Easy Tasty Potato Soup

Submitted by raisdbywolvz

"Perfect for a cold night."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 lbs potatoes, cubed
• 1 large onion, diced
• 4 garlic cloves, smashed
• 2 tablespoons celery salt
• 3 tablespoons dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
• 1 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 cups vegetable stock or 2 cups chicken stock
• 1⁄2 cup half-and-half cream
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 4 ounces cheddar cheese

directions

1. Place potatoes, onions, garlic, and spices in large pot with stock. The stock shouldn't quite cover all the ingredients.
2. Cover and bring to a boil. After the stock is boiling, reduce heat and simmer 25 minutes until potatoes are tender.
3. Turn off heat. Mash the potatoes to desired consistency. Stir in milk and half & half, then turn the heat back on low to warm through. Stir in the cheese and let it melt.
4. Enjoy!

Reviews

[grapenuts12345]

Not a bad recipe. Nice flavoring. Way too much celery salt. Cut it at least by half

 

[Jimbocous]

After reading other comments, I cut the celery salt and parsley in half, but less than a full tablespoon was still overpowering. I'd start with a teaspoon and work my way up. The tarragon adds a nice twist. I wish I had used chicken stock rather than vegetable, as I found the flavor of the Knorrs stock cube excessive as well. Pretty tasty, but way over-salty for my tastes, and I would suggest letting people add the black pepper to taste while serving, as it also was intense. One other change I did was to finely dice and brown a strip of bacon, and saute the garlic (diced) and onion in that with salt a a pinch of sugar. That worked nicely.

 

[MellyTraumatic]

Yummy, making this right now - seems the most balanced potato soup recipe online & so simple. Extra garlic and Rosemary instead of Tarragon for me and I did the milk with butter trick mentioned by the other reviewer. Can't wait for this to cool, nom nom nom,

 

[chives35]

I love this potato soup. I have never been completely satisfied with other recipes but decided to give it a whirl. The right consistency, and the flavors-mmm. Tarragon made this extra special. I didn't have half and half so used whole milk and added a little butter, then served with crusty bread. This recipe is a keeper.

 

[Geminisunbaby]

I subsituted the half and half with heavy cream because I had this in the fridge and did not have dried tarragon. I also reserved a few potatoes. Mashed to consistency and then added the few reserved potatoes to the mashed consistency & topped of with a handful of cheddar cheese : ) Delish!!! Delish!!! Delish!!! : )