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The Ultimate Creamy Potato Soup

February 2, 2018 Updated February 25, 2019 BySam 2,466 Comments

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An easy and delicious creamy potato soup recipe that can be made in just one pot!  Loaded with bacon and creamy potato goodness, this is a favorite comfort food in my household.

A close up view of creamy potato soup, topped with bacon, sour cream, chives, and cheddar cheese

Something savory today!

Savory, creamy, and loaded with bacon, sour cream, and cheese.  You guys already know that we don’t exactly do health food around here, right? 😉

Even when I’m not sharing desserts, the food is always comfort food, and that’s usually best served with extra cheese (have you tried my baked mac and cheese yet!?) and usually comes with a few calories.  Let’s not think about that too much, alright?

I know I mentioned to you guys that I had this potato soup recipe for you back when I posted my Oreo Balls; I made it when Zach had a bad cold and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since (you might think that’s an exaggeration, but I can assure you that my food obsessions run deep… Please see photo below to understand why).

An overhead view of a bowl of potato soup]

Zach prefers to eat healthy most of the time (I pretend that I do, too, but really if I lived alone I’m pretty sure I’d eat creamy cheesy foods every night and never fit through any doors ever again), so the soup was a good break from baked chicken breast, but this definitely isn’t an every night kind of meal in our house.

Potato soup is definitely on the menu for this weekend, though… it’s so frigid outside I’ve convinced myself that I need soup, specifically creamy potato soup, to survive.  Potato soup makes me dramatic, evidently.

If you’re in the midst of a cold spell yourself (or even if you’re not) I think you’re going to enjoy this creamy potato soup as much as we do.  Read on for some tips on how to make it!

Two bowls of potato soup

Tips for Perfect Creamy Potato Soup

  • Cut your potatoes into pieces no larger than 3/4″ and try to keep them around the same size so that they cook at the same time.  Nothing worse than biting into a crisp, raw-inside chunk of potato!
  • To make this soup nice and creamy, I recommend pureeing about half of it either by using an immersion blender or by transferring a portion of the soup to a blender, pureeing, and then stirring the pureed soup back into the pot (maybe you recognize this technique from my corn chowder).  If you want a completely smooth soup you can puree all of it, but I prefer to have a few actual pieces of potato, so I think pureeing half gives it the best taste and texture.
  • Don’t return the bacon to the pot until after you have pureed some of the soup. It’s best not to blend the bacon 😉.
  • The ancho chili powder is, in my humble opinion, a must and gives this soup the most perfect depth of flavor. I blend it into the potato soup and also sprinkle it on top before serving. I recommend adding just a 1/4 teaspoon and then taste testing before adding more.

Creamy Potato Soup, loaded with bacon and cheese

This would make a great comfort food for this cold and windy weekend (is there anything more cozy than a pot of soup simmering on the stove while the wind is howling at your window? Anything!?), and while I don’t follow football at all I do know that this would be great to make ahead and enjoy during the big game this weekend.

Who really cares about football when you can make yourself a Super Bowl of soup! 🤣😂 OK OK I’m sorry, enough of that!

Enjoy!

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The Ultimate Potato Soup Recipe

An easy and delicious creamy potato soup recipe that can be made in just one pot! Loaded with bacon and creamy potato goodness, this is a favorite comfort food in my household.
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Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Keyword: creamy potato soup, potato soup, potato soup recipe
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 480kcal
Author: Sam Merritt

Ingredients

  • 6 strips (uncooked) bacon cut into small pieces
  • 3 Tablespoons butter unsalted or salted will work
  • 1 medium yellow onion chopped (about 1.5 cup/200g)
  • 3 large garlic cloves minced
  • ⅓ cup all-purpose flour 42g
  • 2 ½ lbs gold potatoes peeled and diced into pieces no larger than 1” (this was about 6 Large potatoes for me/1.15kg)
  • 4 cups chicken broth 945ml
  • 2 cups milk 475ml
  • 2/3 cup heavy cream 155ml
  • 1 ½ teaspoon* salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon ancho chili powder**
  • 2/3 cup sour cream 160g
  • Shredded cheddar cheese, chives, and additional sour cream and bacon for topping optional

Recommended Equipment

  • Immersion blender
  • Dutch Oven

Instructions

  • 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!

