Recipe: at dinner Beer cheese soup

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Recipe: at dinner Beer cheese soup Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Beer cheese soup. The pride of the Midwest, this super soup combines beer and sharp Cheddar with milk (or cream), chicken broth, finely diced vegetables, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, and Cayenne. Add the cheddar to the soup by the handful, whisking each batch. Add the onion, garlic and Worcestershire sauce and stir well.

It was so simple and good, I got the recipe for my daughter, who was just learning to cook. —Sharon Lock, Forman, North Dakota.

Beer cheese soup has a long history in brewpubs and restaurants worldwide and it's really easy to make at home too!

This soup is decadent and delicious, even better served with crispy garlic cheese toasts!

You can cook Beer cheese soup using 33 ingredients and 23 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Beer cheese soup

It’s of medium carrots, sliced half inch pieces.
It’s of large jalapenos, diced, deseed for less heat.
It’s of Serrano pepper, diced and deseed for less heat, I like spice.
You need of celery stalks, sliced medium.
You need of medium onion diced.
You need of small red potatoes, diced.
It’s of bacon, I used thick cut.diced placed on cookie.
It’s of preheat oven 375 degrees, bake for 15 minutes until crispy.
It’s of place on paper plate,on a paper towel, absorbs grease.
Prepare of reserve 1/2 cup for garnish.
You need of butter.
Prepare of package, skinless smoked sausage.
You need of sliced medium.
It’s of saute until browned.
It’s of box Swanson chicken broth.
You need of bottles Sam Adams Boston lager.
You need of shakes Worcestershire sauce start with 3 add more to taste.
You need of grated sharp cheddar.
You need of grated gruyere.
Prepare of flour.
Prepare of half and half.
Prepare of spices, start low, can always add, can't remove.
You need of garlic powder I used 2.
Prepare of Coleman's dry mustard I used 3.
You need of each hot Hungarian paprika, smoked paprika I used 2 each.
It’s of nutmeg.
It’s of pepper to taste, I used 1 tsp each black and white peppers.
It’s of Warning!! Do Not Add Salt until the end, don't be sorry, this is.
It’s of my second attempt.
Prepare of green onions sliced 1/4 inch - garnish.
It’s of sour cream - garnish.
You need of jalapeno cheddar cheese bread sliced.
Prepare of Sam Adams Boston lager.

Use a great quality cheddar and any kind of beer from an Irish lager to a German (stout) or even a non-alcoholic beer!.

Beer cheese soup is well-loved by many and especially by beer aficionados.

In Wisconsin it is on the menus of most pubs, breweries and even fine-dining restaurants, along with beer battered cheese curds.

I've written before how the concept of modern day beer soup is credited to the Germans.

Beer cheese soup instructions

Melt butter, medium heat, in large Stock pot.
Saute vegetables 4 -6 minutes.
Except potatoes and green onions.
Add spices and bacon, dont forget to reserve half cup bacon.
Add chicken broth, beers, Worcestershire sauce.
Add potatoes, bring to a boil.
When potatoes are softened lower heat to a simmer.
Mix grated cheese with the flour,add stir until combined.
Add half and half, Do not Boil, keep at a simmer, will curdle.
Adjust spices, add more to taste,.
NO Salt, the bacon is the salt.
Add smoked sausage.
Simmer until well heated, or longer.
The longer it simmers the better.
This brings the spices out.
Dont forget to have a beer.
Ladle into bowls.
Garnish with sour cream, green onions, reserved bacon.
Make it your own, I also added sliced jalapenos.
Serve with jalapeno cheddar cheese bread.
I got mine from the jewel bakery.
Awesome, cheap, no work, gives you time to drink your beer.
Sam Adams would approve.

The addition of sharp cheddar to beer, butter and.

I used to have this all the time when I was a kid- it was a bit hit at Super Bowl parties.

We always would throw in some popcorn right after serving- it gives the soup a nice crunch and helps with any bitterness.

That is such a great idea!

When soup base begins to simmer, add beer cheese and stir or whisk until cheese is melted and soup is smooth.