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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Making this tonight. I was a little confused after watching the video… the directions listed above don’t mention anything about the 30 minute simmer before pureeing half the soup, that you describe in the video.
Thanks!
Sorry for the confusion, Jeff! You can simmer before or after pureeing, 15-30 minutes will work just fine. I hope you love the potato soup!
Best potato soup ever – hands down!
BEST EVER Potato Soup?!!! WOW! Thank you so much, Amber! I am so happy that you enjoyed it! 🙂
I couldn’t puree but did mashed up @ 5 cups. Turned out very Good
I am so happy that you enjoyed the Creamy Potato Soup, Patti! Thanks for commenting. 🙂
Hi! What are your thoughts on cooking this in the AM and eating it the following evening in the PM? How is it re-heated? Thanks!
Hello, Kenz. It should be fine. I would just stick it back on the stove to reheat. I hope that you enjoy the potato soup. 🙂
WOW!! This soup is amazing! I used to own a sandwich and soup shop and sold a frozen soup a lot like this (sorry but many restaurants do that) and it was addictive. This tastes almost exactly like it! I didn’t have heavy cream so I used sour cream with lemon juice as a substitute. My family and I absolutely love it!
I am so happy that you and your family enjoyed the potato soup recipe, Debbie! Thanks for commenting. 🙂
Great recipe! Easy to follow and turned out great!
I am so happy that you enjoyed the creamy potato soup, Lacie! Thanks for commenting. 🙂
how much soup is one serving? I am calorie counting…. Also this soup is amazing
Hello, Abby! I am so glad that you enjoy the creamy potato soup. I’m so sorry but I do not have the exact measurement in cups/oz for this particular recipe. It is 1/6th of the recipe. Enjoy! 🙂
I tried this my first time and it was amazing. Thank you!
Thank you so much, Tang! I am so happy that you enjoyed the Creamy Potato Soup. 🙂
Excellent recipe!! I used all the ancho chili powder recommended and pureed about half the soup. Delicious!!
I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed the soup! thank you so much for commenting, Richard!! 🙂
This was perfect on a cold rainy night. Delicious!
It is the BEST for this weather! So glad you enjoyed, Susan! Thank you for commenting 🙂
I made this today, taste great on this chilly fall day.. I’ll fore sure pass this on and make it again.. thank you.
I’m so happy you enjoyed the potato soup, Lisa!! Thank you for commenting 🙂
Best potato soup recipe I have found
Thank you so much, Steve! I am so glad that you enjoyed the Potato Soup! 🙂
Delicious – turned out great
Thank you, Michelle! I am so glad that you enjoyed the Potato Soup. 🙂
Amazing!
Lea, I am so happy that you enjoyed the Potato Soup! Thank you for the 5-star review! 🙂
My husband and I moved to a small island this summer and there are a small handful of restaurants here. None of which can cure my eternal potato soup craving. This however, does the job! I have made this recipe three times and will be doing it again this week! Fantastic.
Congrats on the move, Alyssa! I am so glad this potato soup recipe cures your craving and gives you a taste of home. Enjoy! 🙂