{"id":12635,"date":"2026-09-10T12:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/?p=12635"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:37:39","slug":"cheddar-ale-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/cheddar-ale-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheddar &#038; Ale Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/CheddarAleSoup.jpg\" alt=\"Cheddar & Ale Soup\" \/><br><br \/>\n<a class=\"shop_ingred\" target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/shop.pricechopper.com\/store' rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shop Ingredients  <\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/cheddar-ale-soup\/emailpopup\/\" onclick=\"email_popup(this.href); return false;\"  title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Cheddar &#038; Ale Soup<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 10 minutes<br \/>\nCook: 25 minutes \u2022 Serves: 8<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>1\/2 <\/span>cup <strong>PICS unsalted butter<\/strong> (1 stick)<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup <strong>PICS all-purpose flour<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>3\t<\/span>cans (14 ounces each) <strong>PICS less-sodium chicken broth<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>bottle (12 ounces) pale ale<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>pint (2 cups) <strong>PICS half and half<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>teaspoon <strong>PICS salt<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon <strong>PICS garlic powder<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>4\t<\/span>cups <strong>PICS shredded Cheddar cheese <\/strong> plus additional for garnish (optional)<br \/>\n<span>\t<\/span>Cooked <strong>PICS bacon<\/strong>, <strong>PICS croutons<\/strong> and\/or sliced green onion for garnish (optional)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>In large saucepot, melt butter over medium heat; whisk in flour until incorporated. Reduce heat to low and cook 5 minutes, whisking occasionally. Stir in broth, ale, half and half, salt and garlic powder. Increase heat to medium-high; cook until mixture simmers, stirring occasionally.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 8 minutes or until mixture is creamy and thickens slightly, stirring occasionally. Remove saucepot from heat. Gradually whisk in cheese, stirring until smooth. Makes about 10 cups.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span>Serve soup garnished with bacon, cheese, croutons and\/or green onion, if desired.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (4\/5 cup):<br \/>\n463 Calories, 30g Fat (11g Saturated), 102mg Cholesterol, 926mg Sodium,<br \/>\n11g Carbohydrates, 0g Fiber, 3g Sugars, 0g Added Sugars, 19g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Chef Tip:<\/span><br \/>\nAdd a dash or 2 of hot sauce for an interesting twist to this creamy soup.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shop Ingredients &nbsp;&nbsp; Cheddar &#038; Ale Soup Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 25 minutes \u2022 Serves: 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","category-soups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12635"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12662,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12635\/revisions\/12662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}