This soup is extremely tasty. You should serve it with warm, fresh bread because the two go so well together.
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 to 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon
- 3 potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 1 cup chopped celery
- water to cover
- 4 cups milk
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons paprika
Instructions
- In a large saucepan cook bacon until crisp. Set bacon aside, along with 3 tablespoons of bacon drippings.
- Add potatoes, onion, carrot and celery to drippings. Add enough water to cover vegetables and cook over low heat until tender, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in milk, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.
- In separate bowl, stir together sour cream, flour and paprika. Gradually stir 1 cup of hot soup mixture into sour cream mixture.
- Pour sour cream mixture into soup mixture. Cook until small bubbles break soups service. Top with chopped bacon pieces.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 358 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 34 g |
| Cholesterol | 43 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 12 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 1048 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Did not make any real changes, I wanted to make it as is, but I did use chicken broth instead of some of the water. I like to give the recipe a try before I make too many changes, after all a good cook did take the time to give us all a recipe and we all chose to make it for whatever reason. For that reason I need to make it at least twice. Nice recipe, Thank you for sharing.
awesome
This was a great recipe. Followed it almost to the tee. Everyone had seconds and I mean big bowls. Am saving the recipe, easy on the sour cream though.
I thought this turned out good. I added more flour and less milk. Used chicken broth instead of water. I added 1 cup velveta cheese. to some folks leaving the rude reviews, you must not be very good cooks, or you would have modified to suit your tastes. I think saying you dumped it down garbage disposal was uncalled for.
This was a terrific dinner soup. I skipped the celery (mine was a little old…) and added more carrots. I cooked the veggies in broth and added some roasted garlic. Once the veggies were tender, I drained the fat/broth from them before I added the milk. Finally, I used Wondra instead of flour for thickening and completely skipped the paprika. Topped with a little shredded cheese as well as the bacon and served with honey cornbread. Best sign of a good recipe? No leftovers!
First, this was a disappointment. I followed the recipe except for adding some chix broth for part of the water and cutting back on paprika, since I was really concerned about what this spice would do to the soup’s eye appeal. I did temper the sour cream mixture by adding the soup into it, stirring, and then returning to the pan. Unfortunately, it looks like it still curdled a little bit. It’s not creamy, taste is OK but not really that flavorful, and most of all, with that curdling effect, it just doesn’t present itself well. Sorry, Lisa, but this didn’t work for us, and I won’t be making again.
This recipe wasn’t too bad to start with, I had to add some red pepper flakes and some garlic and onion powder, as well as using celery salt instead of regular salt. Instead of adding the bacon on top at the end, I mixed in a quarter pound of sausage instead. The family said the end result was to die for, this recipe is a good base potato soup.
I puréed it and omitted the bacon. Everyone loved it! I also added chicken bullion instead of salt.
I had to “make due” – from the recipe I used bacon, red potatoes (not peeled), onion, carrots – then added garlic powder, used celery seed (no celery), used butter to make base paste with flour, thinned it with 1 c. of milk and 1 c. of cream, added 8 oz of aged swiss to that mixture, melted it – no lumps. Added it to the vegetables and water. It was most yummy!
I loved this base! I used carrots instead and added broccoli, kale and finely chopped turkry sausage. I didn’t use water, only chicken broth and I left out the paprika and added pepper, onion powder.garlic powder, ms dash and italian seasoning to taste. then added italian cheeses. By the way I didn’t use the exact measurements in the recipie for milk and flour, just added what i wanted untill it taseted great to me.
This is a great soup to start with but if you like your potato soup white thick and creamy you will have to modify this a bit. I didn’t use the flour, paprika or water. Just cook the veggies right in the milk. On the side I mixed sour cream (x2), 8oz. cream cheese, salt, pepper, Garlic salt and powder, and half a cup of grated Parmesan cheese. when the veggies were cooked I stirred this in to the with the milk. I removed it from the heat and added the bacon right to the pot. I also stirred in some butter to round out the creamy texture. I let the soup stand for ten to fifteen minutes and it did indeed thicken and was the best potato soup I have ever had! All together with prep and cooking it took about an hour! I really encourage you to try this again!
I made this but made some adjustments: I peeled and cut 5 large potatoes, used a bag of frozen cut carrots, 3-1/4C of water, 2C of milk, 1C of whipping cream, 1C of sour cream, 1T onion powder, 1/2T celery salt, 2T flour, 1 bag of cooked diced ham, and 2 chicken boulion cubes. I combined all ingredients into crock pot and set on high. Soup is done when potatoes and carrots are soft.
I love this soup, it is so easy, creamy and delicious. I used to make it at a bar that I was a short order cook for. It was always a BIG hit. The bacon can be substituted with ham.
Easy, simple and very delicious.
i think this soup came out very well. I tweaked it a bit. I used chicken broth instead of water, a couple xtra potatoes, whole milk and heavy cream. I also added some hungry jack potato flakes and a pinch more of flour and wisked that into the soup well. Seasoned with garlic and onion powder as well. Came out creamy and very tasty!
Easy to make. Used smoked paprika and 1/2 tap celery salt since I didn’t have celery on hand. Great smoky Bacon flavor. My wife who isn’t a potato afficienado, made a point of letting me know she’d like this again!
soup was runny and not very tasty. i added a bunch more spices and added instant potato flakes and cheese to thicken it up.
Great soup had to make some adjustments to suit our families taste but overall very very good!!!
This didn’t turn out creamy at all. It was really watery and just didn’t turn out at all how I thought it would. I will NOT be making this again.
Excellent soup. I made this for my family and they loved it!
I made this soup in 20 minutes….it was wonderful! Will definately go into the favorites box.