Potato Cheese Soup

Submitted by LikeItLoveIt

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 4 potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 1 small carrot, finely chopped
• 1⁄2 stalk celery, finely chopped
• 1 small onion, minced
• 1 1⁄2 cups vegetable broth
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1⁄2 cups milk
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 cup shredded swiss cheese

directions

1. In a large saucepan, bring potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, vegetable broth and salt to a boil.
2. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until potatoes are just tender.
3. Do not rinse: mash mixture slightly.
4. Stir in milk.
5. In a small mixing bowl, blend butter, flour, parsley, and pepper; stir into potato mixture.
6. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
7. Remove from heat: add cheese and stir until cheese is almost melted.
8. Let soup stand for 5 minutes.

Reviews

[Buzymomof3]

Way too much pepper. I did like the carrots and celery in it. I think I mashed mine a little too much, but it came out tasty . . . except for the pepper. Thanks Loveit! Made for Help a Naked Recipe game.

 

[A Messy Cook]

Yum! I must have had really big potatoes, because I needed to use 3 cups of broth to cover them and cook. To compensate, I reduced the milk to 1 1/2 cups. I didn't have celery so I diced two carrots, and I also had to add more salt. Oh, I used pepper jack cheese because we like a kick...that was great. I think next time, I will use more onion, and maybe throw in some peas. Thanks!

 

[back2charris]

Made this potato soup today and it turned out great! The only thing I changed was that I used a chedder cheese instead of swiss and used chicken broth instead of the vegtable broth. This recipe is a keeper.

 

[appleydapply]

This was a delicious and easy soup. We added some broccoli also. 4 stars only because the 1 tsp of pepper was too much...I didn't notice that other reviewers had mentioned this until too late. Next time I'd cut in half.

 

[BethsMom]

This is some of the best potato soup I have ever had! Sooo good. I only made a couple of minor modifications. Like other reviewers, I used chicken broth in place of the vegetable broth, and I cut the pepper amount in half. I also added a little extra cheese to make it extra cheesy. This is such an easy recipe to make and it turned out perfectly. This will definately be a regular in my house.