Polish Dill Pickle Soup

Rita~'s Note:

Memories! An other dish my Momma made! Yes jar pickles are used! Very Inexpensive for when times are hard! Instant flour http://www.ochef.com/21.htm

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 6 cups vegetable stock or 6 cups chicken stock or 6 cups beef stock
• 4 large dill pickles , shredded
• ½ cup pickle juice , from the pickle jar
• 2 ½ cups thinly sliced potatoes
• 2 tablespoons instant flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons soft butter

Garnish

• chopped fresh dill
• sour cream
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1. In a large saucepan or soup pot with cover, combine stock, pickles, pickle liquid & potatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook covered, over low heat until potatoes start to get soft (about 10 minutes).
2. Combine flour and milk, add to broth, bring to a boil and remove from heat.
3. Combine egg and butter and stir into broth.
4. Return pot to the stove and heat through without boiling. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with sour cream and or dill.

Reviews

[*Asha*]

Really great recipe! Very easy, super inexpensive and delicious. I used my mini chopper to prep my pickles and I diced baby red skin potatoes. After they got soft enough I used potato masher to break them up some more but also leave a little bit of texture. I could not find instant flour so I used quick mixing flour for sauces and gravy and it worked great. Please, do yourself a favor and use fresh dill in this recipe. It adds ton of wonderful flavor. It's one of my favorite soups and I will use this recipe over and over. Thank you Rita!

[ElaineAnn]

I used to work with a girl from Hamtramck (the old Polish community of Detroit). She bragged about how good her mom's Dill Pickle Soup was. NOW I know what all the fuss was about! I made half the recipe. It's hard to halve an egg, so I hardboiled it and chopped it up as garnish with the sour cream and dill. As one reviewer suggested I used the best pickles (Vlasic garlic dills, of course). Excellent Rita! This is a keeper. Made and enjoyed for PAC Spring 09.

[vestalis]

Oh my gosh, I cannot praise this soup enough! As a pickle and soup lover, it is hands down, my favorite soup. Since making this the first time, I crave it all the time and make it on a weekly basis. Sounds odd, but even my skeptical mother and sister approved. Cheap and delicious!

I make changes depending on which ingredients I have on hand...I've made this with instant mashed potatoes (Four Cheese, Garlic...I do prefer it with actual potatoes though) as well as hamburger dill pickle chips, baby dills, and spears. I think it works best with baby dills as they maintain more of a bite through the cooking process. I leave out the egg and butter and use cornstarch rather than flour. I also like to add about a tsp of dried dill.

I'm eating this right now! Yummmm! Thank you so much for posting this recipe!