Best Real Potato Soup Recipes

REAL POTATO LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large saucepan with water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook until tender. Meanwhile, saute leeks in butter until translucent.
• When potatoes are done, skin them while they are still hot and cut them into bite sized pieces. Place potatoes into a stock pot with chicken broth and leeks. season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat until simmering, then remove from heat and stir in milk. Serve immediately.

CROCKPOT POTATO SOUP - USING REAL POTATOES

Steps:

• Combine broth, potatoes, onion, celery, carrots and spices in a Crockpot. Cook on high for 4 hours, low for 8 hours.
• Heat cream cheese in the microwave for about a minute to melt. Pull out about 2 cups of potatoes and broth and use an immersion blender to mix the soup into the cream cheese easier.
• If you don't have an immersion blender, then pull out some potatoes and broth and mash it with a potato masher or fork until the cream cheese has thinned out.
• Pour the cream cheese mixture back into the soup, and allow the soup to cook on low for about 30 - 45 minutes or until the cream cheese melts into the soup, stirring occasionally. At first the soup will look cloudy on top, but it will melt into the soup to make it creamy. Taste and add more seasoning if needed.
• Serve it up with cheese, bacon, chives and anything else you want to add on top!

REAL POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Combine broth and potatoes.
• Cover and cook about 20 minutes, until potatoes are cooked through.
• As potatoes are cooking, saute onions in a pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Cook bacon and crumble it.
• Add onion and crumbled bacon to potatoes.
• When the potatoes are soft, stir in cheese and sour cream and simmer until the cheese is melted and the soup is thorougly heated. Mix flour with water and add to thicken the soup.