Notes

*I recommend starting with a more reserved amount of salt and then adding more as needed, the amount of salt needed will vary depending on the type/brand of broth you use
**If you haven't used ancho chili powder before, I recommend starting with 1/4 teaspoon and then taste-testing before increasing to 1/2 teaspoon if you like the taste.  
***If you want a completely creamy soup you can puree all of it, just puree in batches, about half of the soup at a time.  I prefer my potato soup with actual chunks of potatoes and prefer to puree just half of it.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 480kcal
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Comments

  1. Corinne says

    January 14, 2021 at 6:51 pm

    5 stars
    Made this tonight (perfect time if since it’s freezing raining out). This was the best potato soup I’ve ever
    made!!!

    Reply
    • Sam says

      January 14, 2021 at 8:54 pm

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it so much, Corinne! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Nick says

    January 14, 2021 at 12:16 pm

    5 stars
    Made it, it’s awesome and nothing more really has to be said. If you haven’t made this… what are you waiting on?

    Reply
    • Sam says

      January 14, 2021 at 9:14 pm

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it so much, Nick! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Brittany Zakalowski says

    January 14, 2021 at 10:32 am

    Could this be made in a crock pot on low over a few hours?

    Reply
    • Sam says

      January 14, 2021 at 9:21 pm

      Hi Brittany! I have not made it in a crock pot myself but I believe other commenters have if you want to search through the comments (the search function on your browser should find it quickly) I believe a few of them tell you how they have done it. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Fontella says

    January 13, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    Making this tonight….glad I have all ingredients!

    Reply
    • Sam says

      January 13, 2021 at 9:08 pm

      I hope you love it! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Meg says

    January 13, 2021 at 10:55 am

    Would it be fine without sour cream? Some people in my family are fussy and don’t like sour cream 😂

    Reply
    • Sam says

      January 13, 2021 at 10:30 pm

      Hi Meg! You can use greek yogurt. The sour cream really helps to enrich the flavor and you shouldn’t be able to taste it in the final product. Enjoy! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Angela Davis says

    January 12, 2021 at 11:06 pm

    Hi! So I peel the potatoes? 😟

    Reply
    • Sam says

      January 13, 2021 at 8:34 am

      Yes you should peel the potatoes. 🙂

      Reply
  7. Mark says

    January 12, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    Simply scrumptious! It was one of those days where I had all the ingredients. Live the half purée, half chunky! It was utterly amazing!!!! Thank you for posting!

    Reply
    • Sam says

      January 12, 2021 at 9:44 pm

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Mark! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Ashley says

    January 12, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    Super yummy! Made this tonight. How does it freeze?

    Reply
    • Sam says

      January 12, 2021 at 9:42 pm

      Hi Ashley! I haven’t frozen it myself but I would be worried the cream would separate out.

      Reply
  9. dee says

    January 12, 2021 at 6:48 pm

    5 stars
    omgosh so good, thank you for this

    Reply
  10. Luvenia Williams says

    January 12, 2021 at 3:58 pm

    5 stars
    Hello! Will be trying this recipe in the coming days but do not eat pork. Any suggestions for bacon substitutes that may heighten the flavor? I saw that you said not to use turkey bacon.

    Reply
    • Sam says

      January 13, 2021 at 10:46 am

      I would just use probably about 2 extra tablespoons of butter, for best results you can use a good quality European butter. Homemade broth will work really well too. 🙂

      Reply
  11. Craig says

    January 12, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    Hello, I was wanting to make this for 12 people. The serving says 6 people. I’m wondering if I could just double the recipe, or if you would recommend to make two separate batches.

    Reply
    • Sam says

      January 13, 2021 at 8:40 am

      Hi Craig! As long as your pot is big enough to hold all of the soup you can certainly double it without issue. 🙂

      Reply
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