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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What is the immersion blender you use? Thank you
How many does this recipe serve? I have kids that pop in all the time lol
Hi, Diana! It really depends on how big their appetites are. lol. I want to say that this is usually enough to feed 6 grown adults. To be on the safe side, you can always double it. I hope that you enjoy the soup! 🙂
My girlfriend and I absolutley loved this recipe. It was just AMAZING….
It was the best recipe since my Mom passed away that was made for me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. It brought tears to my eyes, because i was also feeling under the weather and my girlfriend Deborah made my day.
Tracy, I am sorry to hear that you aren’t feeling well but so happy that your girlfriend made you a fresh batch of soup. I am so glad that you both enjoyed it! I hope that you feel better soon. Thanks for commenting. 🙂
I made this last night and my family LOVED IT! I only had 3 cups of chicken stock so I added an extra cup of milk and I also added cheddar cheese to the pot while simmering. The extras probably made it a little creamier and thicker but it was absolutely amazing. My husband said he will be asking me to make this more often!
I’m so happy to hear the potato soup was such a hit, Ashley! Thank you so much for commenting 🙂
Your recipe is fabulous. I did change two things, one because I didn’t have enough potatoes so I added a can of creamed corn and two I added green chile. Being from New Mexico we add green chile to everything. Other than that I followed exactly as written. Thanks for posting!
I am so glad that you enjoyed the potato soup and I love the substitutions, Mary! Thanks for commenting. 🙂
Really liked taste and texture:)
Thank you so much, April! I am so glad that you enjoyed the potato soup. 🙂
This is a keeper. My life LOVED it. I tweeted some ratios and added a carrot, celery, cumin and annatto powder. Out of this world, restaurant quality. Great recipe, thanks for sharing.
I am so happy that you enjoyed the potato soup, Geoff. Thanks for commenting. 🙂
I absolutely loved this potato soup. It’s so creamy and delicious. I added cheddar cheese to each bowl when we were getting ready to eat it.
Thank you so much, Diana! I am glad that you enjoyed it. 🙂
Amazing soup I added chedder and white chedder cheese and it was amazing!! Thank you for the recipe❤️
Thank you for the 5-star review, Chanel! I am so glad that you enjoyed the potato soup! 🙂
I generally dislike soups, but I made it for dinner tonight and it is definitely going into my recipe binder because it was delicious. It smelled great and tasted just as good. Thank you so much for this recipe!
I am so happy that you found a soup that you enjoyed, Gissel. Thank you for trying my recipe and storing it for future use. 🙂
I made this soup last night for dinner and it was delicious! My four year old loved it just as much as my husband! Definitely will be making again! Thanks!
I am so happy that everyone enjoyed the potato soup, Katie! Thanks for commenting. 🙂
Trying your recipe for the first time looks and smells great. Can’t wait to taste. Just had dinner and the soup was delicious great recipe will cook it again.
I am so glad everyone enjoyed the soup, Brian! 🙂
This is by far the best recipe I have had for Potato Soup
Thank you so much, Christina! I am so glad that you enjoyed it! 🙂
Thank so much for the recipe! I made this for lunch today and my husband loved it so much he wanted it for dinner as well! Fantastic flavor, fantastic everything!
Thank you so much, Cristina! I am so happy that you both enjoyed it! 🙂
Delicious
I made this soup a while ago and since I am a widow, I froze the rest of the pot. It was delicious and very easy to make. I just reheated my frozen soup and it was still just as good. I was a little worried it might separate but it didn’t and was delicious.
I am so glad you enjoyed it Clarice! I am glad it froze well. I have always been afraid of the separation as well so I have never tried it. Thank you for the feedback. 🙂