Simple Way to Make Award-winning Creamy Potato Soup

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, creamy potato soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

One of my go-to soup recipes and a reader favorite! It's such a creamy and comforting soup. Just be sure not to leave off the cheddar and bacon (or ham), they add lots of flavor! Creamy Potato Soup - so simple and all-homemade, with carrots, celery, potatoes, milk, butter, flour, and bacon. perfect comfort food with no canned cream-of-anything soups.

Creamy Potato Soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Creamy Potato Soup is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook creamy potato soup using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Potato Soup:

1. Make ready russet potatoes - peeled, cut to 1/2" cubes
2. Take low sodium chicken broth
3. Make ready medium onion - finely chopped (almost minced)
4. Take unsalted butter
5. Make ready all purpose flour
6. Take half and half or evaporated milk
7. Prepare milk
8. Take salt (more as needed to taste)
9. Make ready black pepper
10. Get celery seed (not salt) - optional

Load it up with all your favorite toppings for the ultimate in comfort. This ultra creamy potato soup is so comforting and delicious! Potatoes - You can't have potato soup without them! I highly recommend using Yukon gold potatoes for this recipe.

Steps to make Creamy Potato Soup:

1. Place prepped potatoes and chicken broth in a 4-6 quart pot. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Cover. Reduce heat and simmer until fork tender, about 10 minutes. Drain potatoes in colander placed over a large bowl to reserve the broth. Set aside.
2. Return pot to stove over medium heat. Add butter. When melted add onion and sautée about 2 minutes. Wisk in flour and cook 2 minutes more.
3. Carefully add broth back to pot, wisking constantly to prevent and break up any lumps. As soon as broth is smooth and begins to thicken wisk in half and half, and then milk.
4. Increase heat to medium-high. Bring to a simmer until about the thickness of a loose gravy, wisking constantly. This took about 5 minutes from adding the milk to thickened for me.
5. Wisk in salt amd pepper (and celery seed if using). Taste and adjust seasoning as desired. Carefully return potatoes to pot. Gently stir with a wooden spoon to incorporate. Serve immediately. Enjoy!

Potatoes - You can't have potato soup without them! I highly recommend using Yukon gold potatoes for this recipe. Ultra creamy and extremely savory, this bacon-loaded, cheesy potato soup recipe is what we turn to when we need to be warmed up on a cellular level. Old-fashioned potato soup is rib-sticking comfort. Reviews for: Photos of Creamy Potato Soup.

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