Easy Potato Soup Recipes

When you are looking for a wholesome meal, but don't want to spend hours cooking, these different recipes for potato soup will come to your rescue. You can have this soup by itself, or with a serving of a light, green salad, and some crusty rolls, and it is sure to be as filling as it promises to be.

Ingredients

• 4 potatoes (diced)
• 1 onion (diced)
• 4 tablespoons, margarine
• 1 tablespoon, flour (heaped)
• 4 cups, milk
• Salt, to taste
• Dash of pepper
• Parsley, for garnishing

Procedure

• Put the potatoes and onions to boil in salted water.
• Melt the margarine in a pan, over a low flame. Add in the flour and cook, until there are no lumps, and the mixture begins to bubble.
• Pour in half the amount of milk, very slowly while constantly stirring the blend.
• Now, add in the potatoes and onions.

• Slightly mash the potatoes and the onions. The soup should be lightly chunky.
• Pour in the remaining milk, and add in the salt and pepper.
• Cook the soup over a medium flame. Stir occasionally.
• Serve steaming hot, garnished with parsley.

Ingredients

• 1 large baking potato
• 2½ cups, chicken stock (low salt)
• ¼ cup, bacon pieces
• 2 cans, Cheddar cheese soup
• Sour cream, for garnish
• Green onion, finely chopped, for garnish

Procedure

• Wash the potato thoroughly. Dry it and on a high temperature, place the potato in the microwave for about 7-8 minutes.
• Once the potato is baked, and cooled, cut it into ½-inch cubes, with the skin.
• In a medium-sized pan, pour in the cheddar cheese soup, chicken stock and toss in the pieces of bacon.

• Stir occasionally and allow it to simmer on a medium high flame.
• Toss in the potatoes and continue stirring for about 5 minutes.
• Allow the soup to thicken, pour into bowls. Garnish the soup with a dollop of sour cream and then sprinkle some green onions.

Ingredients

• 4 new potatoes (diced)
• 2 cups, new potatoes for garnish
• 2 cups, onions (diced)
• 4 large, leeks (cleaned and sliced)
• 1 cup, leeks (diced into short fine strips) for garnish
• 1 cup, bacon (diced)

• 3 tablespoons, butter
• 3 tablespoons, all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 quart, beef stock
• 1 quart, chicken stock
• 3 tablespoons, white wine
• Salt & pepper (freshly ground), to taste
• 2 tablespoons, chives for garnish

Procedure

• In a skillet, over medium flame, heat the olive oil.
• Toss in the bacon, and cook.
• Add in the leeks and onions, and continue stirring for 2 minutes.
• Put the salt and pepper, and add the butter.

• Once the butter melts, add in the flour, and stir thoroughly to avoid the formation of lumps.
• Now, pour in the beef and chicken stock while stirring.
• Pour in the wine, and toss in the new potatoes, cooking until the potatoes have softened.

• While the soup is cooking, heat about 3 inches of olive oil in a sauce pan, to a temperature of 350 ºF. Toss in the potato strips, and deep-fry them until they have lightly browned. Once done, place them on a plate lined with a paper towel. Repeat the same procedure for the leeks. Mix a small amount of salt to the potatoes and leeks.

• You may puree the soup if you prefer it to be smooth. Pour it into bowls and garnish it with the potatoes, leeks, and chives.