Made with simple ingredients, this Potato Soup is nutritious, flavorful and perfect for busy weeks!
Hi Friends!
I realize that some of you may be approaching the end of soup weather, but it’s been raining here for pretty much 5 days straight and to me, rain = soup weather. Plus, I happily eat soup year round, but that’s a whole other thing.
Anyways, I wanted to pop in and share this Potato Soup recipe with you guys because I’ve made it several times over the past few weeks.
When I first made this soup, I intended to just make it with white potatoes, but I didn’t have enough of them so I had to throw in a sweet potato. It ended up turning out well so I keep making it like that, but you could use all white potatoes or all sweet potatoes if you wanted to!
Here’s how you make it:
Potato Soup
This potato soup is made with two kinds of potatoes and makes a great, nutritious option for lunch or dinner!
Ingredients
- 2 strips bacon, diced
- 1 orange or red bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 cup onion, diced
- 2 pounds potatoes, peeled and chopped (I use 2 russet, 1 sweet potato)
- 1.5 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 1.5 cups milk (I use skim)
- 3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
Instructions
- In a large dutch oven or pot, saute bacon, peppers, onions and potatoes for 5-7 minutes over medium heat.
- Add broth and milk and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and let simmer until potatoes are tender (15-20 minutes).
- Use an immersion blender (or regular blender) to puree. Feel free to leave some chunks if you'd like.
- Add cheese and spices and stir until melted.
You could easily make it vegetarian by omitting the bacon, but I think it adds great flavor!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
PS. If you like sweet potatoes, be sure to check out my favorite Curried Sweet Potato Soup!
Ohhh I like the idea of doing white potatoes andddd sweet potatoes! I agree… rain=soup for sure.
i love potato soup!! and i just got an immersion blender to make life easier because i hate using my food processor lol
I love that you added sweet potato in with the white potatoes! The flavors just sound fantastic in this soup. And I agree. Rainy days=perfect soup weather. So. much. rain. Bring on the soup.
I love potato soup. I buy the organic canned, but they have so much sodium in them.
I’m going to try your recipe.
Thanks for the article.
The end of soup weather….yet I still had NO soup at all. None! Sad life :/
Oh good that was my first question…if I could make it with sweet potatoes. I think that would make it irresistible for me. I also bought a giant bag from Costco yesterday so I need to use them up! Thanks for sharing!
I love potato soup but i have never made it myself, this looks so tasty! Great idea in adding bacon 🙂
Potato soup is easily one of the most comforting foods around. Heck, anything to do with potatoes is 😉
There is never a time that soup doesn’t sound good – and this looks delicious!
I love potatoes and I love soup! Great recipe!
I really like the idea of trying this soup solely with sweet potatoes. I had never even considered trying that until I read this! Thank you for the inspiration. 🙂
Yay I’m not the only one still posting soup recipes! With all this rain I don’t think anyone can blame us. I love a good thunderstorm but it also makes me want soup. I like that you used two different kinds of potato. I bet the sweet potato added great flavor without being crazy overpowering. Although now I am curious to try sweet potato soup!
Potato is one of my favorite soups! I love that this recipe includes a sweet potato.
I’ve been doing a similar soup with sweet potatoes, carrots and sausage. So delicious!