Woke up this morning thinking I didn’t want to leave the house today but wanted to make some soup.
So I went through the pantry and fridge and decided to make some potato soup. Soups are so nice because you can often just use up what you have in fridge from the week that need used up.
Potato soup is always so filling and could lead to a nice afternoon nap on the sofa.
Here is how I whipped up some tasty potato soup for today to enjoy. Hope you decide to make up something just as tasty today.
Recipe
Ingredients-
5-6 slices of bacon (more if you want to garnish with crumbled bacon)
6 cups of peeled and cubed potatoes
1 c diced onions
1 c chopped celery
3 minced garlic cloves
3 T butter
1/3 c flour
2 2/3 c Whole milk
4 c chicken stock
1 tsp ground pepper
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp chili powder
1/2 c sour cream
Shredded cheddar (optional)
Green onion (optional)
Directions-
In Dutch oven, cook up bacon and remove once crispy. Keep bacon grease in pot.
Add butter to pot with the bacon grease. Add onion and celery and cook over medium heat until tender.
Add in garlic and let it mingle with onions and celery for about one minute. Sprinkle in flour and stir to coat the vegetables. Let it cook for about another minute.
Add in potatoes, milk, stock, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Stir and let pot come to a boil. Make sure you occasionally stir to make sure nothing sticks to bottom of pot. Continue to boil until potatoes are tender.
Back the heat down to low. Then remove about 4-5 cups of the soup and put in blender to smooth. You could also use an immersion blender. I prefer to throw into my Vitamix so that I don’t over purée all of the potatoes in the pot.
Pour back the portion of soup you took out to blend back in with remaining soup. Stir in sour cream and the crumbled bacon you previously cooked.
Let simmer another 5 minutes on low. Turn heat off and ladle you out some yummy goodness. Garnish with shredded cheese, green onion, bacon, and or sour cream. Whatever you like.
Hope you enjoy.
