Cream of Potato Soup Recipes for the every day person

Cream of Potato Soup Recipe

Potato Soup

Potato Soup Tip

Slow and low is the way to cook your potato soup. Because of the high starch content of potato soup you have to be careful not to burn it. If you scorch the bottom of your potato soup it will have that burnt taste all through the soup. So remember its a low and slow cooking technique for that potato soup recipe.

If your are looking for a cream of potato soup recipe then this is the one that they all start from. This simple and elegant cream of potato soup recipe is the base for all others. You can add your favorite ingredients like bacon, sour cream, chives and a host of others to step this recipe up. What ever you decide to do with this one it will serve you well.
1 onion - chopped
3 Tablespoons butter
5 potatoes
1 1/2 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon ground thyme
1/4 teaspoon of celery seed
1 1/2 cups milk
2 Tablespoons of all-purpose flour

Dice your potatoes into about ½ cubes.
In your soup pot sauté the onions till they are clear and tender.
Add the potatoes, parsley, celery seed and chicken broth and simmer until the potatoes are soft. Remove about have of the potatoes and puree them and then add them back to the pot.
Add the milk and then stir in the flour slowly.
Now bring it up to a simmer and keep stirring till it thickens up. At this point it’s done but don’t burn it. The last thing is to Salt and pepper to taste

 

Potato Soup Recipe Facts

Potato Soup recipe facts that i bet you didn't know...

Just one Potato Provides

1 potato will provide you with about 40% of your vitamin C and 20% of your potassium needs for the day.

 

one potato a day

Did you know that every American eats about 130 pounds of potatoes every year? That works out to about 1 potato a day for everyone.

 

Random potato facts

Potatoes are only second to milk as the most consumed and that Europeans eat more than twice as many potatoes as Americans. Also potatoes hold the record as being the first vegetable to be grown in space by NASA in 1995.

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Potato Soup Recipes