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Creamy Broccoli-Chicken Soup

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups small broccoli florets
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1/2 cup shredded carrot
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons snipped basil or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 3 cups milk
• 1 cup half-and-half or light cream
• 1 tablespoon white wine Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons instant chicken bouillon granules
• 1 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken or turkey
• Coarsely ground black pepper

Directions

1. In a large saucepan cook and stir broccoli, mushrooms, carrot, and onion in hot butter over medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes.
2. Stir in flour, basil, and pepper.
3. Add milk, half-and-half, Worcestershire sauce, and bouillon granules and cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
4. Stir in chicken.
5. Heat through.
6. Sprinkle each serving with coarsely ground pepper.

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