Homemade Potato Soup Recipe A Must Try 30 Minute Meal!
Do you like homemade soups, and homemade potato soup as much as we do? I tried a new potato soup recipe and adapted it to this homemade potato soup recipe I am sharing today. This turned out to be a big hit with the family so I decided to share this yummy, and easy to make potato soup with you.
Homemade Potato Soup
My daughter, her husband, and my four grandchildren came for a visit. They don’t get to drive down often, but since they had time off of school due to the California wildfires. They had already packed up belongings for pre-evacuation purposes and were ready to get the kids outdoors, away from the fires so they headed down for a visit.
I decided to make a homemade soup, plus a crock-pot chicken (from this slow cooker cookbook I am reviewing* more later), and salad for their welcome dinner. Keeping it easy, and filling. I’ll be sharing the chicken recipe soon.
I started with Pioneer Woman’s Perfect Potato Soup (link in printable recipe). I had pre-cooked the bacon the night before for BLT’s and saved the rest for garnishing this recipe. I made a few additions and omitted a few ingredients. The end results, so good!
Below is a photo of the leftovers I heated up in my pot and served up Sammie the day after they headed home. Sorry, I didn’t have time to take in-process shots but, this is such an easy recipe to make, beginner cooks you’ll do just fine.
You can serve this potato soup with biscuits, French bread, with a side salad, or by itself depending on your personal needs. And if you’re feeding a big group like I was on this day it can accompany any dinner.
I put our left over soup in a small 1.5-quart pot
, from my nonstick copper cookware set. You will need an 8-quart pot with a lid for the recipe. If you like your potato soup recipes creamy you can use an immersion hand blender to blend it.
How to make homemade potato soup
You’ll need these vegetables:
(wash and scrub all your vegetables)
- 7 big russet potatoes
- 1 yellow onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3 celery
- mini carrots or 3-4 regular carrots
- half a poblano pepper (optional)
- half a red bell pepper
- half a yellow bell pepper
Other ingredients you’ll need
- 1 cup milk
- half a cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons of white flour
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt, pepper, and Cajun Spice Mix
- 2- 32 ounce organic chicken broth
Optional pre-cooked bacon, diced green onion, and cheddar cheese for topping your soup. Makes a loaded potato soup.
- Wash, peel potatoes. Chop into bite-size pieces. Place in cold water until needed. Drain off cold water before adding to soup, after adding broth.
- Sauté your chopped onion, garlic, celery, carrots, poblano pepper, red bell pepper.
- Add chicken broth
- Add chopped potatoes
- Add spices (a dash of salt, cracked pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon Cajun Spices
- Bring to boil
- Reduce heat to low/simmer cook 10 minutes, and (mix together and add flour, milk, heavy cream. (temper per print instructions)
- Cook until potatoes are tender, about another 10 minutes
- Serve with sides of grated cheddar cheese and pre-cooked, and chopped crispy bacon
Make this soup in a 7.5-8 quart pot, with lid. This served 5 adults and 4 kids. It can easily serve up to 8 adults.
Homemade Potato Soup
Homemade Potato Soup is an easy 30-minute soup recipe. This recipe is a crowd pleaser.
Ingredients
- wash and scrub all your vegetables
- 7 big russet potatoes
- 1 yellow onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3 celery
- mini carrots or regular carrots
- half a poblano pepper optional
- half a red bell pepper
- half a yellow bell pepper
- Other ingredients you'll need
- 1 cup milk
- half a cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt pepper and Cajun Spice Mix
- 2- 32 ounce chicken broth
Optional toppings
- Grated Cheddar Cheese
- Bacon bits
Instructions
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Wash, scrub, and rinse off potatoes.
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Then peel potatoes and chop into bite-size pieces.
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Place in cold water until needed. Drain off cold water before adding to soup, after adding broth.
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In a nonstick skillet: Sauté your chopped onion, garlic, celery, carrots, poblano pepper, red bell pepper in 2 tablespoons butter, 1 tablespoon olive oil.
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When onions are translucent add the 2- 32 ounce boxes of chicken broth.
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Add chopped potatoes
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Add spices (a dash of salt, cracked pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon Cajun Spices
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Bring to boil
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Reduce heat to low/simmer
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After 10 minutes mix flour with milk, and cream. Temper by adding a few spoonful's of broth to the bowl, then pour into pot of soup.
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Then, cook until potatoes are tender about, 10 more minutes or slightly longer if needed.
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Serve with sides of grated cheddar cheese and chopped crispy bacon
Recipe Notes
Serve with sides of grated cheddar cheese and pre cooked, chopped crispy bacon.
Adapted from PerfectPotato Soup
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