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Creamy Potato Soup Recipe

Deliciously Creamy Potato Soup Recipe

This Creamy Potato Soup Recipe is a comforting and hearty dish, perfect for chilly nights and easily customizable to suit your taste.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Dinner Ideas
Cuisine: American
Calories: 521
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

Soup Base
  • 6 strips bacon, cut into small pieces
  • 3 Tablespoons butter
  • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
  • 3 large garlic cloves, minced
  • ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 ½ lbs gold potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 2 cups milk
  • ⅔ cup heavy cream
  • 1 ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground pepper
  • ¼ - ½ teaspoon ancho chili powder
Toppings (optional)
  • ⅔ cup sour cream
  • shredded cheddar cheese
  • chives
  • additional sour cream
  • bacon

Equipment

  • Dutch oven
  • blender

Method
 

Cooking Steps
  1. Place bacon pieces in a large Dutch oven or soup pot over medium heat and cook until bacon is crisp and browned.
  2. Remove bacon pieces and set aside, leaving the fat in the pot.
  3. Add butter and chopped onion and cook over medium heat until onions are tender (3-5 minutes).
  4. Add garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds).
  5. Sprinkle flour over the ingredients in the pot and stir until smooth.
  6. Add diced potatoes to the pot along with chicken broth, milk, heavy cream, salt, pepper, and ancho chili powder. Stir well.
  7. Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork (about 10 minutes).
  8. Reduce heat to simmer and remove approximately half of the soup to a blender and puree until smooth.
  9. Return the pureed soup to the pot and add sour cream and reserved bacon pieces. Stir well.
  10. Allow soup to simmer for 15 minutes before serving.
  11. Top with additional sour cream, bacon, cheddar cheese, or chives.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupCalories: 521kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 12gFat: 32gSodium: 1326mgFiber: 5gSugar: 7g

Notes

Feel free to customize the recipe by adding different toppings or swapping ingredients to match your preferences.

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