How to Make Perfect Creamy Potato Soup

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, creamy potato soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Creamy Potato Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Creamy Potato Soup is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have creamy potato soup using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Potato Soup:

1. Prepare russet potatoes - peeled, cut to 1/2" cubes
2. Get low sodium chicken broth
3. Prepare medium onion - finely chopped (almost minced)
4. Get unsalted butter
5. Make ready all purpose flour
6. Prepare half and half or evaporated milk
7. Get milk
8. Prepare salt (more as needed to taste)
9. Prepare black pepper
10. Make ready 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.

Instructions 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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