The Ultimate Creamy Potato Soup
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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.
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).
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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!
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.
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!
How to Make Potato Soup
The Ultimate Potato Soup Recipe
Equipment
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)
- ⅔ cup heavy cream, (155ml)
- 1 ½ teaspoon* salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- ¼ - ½ teaspoon ancho chili powder**
- ⅔ cup sour cream, (160g)
- Shredded cheddar cheese, chives, and additional sour cream and bacon for topping, optional
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
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Delicious!! Did not have ancho chili powder, so used a bit of regular chili powder and smoked paprika. Turned out amazing… Will be my go-to potato soup recipe for sure!
So glad you enjoyed it, Ashley! 💕
BEST MEAL I’VE EVER TRIED
Just made this recipe, never have made potato soup and WOW! it is seriously delicious! I added a few more different seasonings, but seriously, amazing recipe, thank you for sharing!
We’re so happy you enjoyed it, Lindsey! 💕
I left a comment earlier I forgot to mention that I boil the pototoes in the broth and then added the milk cream seasonings and sour cream and bacon turn in down to simmer for 15 mins thanks again for the recipes 5 stars. I remember my dad making potato soup when I was a kid and using evaporated milk in his..
this Recipe is so good I have made it twice in the last three weeks.
I did do about 10 medium size potatoes and increased my broth to two and half cups and increase the salt to two teaspoons and used regular chili powder. I did not puree any of my soup because I like the small chunks in mine.I love this recipe and thank you for posting it I just. now in 2026 found it.
So glad you enjoyed it so much, Cece! Thanks for the review 💕
Absolutely love this recipe. Make it!
Thanks for the review, Kalia! 💕
Hello all , I see that this is an 2019 recipe and it’s now 2026 and I’m just coming across it. I tried it word for word with the directions and, YES it turned out perfectly. The only critiques I would give is, if you are not a big fan of garlic, cut it down to maybe half a tablespoon. The other thing is when you put your butter and flour in, don’t let it get brown, be mindful of your heat levels…you don’twant to burn it and have a dark colored, burnt butter tasting soup. I made the exact amounts and barely had any left over for myself. I’m going to have to make my own special batch when nobody is home and hide it in the back of the frigerator. Thanks for this recipe, it’s now going to be in my autumn and winter rotation.
So glad it was such a hit, Tracey! Sounds like you will definitely have to make a secret batch for yourself 😉
Oh wow Ms. Samantha, I didn’t expect a reply from you. Yes, your recipe was a big hit in my fam. My daughter even said to me, throw some shrimp and lobster in it next time….she has an expensive tongue LoL…Keep them good ol’ recipes coming and thank you.
We like her thinking! 😂