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.
Dory Olson
I am currently making this soup. I have made it once before and since it made so much I panicked and took bowls to 3 other couples. With just my husband and myself thought would never eat that much soup. Well I was wrong. It was extremely good! Loved the way to thicken by pureeing part of the soup. Only thing I did was not use the chili powder due to stomach issues and I added 1 cup of cheddar cheese. Awesome soup! This time I’m not sharing, lol!! Have a Happy Holiday season!
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I am so happy that everyone enjoyed the soup, Dory! I hope that you enjoy this next batch all to yourself. lol. Thanks so much for trying my recipe and for commenting. 🙂
Dorene
Can’t wait to try this tonight for a group of hungry boys on a rainy night!
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Awesome! I hope that they love it! 🙂
Leslie
Hi Sam, im making this your potato soup at this very moment i cant stop my self from tasting it its so so good glad i found your recipe
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I am so glad that you found my recipe too, Leslie! I hope that you enjoy it! 🙂
Karen Rodgers
Tried for the first time tonight. It was absolutely delicious! I have been making potato soup for years and years and my husband told me this was the best potato soup he has ever had! I used frozen, diced potatoes. So quick and easy! Love this recipe. Thank you for sharing it. Karen
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I am so glad that you enjoyed the potato soup, Karen. I am glad that your husband did too. Thanks for trying my recipe! 🙂
Traci C
This is sooooo good! My family wants it added in rotation! Thanks for a great recipe 😊
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Thank you for trying my recipe, Traci! I am so glad that your family enjoyed the potato soup! 🙂
Christina
Making this again tonight! Hubs says this soup is better than his mother’s and my mother’s potato soup. I agree! Bacon is also on sale! Yes!
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Wow, what an amazing compliment! Thank you so much, Christina! I am so glad that everyone enjoyed the soup. 🙂
Shannon
My go-to crowd pleaser.
Sam
So happy to hear the potato soup is such a hit, Shannon! Thank you for commenting 🙂
Kathryn
This soup is AH – mazing! So flavorful and made plenty to fill hungry tummies, with enough for leftovers. This is DEF in my Dinner lineup from September all the way through March.
Just thinking about it and I’m pretty sure we’ll be having it within the coming week….it is THAT good. Thanks for sharing!
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That is wonderful, Kathryn! I am so glad that everyone enjoyed the potato soup! Thanks for commenting. 🙂
Linda Carroll
I made this tonight and we loved it, I plan on making it all winter! It will now go in my soup recipes!
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I am so glad that everyone loved the potato soup, Linda! I am happy to hear that it will become a regular in your rotation this winter. Thanks so much for commenting. 🙂
Josh
Super easy and good!
We have made this several times and love it. We put bacon, shredded cheese, sour cream, creole seasoning, etc on the side so everyone can make it how they wish!
Thanks for putting this online.
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I am so glad that everyone enjoyed the potato soup, Josh. I love the idea of letting every making it to their liking as well. Thanks for sharing. I appreciate it! 🙂
Terri DeZoete
Wow!! Great soup. This really hit the spot. So easy to make.
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Thank you so much, Terri! I am so glad that the potato soup was a hit. Thanks for commenting. 🙂
Christy Conatser
I tweaked here and there, no onion ( allergic) and no chili powder, however, it was so good we are having it for Thanksgiving dinner, it’s that good, plus with the blizzard and 18 inches of snow it will be the perfect dish to serve!
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I am glad to know even with tweaks the potato soup turned out wonderfully. Thank you so much for commenting, Christy! I hope that it keeps you warm. Enjoy the snow and have a wonderful Thanksgiving! 🙂
Nora Rimensnyder
This was soooo good and easy to make will definitely make again!
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I am so glad that the potato soup was enjoyed, Nora! Thank you so much for the 5-star review. 🙂
Joe
Excellent, I added cream cheese it makes it creamy.
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I am so glad that you enjoyed the potato soup, Joe! Thanks for commenting. 🙂
Tammy
How many does this feed? Would you double all the ingredients to feed 4 grown men?
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Hello, Tammy! That is a tough one, men can eat! This is designed to serve 6 and I want to say that you will have enough to feed 4 adult men, however, I am not certain. You can always double it to be on the safe side. I hope that they enjoy it! 🙂