The Best Potato Soup
The Best Potato Soup…a thick , creamy, hearty soup that’s absolutely delicious! I made this soup the day I made the Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls. It was the perfect Fall dinner!
I love dinners like this. They make you feel all comfy and ready for the cool of Fall to come. This is a very satisfying dinner loaded with potatoes, bacon and kale.
The soup base is made with chicken broth which is thickened with a roux made of flour, butter and cream. If you don’t have cream you could substitute half and half.
As with any soup I make, I wait till all the ingredients are in the pot and simmering then I tweak it to my liking. Everybody’s taste are different, it’s just part of making a recipe yours.
Serve this delicious soup with homemade bread or rolls and sit back and enjoy Fall.
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The Best Potato Soup
Ingredients
- 1 large onion diced
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots
- 1 lb bacon chopped
- 2 stalks celery diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 8 potatoes peeled and cubed
- 4 cups chicken broth or enough to cover potatoes
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- 3 Tablespoons flour
- 1 cup heavy cream or half and half
- 1 Teaspoon dried tarragon
- 1/3 cup kale can use frozen thawed Kale as well, stems remove and chopped fine
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook the bacon in a dutch oven until done. Remove the bacon, drain off all but 1/4 cup of the bacon grease. Cook celery, carrot and onion in the 1/4 cup bacon grease until soft. Stir in the minced garlic, cook for 1 minute more. Add cubed potatoes, toss to coat. Saute the potatoes 3 or 4 minutes. Place the fried bacon back in the pan. Add enough chicken broth to the pan to cover the potatoes, cover and simmer until potatoes are tender.
- In a heavy duty sauce pan, melt the butter over medium heat, whisk in the flour, cook and whisk the mixture for 2 minutes to remove the flour taste. While still whisking add the cream in a slow stream to the flour mixture. Cook and whisk until mixture thickens, add the Tarragon and Kale to the pot. Stir the cream mixture into the potato mixture. Season with salt and pepper to your liking.
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The soup was absolutely delicious, I will definitely make it again!
Thank you It one of our favorite recipes!!
Absolutley delicious. Only thing I changed is spinach instead of kale. Will be making again. Thank you for sharing recipe.
It is SO delicious. I used a can of full fat coconut milk instead of the cream and minced a bunch of collards instead of the frozen kale. Otherwise followed the directions. Our entire family downed this soup so fast — kid and husband approved. Thank you!
I didnt have milk or butteri used ghee and jut mixed the soup broth w the ghee flour simply marvelous! I will make it again when i have all the ingredients!
This is the best soup I ever made. I omitted the bacon and added a little smoked paprika instead. Super delicious and I will make it again and again.
Our family loves this soup! So much! A little labor intensive. But yummy!
This was delicious! I used a can of unsweetened coconut milk in place of the heavy cream and spinach in place of kale (because that’s what I had on hand). I will definitely make this recipe again.
I’m glad you found what worked for you to make the best potato soup, thanks for letting us know! Have a lovely day
How many servings does it make?
Susan this makes between 4 to 6 servings depending on the size of the bowls you use. Let me know what you think of it, I hope you love it as much as we do.
Thanks! Will do it looks very yummy 😋
Your welcome Susan!
Omgoodness!
I had to do modifications due to food allergies
No garlic (I love garlic, but latex allergy, bummer)
Doubled Tarragon
Replaced milk w goat milk
I expected good, but this is the best, so full of flavor, even with the modifications.
WONDERFUL Fran! And thank you for posting your modifications honey, it could be very helpful to someone else with food allergies, I appreciate you!
Minus the carrots and kale (which I may try) this is exactly how I’ve made my potato soup for YEARS! Every time I make it my husband takes leftovers to work the next day and his co-workers are always asking me for the recipe. It is the BEST soup ever!
WONDERFUL Leticia! My husband is a “Greens fan” He loves anything green and leafy and this soup is a great way to get those green leafy veggies in him. You’ve got a fan club girl, and I bet they appreciate everything you make for them. You’re a sweetheart Leticia, thanks for coming to visit me, I appreciate you!
I “veganized@ this recipe swapping the bacon with Impossible Meat Sausage, pea half and half and vegan butter! DELICIOUS! Can’t wait for a cool fall week to enjoy again!
Well honey you definitely did an amazing job of adjusting the recipe to your needs! Thank you for coming back and sharing your changes to make it Vegan, it will be so helpful to anyone else wishing to do the same. I appreciate you sweetheart, thank you for taking the time to come back and comment.
Made this last night for dinner and it was a huge hit! My husband even enjoyed it! Definitely will make it again. I did add extra carrots and celery.
Amazing!!!!
WONDERFUL! Thank you for taking the time to comment Raquel, I appreciate it!
I loved this potato soup recipe. I did add spinach instead of Kale and a few pinches of freshly grated nutmeg.
Thanks for all your great recipes. I am now a follower
One of our favorites Judy. And I’ll have to try the nutmeg! Your welcome sweetie, thank you for taking the time to visit and comment, I appreciate you.
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Love your recipes!! I’m in North Dakota for summer. I took onion, carrots, and an enormous potato From our garden to make this soup!! It was wonderful. I had no tarragon so seasoned with dill, rosemary and thyme! Easy to make, delicious for a cold fall dinner!! Thanks!!
Wow, that is fantastic Beth! So glad to hear that the potato soup turned out well. Enjoy your time in North Dakota!
I didn’t have chicken stock but I used beef instead and it made it dark, needed more flavor ( I might add a little more salt and pepper to it)
Made this tonight, was fabulous! I only switched out tarragon for thyme! Thanks for a wonderful recipe!
This was Amazing just made it.
So glad you enjoyed it Shirley!
I find a lot of recipes that inspire me to try it. While stuck at home on a (SUPRISE) 10 day isolation period i have been trying to be good and not leave the house. So when i checked to see what i actually had in the fridge and pantry, then came across this recipe, I saw an almost perfect match. I was out of fresh garlic and no kale. I substituted dry garlic powder and canned green. Also, i decreased potatoes in half and added turkey sausage. One of the best soups in a long time. Thank you very much. I will check later to see what other ideas i can get from you.