How to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Creamy Potato Soup

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, creamy potato soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, 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 well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Creamy Potato Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Potato Soup:

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

Potatoes : You can use any type of potato, but we highly recommend using Yukon Gold potatoes. This creamy potato soup is quick and easy to prepare. I like to use red potatoes for soup because they are firm but yield a creamier result. Keep a bit of the skin on for that home-style look and flavor!

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!

I like to use red potatoes for soup because they are firm but yield a creamier result. Keep a bit of the skin on for that home-style look and flavor! This simple potato soup is ultra creamy and comforting! With only a few ingredients this soup comes together quickly on the stovetop. Load it up with all your favorite toppings for the ultimate in comfort.

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