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 ¾″ 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 ¼ 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
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
Recommended Equipment
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
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.
LouAnn
Cane frozen potatoes be used in this recipe?
Sugar Spun Run
Hello, LouAnn! I haven’t tried frozen potatoes but I think it will work fine. I hope that you enjoy the potato soup. 🙂
kelly
I loved the soup! I added small cubes of carrots and courgettes in with the potato and peas towards the end. It was delicious!
Sugar Spun Run
Thank you so much, Kelly! I’m so glad that you enjoyed the potato soup. 🙂
Rachel
I don’t have ancho powder. Is there any substitute??
Hailey Jones
So delicious and creamy! Very flavorful! I didn’t have the ancho chili seasoning but I used a half a tsp of chili powder and one fourth tsp red pepper flakes and it was perfect!!
Sugar Spun Run
Thank you, Hailey! I am so glad that you enjoyed the potato soup. 🙂
Dawn
I just made this for dinner. Loved it so much as did my children. It has a great flavor and who doesn’t love bacon.
Sugar Spun Run
Thank you so much, Dawn! I am so glad that your family enjoyed the potato soup. Yes, Bacon makes everything better. 🙂
Kaye
Excellent, followed directions and the soup was delicious! Next time it will be accompanied with some homemade bread.
Marissa G
I was reading review after review of how fantastic this was and it did not fall short of amazing! It was easy to make and SO delish!!! Never have I had a potato soup that had such depth in flavor and the perfect texture! I only blended half and it was wowzas!!!
Sam
I am so glad you enjoyed the potato soup so much, Marissa! 🙂
diana strock
Delicious!! My daughter Loves it!!
Sam
Thank you so much, Diana! I am so glad you enjoyed the soup! 🙂
Myself
Sam is cute as a bugs ear😍😘
Sara
Absolutely looooove this!
Sugar Spun Run
Thank you, Sara! 🙂
BJ
Absolutely luv the potato soup recipe! This will be a keeper for me. Can’t wait to make when Winter comes on again in my area for a great comfort food. Thanks so much.
Sam
I’m so glad you enjoyed the potato soup, BJ! Thank you so much for commenting, I appreciate it!
Jon
Great recipe! Loved every drop!
Sam
So glad to hear you enjoyed the potato soup, Jon!! Thank you for commenting 🙂
Be
Co-worker made this recipe and brought it in…YUM! Best soup I’ve ever had, and one of the best foods I’ve ever eaten period! He added carrots to the recipe but I think that was the only change. It was so good I didn’t even add the cheese and bacon bits he brought it. He said it’s even better with it.
Sam
I am so glad you enjoyed the soup so much! Thank you for the comment. 🙂
Jessica
My family adore this soup!! I made a few slight changes to it and omg!!! So tasty 😍😍😍
Sam
I am so glad everyone enjoys the soup, Jessica! 🙂
Hope
This soup has become a favorite of mine and my husband’s. Absolutely amazing recipe 🙂
Sam
I am so glad everyone enjoys the soup, Hope! 🙂
Kathy morgan
I making this soup again…. twice in two weeks !!!! I am in love!!
Sam
I am so glad you enjoyed the soup! I can never get enough either! 🙂
Amanda Alves
Absolutely amazing! Family loved it. Added gouda in addition to cheddar and YUM!
Sam
Thank you so much Amanda! I am so glad you enjoyed the soup! 🙂
Cynthia Aldrich
My household has lost their minds over this reciipe! Do you have a version for cheesy broccoli potatoe soup?
Sam
I don’t yet, but it’s definitely something I’m working on! I’m so happy to hear everyone enjoyed the soup, Cynthia! 🙂
Cynthia Aldrich
Well I am going to use your original recipe and just add the broccoli and cheese once the potatoes are cooked. Wish me luck!
Sam
I hope you love it! 🙂
randy foster
the potato soup was awesome. thank you
Sam
Yay! I am so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