Creamy Potato Soup
Creamy Potato Soup

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, creamy potato soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Creamy Potato Soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Creamy Potato Soup is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy potato soup using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Potato Soup:
  1. Make ready 4-5 russet potatoes - peeled, cut to 1/2" cubes
  2. Take 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
  3. Get 1/2 medium onion - finely chopped (almost minced)
  4. Prepare 6 tbs unsalted butter
  5. Take 1/3 cup all purpose flour
  6. Take 1 1/2 cups half and half or evaporated milk
  7. Make ready 1 1/2 cups milk
  8. Take 1/2-1 tsp salt (more as needed to taste)
  9. Get 1/4 tsp black pepper
  10. Get 1/2 tsp celery seed (not salt) - optional
Instructions to make Creamy Potato Soup:
  1. Place prepped potatoes and chicken broth in a 4-6 quart pot. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Cover. Reduce heat and simmer until fork tender, about 10 minutes. Drain potatoes in colander placed over a large bowl to reserve the broth. Set aside.
  2. Return pot to stove over medium heat. Add butter. When melted add onion and sautée about 2 minutes. Wisk in flour and cook 2 minutes more.
  3. Carefully add broth back to pot, wisking constantly to prevent and break up any lumps. As soon as broth is smooth and begins to thicken wisk in half and half, and then milk.
  4. Increase heat to medium-high. Bring to a simmer until about the thickness of a loose gravy, wisking constantly. This took about 5 minutes from adding the milk to thickened for me.
  5. Wisk in salt amd pepper (and celery seed if using). Taste and adjust seasoning as desired. Carefully return potatoes to pot. Gently stir with a wooden spoon to incorporate. Serve immediately. Enjoy!

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