GARLIC POTATO SOUP RECIPE
Garlic Potato Soup Recipe; An easy and delicious creamy garlic potato soup recipe. Comfort food for a cold winter season!
Equipment
- immersion blender or regular blender
Ingredients
- 6 strips Bacon uncooked
- 2.5 pounds Gold Potatoes (6-7 large potatoes)
- 3 tablespoon Butter
- 1 medium Yellow Onion chopped
- 4 large Garlic Cloves minced
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 3 cups Milk
- ⅔ cup Heavy Cream
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- ⅔ cup Sour Cream
- shredded cheddar cheese & chives for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- The first thing you are going to do is place bacon pieces in a large Dutch Oven or soup pot over medium heat. Cook the bacon until it is crispy and browned. Remove the bacon from the pot and set aside (leave the fat in the pot).
- Add the butter and chopped onion to the pot. Cook over medium heat until onions are tender, this should take 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and stir. Next, sprinkle the flour slowly into the pot and stir until smooth (I like to use a whisk here).
- Add diced potatoes, chicken broth, milk, heavy cream, salt, and pepper to the pot. Stir well. Bring to a low boil and cook until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork, this takes around 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat to simmer and remove about half of the soup into a blender and puree until smooth. It will be VERY hot, be careful! (If you have an immersion blender, use that directly in the pot until half the soup is smooth). Return the pureed soup to the pot.
- Add sour cream and reserved bacon pieces, stir well. Allow soup to simmer for 15 minutes before serving. Serve hot, and garnish with additional sour cream, bacon, cheddar cheese, or chives!