Smooth And Savory Potato Soup Food

THE ULTIMATE POTATO SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Place bacon pieces in a large 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.
• Add butter and chopped onion and cook over medium heat until onions are tender (3-5 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 (be careful, it will be hot!) and puree until smooth (half is about 5 cups of soup, but just eyeballing the amount will be fine. Alternatively you can use an immersion blender.).
• Return the pureed soup to the pot and add sour cream and reserved bacon pieces, stir well.
• Allow soup to simmer for 15 minutes before serving.
• Top with additional sour cream, bacon, cheddar cheese, or chives. Enjoy!

SAVORY SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place sweet potato into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until barely tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain. Let cool until safe to handle. Cut into medium pieces.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Cook and stir until onion is translucent and slightly browned, about 5 minutes. Pour in chicken stock and bring to a boil. Add the sweet potato, cumin, ginger, black pepper, brown sugar, cinnamon, and red pepper flakes. Cook until flavors come together and sweet potato is soft, about 10 minutes.
• Puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth.

VELVET SMOOTH CREAM OF POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in large saucepan or dutch oven and saute the celery, onion and carrots until tender, about 20 minutes, add salt and pepper to taste.
• Add potatoes and parsley, toss until coated.
• Add broth, bring to a slow boil and cook until potatoes are soft.
• Remove from stove.
• Reserve 1/3 of the chopped veggies; puree remaining soup (broth and veggies) in a food processor or blender.
• Pour puree back into original pot, along with the reserved chopped veggies.
• Stir and add heavy cream,heating through- DO NOT BOIL.

BRILLIANT POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In saucepan combine potatoes, water, chicken bouillon, celery, carrot, onion, parsley, salt, pepper, dill weed and butter.
• Cover and simmer until veggies are tender (about 15-20 minutes).
• Add 3 1/2 cups of milk heat until hot.
• Blend flour with 1/2 cup milk stirring till smooth, then stir in soup.
• Cook, stirring constantly until smooth and bubbly.
• Sprinkle bacon bits over the top and serve.

SMOOTH AND SAVORY POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Boil the carrots, onion and 4 peeled potatoes in the broth until tender. Using immersion blender or regular blender, puree vegetables. Add the butter, 2 remaining washed, unpeeled and cubed potatoes (Yukon gold work great for this) and pepper to taste. When the potatoes are tender, add the half and half. Done!