Food
Aroostook Potato and Broccoli Soup
In our comfort food recipe of the week, Maine potatoes turn a brawny potato and broccoli soup into an all-star New England supper.
By Yankee Magazine|Oct 14 2021|
Coffee By Design | Portland, Maine
Photo Credit : Katherine Keenan
This is very, very good! I make it thick so I can cover chicken breasts and bake them for a heavenly flavor and tons of nutrition.
Yummy!!!! I have made it 3 times already.
PS: my husband is from Aroostook County… Van Buren Maine…
Dawn
All of my friends enjoy it too. Thank You.
This was a very easy and tasty recipe. Although it serves eight, two of us finished it off in two nights! Definitely worth trying.
Delicious even slimmed down. I used skim milk and fat free half and half. I also used 2% cheese and it was still the best.
Loved it
Simple to make – simply delicious!! Nice on a cold night.
Great soup! Hearty and tasty.
Keep making this great recipe and have given copies to everyone I know! The potatoes and broccoli combination is super….enjoy!
Simple, quick, and delicious. I put some grilled chicken breast in mine to satisfy my carnivorous husband. The kids loved it too!
This is a keeper! I substituted one can of evaporated milk and some additional 2% milk for the cream and milk called for in the recipe. I also added about 1/2 teaspoon of Aleppo Pepper (Pensey’s) and sprinkled the top with some Smoked Spanish Paprika (also Penzey’s). Absolutely excellent!
what am I missing? I see no mention of “cream” — just milk.
I was stumped, too, until I looked at the dates. This must be an updated version dated Oct.6,2017. Google the soup (entire name) and will get recipe from Farmers Almanac which includes cream. Both look easy and sound very good!
Hi there. This recipe was first published in Yankee in September 2001. The Old Farmers’ Almanac is our sister company, which is why you also see the recipe on their site. We included an updated version in a recent cookbook, which is why you see a few slight tweaks here that may contradict older comments. Either way, we agree this broccoli and potato soup recipe is delicious!
I made this soup for my church on St. Patrick’s Day, and loved the green from the broccoli. The combination of broccoli and potatoes has always been a winner, but when you add the cheddar!!!! So good!!!!!
I steam a cup of tiny broccoli florets and stir them in at the end, after everything else is pureed. Texture and color.
Look forward to this.
I have to make this !
Sounds wonderful. I am going to try this after my next venture to the grocery store. The tiny florets for garnish sound good also.
I wonder if this yummy sounding soup can be made with vegetable broth instead of chicken broth. I am mostly vegetarian. Thanks!
I’m a long-time vegetarian and yes, this soup (and others calling for meat broth) can be made with veggie broth and still taste great.
I am going to make this, easy and sounds delicious
Love all your soup recipes and must try this one as have all ingredients…to prior comment,I’m sure that a vegetable stock would be perfect in this.
Down here in the South where I live, the soup that we love is Broccoli Cheese Soup or Loaded Potato Soup. This sounds like an interesting combination of both. I will be trying it very soon. (As soon as I can get some broccoli!) Thanks so much for the recipe.
This works with cauliflower as well, and no funky smell. My picky eaters love this. Cheese straws are nice with this for crunch.