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    Garlic Bread Soup

    November 19, 2019 by Tiffany 9 Comments

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    Do you love garlic bread? This creamy and delicious garlic bread soup tastes like garlic bread but in a bowl! It’s seasoned with bay leaves, thyme, garlic, and thickened with blended cubes of French bread with cream and Parmesan cheese.

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    Served with homemade croutons, but it is also a perfect pairing to dip grilled cheese into.

    Garlic Bread Soup

    Hello, garlic lovers! This is the soup for you!

    It’s one of those that you can dip anything into – a sandwich, grilled cheese, or croutons!

    This creamy garlic soup is a real treat around our house. My in-laws introduced me to garlic bread soup several years ago.

    Somehow, my soup always tasted different than theirs, so I tweaked it a bit and we love it!

    Garlic Bread Soup

    Ingredients for Garlic Bread Soup

    • Day Old French Bread
    • Chicken Broth
    • Bay Leaves
    • Thyme
    • Olive Oil
    • Minced Garlic
    • Salt
    • Pepper
    • Yellow Onion
    • Whipping Cream
    • Parmesan

    Ingredients for Homemade Croutons

    • French Bread
    • Butter
    • Minced Garlic
    • Basil
    • Salt
    Garlic Bread Soup

    Thickening Garlic Bread Soup

    I’m always interested in learning new ways to thicken soups with foods instead of with corn starch or flour. This one is thickened with bread, which is perfect since it is garlic bread soup.

    Blending the Soup

    You will need an immersion blender or food processor/blender for this garlic bread soup to be blended properly.

    Note: If you have a nonstick pot, be careful using a metal immersion blender in the pan! It will scratch the nonstick coating off the bottom of your pot.

    How to avoid scratches in your pot:

    1. Use a pot without a nonstick surface that scratches easily.
    2. Use an immersion blender with a plastic base.
    3. Transfer the soup to another container, such as a large mixing bowl or Tupperware, that won’t be scratched.
    4. If you use your food processor or blender there’s no worry of scratches.
    Garlic Bread Soup

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    Enjoy!

    Garlic Bread Soup

    Garlic Bread Soup

    Do you love garlic bread? This creamy and delicious garlic bread soup tastes like garlic bread but in a bowl! It’s seasoned with bay leaves, thyme, garlic, and thickened with blended cubes of French bread with cream and Parmesan cheese.
    4.60 from 159 votes
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    Course: Main Dishes
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 46 minutes
    Total Time: 56 minutes
    Servings: 5 Servings
    Author: Tiffany

    Ingredients

    Garlic Bread Soup

    • 14-16 ounces Day Old French Bread, cubed
    • 8 cups Chicken Broth, reduced-sodium
    • 2 Bay Leaves
    • 1 tsp Thyme
    • 2 tsp Olive Oil
    • 2 tbsp Minced Garlic
    • 1 tsp Salt
    • Dash of Pepper
    • 1 Medium-Sized Yellow Onion, Diced
    • ½ cup Heavy Whipping Cream
    • ½ cup Grated Parmesan

    Homemade Croutons

    • 2 cups French Bread, cut into 1″ cubes
    • 3 tbsp Butter, melted
    • 1 tbsp Minced Garlic
    • 1 tsp Basil
    • ½ tsp Salt

    Instructions
     

    Homemade Croutons

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut French bread into 1″ cubes. Melt butter and minced garlic in a small dish. Drizzle bread cubes with garlic butter, sprinkle with basil and salt. Toss bread cubes to coat and place on a baking pan in a single layer. Cook for 15 minutes, stirring halfway. Set aside.

    Garlic Bread Soup

    • Add olive oil to a large pot over medium-sized heat. Once hot, add onions, thyme, bay leaves, salt, and pepper, and cook for 7-8 minutes until onions begin to brown. Add garlic and cook until it becomes aromatic, about 30-60 seconds.
    • Add chicken broth and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes. Remove bay leaves.
    • Whisk French bread cubes and heavy whipping cream into broth. Allow the bread cubes to absorb the liquid for about 5 minutes at a simmer.
    • Using an immersion blender, blend the onion and bread cubes in the soup.
    • Whisk in grated Parmesan cheese. Serve with homemade croutons.

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    Notes

    You will need an immersion blender or food processor/blender for this garlic bread soup to be blended properly.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 387 kcalCarbohydrates: 50.5 gProtein: 20.2 gFat: 11.4 gSaturated Fat: 5.8 gCholesterol: 28 mgSodium: 2038 mgPotassium: 159 mgFiber: 2.6 gSugar: 4.1 gCalcium: 209 mgIron: 3 mg
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    Comments

    1. Roxanne

      November 15, 2022 at 4:55 pm

      5 stars
      Made this tonite. It was awesome. And easy

      Reply
    2. Wendy

      November 13, 2022 at 8:08 pm

      4 stars
      Better than the recipe sounds! The pic with the croutons, parsley, and Parm is more representative of this soup. Do follow through with the croutons, for sure. It is worth the investment of your time. I made homemade bread for this soup and croutons and am eager to see if it is as good with bought bread. I loved the creamy soup. I could not think of a single thing to add to it. It is a wonderful soup to serve in a chunky cup as an appetizer on a cold day. I will definitely make it again.

      Reply
    3. Tanya

      October 17, 2022 at 9:46 am

      Can u use store bought croutons in the soup?

      Reply
      • Tiffany

        October 19, 2022 at 9:30 am

        You can, but they will be harder than the homemade version. I find homemade croutons have a certain crisp yet chewiness that works well in soups.

        Reply
    4. Beth

      October 15, 2022 at 9:13 am

      5 stars
      This is an amazing meal!! Loved it!

      Reply
    5. Kris

      September 02, 2022 at 12:50 pm

      Hello, I am going to make this next week as part of a birthday dinner, but would you please let me know if the 16 oz of bread cubes are for both the soup & croutons? Just want to make sure I don’t need an additional 2 cups of bread cubes for the croutons? Hope my question makes sense. Thank you!

      Reply
      • Tiffany

        September 02, 2022 at 2:00 pm

        Hi Kris,

        The 14 to 16 ounces of French bread is just for the soup itself and the 2 cups of cubed bread for the croutons is additionally needed.
        I hope that answers your question. Let me know if you have any more questions.
        -Tiffany

        Reply
    6. Sarah Martin

      August 20, 2022 at 2:54 am

      This sounds really delicious!

      Reply

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