--- title: "The Ultimate Potato Soup" description: "The Ultimate Potato Soup" url: "https://briansunter.com/recipes/ultimate-potato-soup" --- # The Ultimate Potato Soup The Ultimate Potato Soup 30 minutes cook 15 minutes prep 45 minutes total 8 servings by Sam Merritt soup comfort-food potato bacon one-pot Scale Units ## Nutrition Estimates per serving (recipe yields 8). - Calories - 48 - total 380 - Protein - 1.5g - total 12g - Carbs - 4.4g - total 35g - Fat - 2.8g - total 22g - Fiber - 0.4g - total 3g Bacon, butter, cream, and cheddar toppings aren't included. ## Ingredients - 6 strips bacon - 3 tablespoons butter - \- yellow onion - 3 cloves garlic - 0.33 cup all-purpose flour - 2.50 lbs gold potatoes - 4 cups chicken broth - 2 cups milk - 0.67 cup heavy cream - 1.50 teaspoons salt - 1 teaspoon ground pepper - 0.25 teaspoon ancho chili powder - 0.67 cup sour cream - \- shredded cheddar cheese - \- chives - \- sour cream - \- bacon ## Equipment - dutch oven - whisk - blender - immersion blender ## About An easy and delicious creamy potato soup made in just one pot. Loaded with bacon and creamy potato goodness. ## Instructions ### Cook Bacon 1 Place 6 strips bacon in a dutch oven or soup pot over medium heat and cook until bacon is crisp and browned. 2 Remove bacon pieces and set aside, leaving the fat in the pot. ### Build the Base 3 Add 3 tablespoons butter and yellow onion and cook over medium heat until onions are tender ( 3-5 minutes ). 4 Add 3 cloves garlic and cook until fragrant ( 30 seconds ). 5 Sprinkle 0.33 cup all-purpose flour over the ingredients in the pot and stir until smooth, using a whisk if needed. ### Simmer 6 Add 2.50 lbs gold potatoes to the pot along with 4 cups chicken broth , 2 cups milk , 0.67 cup heavy cream , 1.50 teaspoons salt , 1 teaspoon ground pepper , and 0.25 teaspoon ancho chili powder . Stir well. 7 Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork ( 10 minutes ). ### Puree 8 Reduce heat to simmer. Remove approximately half of the soup to a blender (be careful, it will be hot) and puree until smooth. Alternatively, use an immersion blender . Note I prefer potato soup with chunks of potato, puree just half. For completely creamy soup, puree all of it in batches. 9 Return the pureed soup to the pot and add 0.67 cup sour cream and the reserved bacon pieces. Stir well. 10 Allow soup to simmer for 15 minutes before serving. ### Serve 11 Top with shredded cheddar cheese , chives , sour cream , and bacon . View Cooklang Source recipe.cook ``` --- title: The Ultimate Potato Soup description: "The Ultimate Potato Soup" servings: 8 total time: 45 minutes prep time: 15 minutes cook time: 30 minutes tags: [soup, comfort-food, potato, bacon, one-pot] cuisine: American difficulty: easy nutrition-calories: 380 nutrition-protein: 12g nutrition-carbs: 35g nutrition-fat: 22g nutrition-fiber: 3g nutrition-note: Bacon, butter, cream, and cheddar toppings aren't included. author: Sam Merritt long_description: "An easy and delicious creamy potato soup made in just one pot. Loaded with bacon and creamy potato goodness." rating: 4.5 --- == Cook Bacon == Place @bacon{6%strips}(cut into small pieces) in a #dutch oven{} or soup pot over medium heat and cook until bacon is crisp and browned. Remove bacon pieces and set aside, leaving the fat in the pot. == Build the Base == Add @butter{3%tablespoons} and @yellow onion{1}(chopped, about 1.5 cups) and cook over medium heat until onions are tender (~onions{3-5%minutes}). Add @garlic{3%cloves}(minced) and cook until fragrant (~garlic{30%seconds}). Sprinkle @all-purpose flour{1/3%cup} over the ingredients in the pot and stir until smooth, using a #whisk{} if needed. == Simmer == Add @gold potatoes{2.5%lbs}(peeled and diced into pieces no larger than 1 inch) to the pot along with @chicken broth{4%cups}, @milk{2%cups}, @heavy cream{2/3%cup}, @salt{1.5%teaspoons}, @ground pepper{1%teaspoon}, and @ancho chili powder{1/4%teaspoon}. Stir well. Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork (~potatoes{10%minutes}). == Puree == Reduce heat to simmer. Remove approximately half of the soup to a #blender{} (be careful, it will be hot) and puree until smooth. Alternatively, use an #immersion blender{}. > I prefer potato soup with chunks of potato, puree just half. For completely creamy soup, puree all of it in batches. Return the pureed soup to the pot and add @sour cream{2/3%cup} and the reserved bacon pieces. Stir well. Allow soup to simmer for ~final simmer{15%minutes} before serving. == Serve == Top with @shredded cheddar cheese{}, @chives{}, @sour cream{}, and @bacon{}. ```