Potato Cheddar Cheese Beer Soup – Delicious creamy soup boasting flavor from beer, potatoes and cheddar cheese. Serve these traditional style or in a pretzel bowl. Either way you’re sure to love them!
I’ve been wanting to make a beer soup for a while now. And I thought it would pair up deliciously with pretzel bread bowls. Oh yeah! Of course it did. It was a perfect pair. As perfect as peanut butter and jelly or hotdogs and mustard.
Look at this scrumptiousness! ↓
You’re drooling aren’t you? I can tell by the look in your eyes. I do have a disclaimer for you.
I don’t drink beer. I don’t like beer. But I love beer bread so I’ve been just dying to try a beer soup. We’re such soup fans that it was bound to happen sooner or later.
And can you truly believe that I haven’t posted a soup recipe since November? There’s just something wrong with that! We’ve still been eating soup weekly but I’ve made a lot of past favorites like chicken pot pie and ham soup.
One of the favorites here on the blog recently is the Cheese Topped Creamy Cauliflower Soup. I don’t know about you but every time I hear those words together…creamy and cheese….my belly just starts growling. I hear it now. Signing off friends and looking for a spoon. Won’t you come over and join me?
Til we meet and eat again,
Other winning recipes from blogger friends:
Creamy Apple Potato and Cheddar Soup – Cooking for Keeps
Fire Roasted Chili with Beer Braised Short Ribs – Shared Appetite
Beer Mac and Cheese – A Spicy Perspective
Potato Cheddar Cheese Beer Soup
Ingredients
- 1/2 medium onion chopped finely
- 2 large carrots peeled and diced
- 3 stalks celery diced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 3 cups whole milk or half and half
- 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 12 oz beer
- 2 large potatoes peeled and cubed
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 cups extra sharp cheddar cheese shredded
- 4 slices of bacon cooked and crumbled
Instructions
- In a dutch oven or large saucepan cook onion, carrots, celery, and garlic in butter over medium-low heat. Stirring occasionally. Cook until vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low and sprinkle flour over vegetables. Cook, stirring occasionally for about 3 minutes. Add milk, broth, and beer in a stream, whisking as you add. Simmer, continuing to whisk occasionally, 5 minutes.
- Add cubed potatoes, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, salt, and pepper. Cook for 15 minutes.
- Add cheese about 1/4 cup at a time, stirring constantly. Cook until cheese is melted, 3 to 4 minutes (do not boil). Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with bacon.
Recipe adapted from: Epicurious
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Yum! It’s perfect soup weather. This soup would be fantastic with pretzel bread bowls!
Beer cheese soup is one of my favorites, Melanie! I love that you added potatoes in here. Sounds like the perfect dish to beat the cold weather blahs!
Love the cheesy goodness of this soup! I can only imagine how good this soup would be with pretzel bowls, great idea!
I am not a huge beer fan myself – though I do add it to chili sometimes – but never in a million years would I have thought to add it to potato and cheddar soup – Melanie – I can only imagine the flavor it lends to it! Mouthwatering!
This soup sounds amazing! I’ve never added beer to cheese soup. My husband would love it!
I never had before either Christin but it is brilliant!
Yep! Drooling!! It just looks SO creamy and delicious!
P.S. I just now saw you linked to my recipe, thanks Melanie!!
ok, I am so glad you are sharing the soup recipe!!! this soup looks amazing! and again, to use pretzel bread as the vessel?! brilliant! I’ve made chili with beer but totally need to try this soup!! love this, Melanie!!
Thanks Alice!
this looks so yummy! And the pretzel bowls are absolutely genius! I’m hoping to try this soon when we get a little colder in Florida 😉
If only I could feel Florida weather now. Cold and snowy here in PA but I guess the good thing is that it’s perfect soup and stew weather!
Thanks for stopping by Kathleen!
This soup looks amazing!!!
MMmmm this looks so good and I would like a big bowl right now!
SO perfect for pretzel bowls,and I love that this recipe is soooo easy too! great recipe Mel!
You are right! This soup pairs perfectly with those flawless bread bowls. I’m in love!
Oh my gosh! This soup sounds SOOO amazing! We love making soup at home!
This recipe looks amazing! I LOVE cheddar beer soup and I can’t wait to try this one!!!!
I am just starting out in the blogging world, and aspire to post great things like this! Thanks!
I can smell this wonderful soup on my sofa… Gonna dream about it until I do it!
you don’t have all the ingredient listed or the amounts can you update the butter, mustard, Worcestershire sauce thanks
Thanks for pointing that out Laura! I’ve updated the recipe to read correctly. I hope you enjoy it!
So glad you stopped by!