Potato Soup Recipe

This potato soup recipe makes the perfect cold-weather comfort food dinner. It comes together quickly for a family-friendly, weeknight meal.

Keyword potato soup, dinner, easy recipe, homemade, soup, cream, bacon, best potato soup

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Servings

Calories 822kcal

Author Holli Butterfield

Ingredients

6 Bacon strips
6 Large potatoes peeled and diced
½ cup water
1 medium yellow onion chopped
3 large garlic cloves minced
2 carrots diced
3 celery diced
6 cups chicken broth
1 ½ tsp salt
1 tsp ground pepper
2 cups milk
2/3 cup heavy cream
Toppings
Shredded cheddar cheese
Chives
sour cream
bacon crumbles

Instructions

1. Place bacon pieces in a large Dutch Oven or heavy bottomed soup pot over medium heat and cook until bacon is crisp and browned.

2. Remove bacon pieces and set aside, leaving some of the fat in the pot.
3. Add water and chopped onion and cook over medium heat until onions are cooked.
4. Add potatoes, carrots, celery, chicken broth and salt and pepper to the pot. Stir well.

5. Bring to a boil and cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork (roughly 30 minutes), stir regularly to prevent burning on the bottom.

6. Add milk and heavy cream. Cook 10 minutes. Stir.
7. Season to taste.

8. Top with additional bacon, cheddar cheese, or chives. Enjoy!

Notes

If a thicker soup is desired whisk 2 tablespoons of cornstarch with 1/4 cup cold milk until dissolved. Slowly whisk into the soup and cook an additional few minutes until thickened to desired consistency.

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