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Outback Steakhouse Walkabout Soup 🧅

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A spoonful of creamy yellow soup with shredded cheddar cheese on top sits in a white bowl, placed on a white plate with a blue pot in the background.

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Don’t cry in your soup Because Outback Steakhouse has discontinued their Walkabout soup from the menu! Be happy you stumbled across blog because I just so happen to have the recipe! I worked at Outback Steakhouse in the 90s when it was at its finest and Walkabout soup was the most ordered starter so I was shocked to find out they discontinued from their menu! It is absolutely delicious and perfection! This recipe in my opinion is an exact copycat! YOU HAVE to try my Outback Steakhouse Coconut shrimp, Alice Springs Chicken, and Cheese Fries and Ranch Dressing TOO!! I cannot wait for you to try my copycat walkabout soup recipe! Let’s make it! 

Shredded cheddar cheese, onions, butter, chicken broth, milk, sharp cheddar, a spice canister, and soup mix are arranged on a kitchen counter with white cabinets in the background.
Everything you need to make this creamy, cheesy Walkabout Soup right at home!
A close-up of sliced white onions in a bowl, showing many thin, curved rings overlapping each other.
Slice up your onions!!
A person with black nail polish holds and points to a box of Knorr chicken flavor bouillon cubes in a kitchen.
Knorrs Chicken Bouillon Cubes are the BEST for this recipe!
Sliced onions cooked until soft and translucent, seasoned with spices, sit in a white dish.
Slowly sauté the onions until they’re soft and translucent with just a tiny bit of golden color!
Sliced onions sautéing in a pan with spices, and a pat of butter melting on top.
Add the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter to the pot!
Sliced onions sautéing in a pan with melted butter, while white flour is being sprinkled over them, likely as part of a cooking or roux-making process.
Sprinkle in the flour and whisk continuously until a smooth paste forms!
A wooden spoon stirs a creamy cheesy sauce with shredded cheese melting in a silver pot on a stovetop.
Slowly pour in the room-temperature milk while whisking so everything stays nice and smooth and add in the shredded cheese!
A hand drops cubes of cheddar cheese into a pot of creamy sauce while stirring with a wooden spoon.
Add the cubed Velveeta and keep stirring until completely melted!
Woman in a kitchen smiling while holding a wooden spoon with creamy soup over a blue pot on the stove. White cabinets and kitchen items are visible in the background.
Let everything come together until the soup is thick, creamy, and velvety.
Finish with plenty of freshly cracked black pepper!
A ladle pours thick, creamy yellow sauce with visible herbs into a white bowl on a white plate, set on a wooden surface.
Ladle the Walkabout Soup into bowls while it’s hot and creamy!
A bowl of creamy yellow soup topped with shredded cheddar cheese, with a spoon lifting a portion. A blue pot is visible in the background on a wooden surface.
MAKE IT!!

Melissa Jo’s Tips!

Don’t caramelize or brown the onions! You want them to be translucent and soft NOT browned as pictured below to get the full Outback Steakhouse walkabout soup experience!

To achieve that perfectly creamy and cheesy texture, ensure that you add the cheeses on medium-low heat. High heat may cause the cheese to become stringy and separate from the soup.

If you prefer a thinner consistency, you can adjust by adding a bit more milk or chicken broth.

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Garnish each serving of Walkabout Soup with a sprinkle of freshly shredded cheddar cheese. It adds a lovely touch and enhances the flavor.

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A white bowl filled with creamy cheese sauce, topped with a generous amount of shredded cheddar cheese, sits on a white plate.
Melissa Jo

Outback Steakhouse Walkabout Soup Recipe

5 from 2 votes
Don’t cry in your soup Because outback steakhouse has discontinued their walkabout soup from the menu! Be happy you stumbled across blog because I just so happen to have the recipe! I worked at outback steakhouse in the 90s when it was at its finest and walkabout soup was the most ordered starter so I was shocked to find out they discontinued from their menu! It is absolutely delicious and perfection! This recipe in my opinion is an exact copycat! I cannot wait for you to try my copycat walkabout soup recipe! Let’s make it! 
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Course: Lunch, Main Course, Soup
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large sweet onions sliced (not too thinly, about 1/4 inch thick)
  • 6 tbsp. of butter divided
  • 2 cubes of chicken bouillon
  • 1/2 tsp of Tony’s Creole seasoning
  • 4 tbsp. of flour
  • 1.5 cups cups of milk room temperature (leave on counter about an hour before you start cooking)
  • 3 cups of chicken broth low sodium
  • 8 oz. of Velveeta cheese cubed up
  • 1 cup of freshly grated cheddar cheese plus a little more for garnish
  • plenty of cracked black pepper to taste only add salt at the end of cooking IF needed

Method
 

  1. Heat up a soup pot over medium-low heat and add 3 tbsp of butter. Toss in the sliced onions and sprinkle over the creole seasoning. Saute the onions and seasoning in the butter at medium-low heat. Don't rush it! Once the onions are soft, translucent, and a TINY bit golden crumble the chicken bouillon cubes over the onions and mix them into the onions. REMEMBER: Sauté the onions just until they turn translucent and soft & a TINY bit golden. Remember, we don't want them to brown or carmelized!
  2. Now, add 3 more tbsp of butter to the pot and slowly whisk in the flour. Keep whisking continuously until the mixture forms a smooth paste.
  3. Gradually pour in the milk while whisking continuously to avoid any lumps. Once the milk is fully incorporated, add the chicken broth and stir the mixture with a spoon.
  4. Lower the heat to low before adding the cheeses. Start with the freshly shredded cheddar, stirring until it melts and becomes a creamy delight.
  5. Now, it's time to add the star of the show – the Velveeta cheese. Continue stirring until the Velveeta cheese is fully melted and the soup reaches a velvety consistency. The rich and creamy texture is what makes this soup so irresistible!
  6. Season the soup with plenty of cracked black pepper to suit your taste buds. NO SALT until this moment. But I highly doubt you will need it. Feel free to add a bit more Tony's Creole seasoning if you want an extra punch.

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Recipe Creator & Cookbook Author

I'm Melissa Jo — the recipe creator, Amazon Live host, and everyday food lover behind Melissa Jo Real Recipes. I learned to cook the old-fashioned way, watching my Italian grandmother and my mama work their magic in the kitchen, and now I share easy, saucy, no-fuss meals for real life alongside the authentic Italian family recipes I grew up on. Grab a stick of butter and let's make something delicious together.

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