Decadent Potatoe Soup Recipes

ABSOLUTELY ULTIMATE POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook the bacon over medium heat until done. Remove bacon from pan, and set aside. Drain off all but 1/4 cup of the bacon grease.
• Cook celery and onion in reserved bacon drippings until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic, and continue cooking for 1 to 2 minutes. Add cubed potatoes, and toss to coat. Saute for 3 to 4 minutes. Return bacon to the pan, and add enough chicken stock to just cover the potatoes. Cover, and simmer until potatoes are tender.
• In a separate pan, melt butter over medium heat. Whisk in flour. Cook, stirring constantly, for 1 to 2 minutes. Whisk in the heavy cream, tarragon, and cilantro. Bring the cream mixture to a boil, and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Stir the cream mixture into the potato mixture. Puree about 1/2 the soup, and return to the pan. Adjust seasonings to taste.

POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Combine diced potatoes, carrots, celery and onions with chicken broth in a large pot and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Cover pot and bring to a boil over medium-high heat (it will take about 10 minutes to reach a boil).
• Once it reaches a boil reduce heat to medium and continue to cook about 15 - 20 minutes longer until potatoes are very soft when pierced with a fork.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan melt butter over medium heat, add flour and cook for 1 minute while whisking constantly. While whisking, slowly add milk and cook, stirring constantly until mixture begins thicken.
• Once potatoes are soft add thickened milk mixture to potato soup mixture and stir (potatoes should start breaking down into soup).
• Add sour cream and mix well.
• Ladle soup into serving bowls, top each serving with bacon or ham, cheddar cheese and green onions.

DECADENT POTATOE SOUP

Steps:

• Cook potatoes with onion and chicken bullion until soft and then drain half of water into a glass bowl. Reserve to add later if needed. Add the ham or bacon, cheese and sour cream, and margarine. Mix well. Add remaining water if too thick. Let it simmer for about 10 minutes. Stir so it dosen't scorch.

DECADENT POTATO & BACON SOUP

Steps:

• 1. cook bacon drain grease and set aside *cook bacon in the pot you are going to make the soup in will add more bacon flavor without adding a lot of grease
• 2. in the same soup pot mix all the ingredients together and bring to a slow simmer stirring often
• 3. once butter is melted lower the temperature and let simmer for about an hour stirring ocassionally so soup does not burn
• 4. We enjoy this with oyster crackers, and sometimes garnish with some green onions chopped