parsley. Adjust the flavor with salt and black pepper. Mix everything well and turn off the heat.
- Cover the pot with a lid and let the soup sit for 10 minutes. Then serve it to the table.
A plate of delicious and flavorful examples of cheese soups above can satisfy your hunger for a long time, fill your body with strength and energy. Cook first courses with pleasure, delight and surprise your family with delicious and new dinners.
Video recipe with tips from Chef Lazerson on how to make cheese soup the right way:
