The Ultimate Potato Soup
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 6 slices uncooked bacon, cut into small pieces
- 3 tablespoons salted butter or 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 1⁄2 lbs gold potatoes, peeled and diced into pieces no larger than 1 inch
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups milk
- 2⁄3 cup heavy cream
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1⁄4 tsp- 1/2 tsp dried ancho chile powder
- 2⁄3 cup sour cream
- shredded cheddar cheese, to taste
- chives, to taste
- additional sour cream, to taste
- bacon, to taste
directions
- Place bacon pieces in a large Dutch Oven or soup over medium heat and cook until bacon is crisp and browned.
- Remove bacon pieces and set aside, leaving the fat in the pot.
- Add butter and chopped onion and cook over medium heat and cook until bacon is crisp and browned.
- Remove bacon pieces and set aside, leaving the fat in the pot.
- Add butter and chopped onion and cook over medium heat until onions are tender 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Sprinkle the flour over the ingredients in the pot and stir until smooth, use whisk if needed.
- Add diced potatoes to the pot along with chicken broth, milk, heavy cream, salt, pepper, and ancho chili powder. Stir well.
- Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork, about 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat to simmer and remove approximately half of the soup to a blender and puree until smooth. Half is about 5 cups of soup. Or use an immersion blender.
- Return the pureed soup to the pot and add sour cream and reserved bacon pieces, and stir well.
- Allow soup to simmer for 15 minutes before serving.
- Top with additional sour cream, bacon, cheddar cheese, or chives.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AmyZoe
Nampa, Idaho
I love to try new recipes, and this is a wonderful site to find new additions. I rarely make the same thing twice because it's so much fun to try something different. My life long dream is to travel the world and eat my way around it.