Making this one is quick and simple. At the table, toppings are a fantastic addition. Serve with grated cheese, sour cream, and all of your favorite toppings for baked potatoes.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 5 |
| Yield: | 4 to 6 – servings |
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup butter
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- 4 cups skim milk
- 6 large baking potatoes, scrubbed
- 1 cup sour cream
Instructions
- Microwave potatoes until done.
- While potatoes are cooking make a roux over low to medium heat. Mix butter, margarine, or light olive oil, and flour. DO NOT BURN THE ROUX. When roux is thickened a bit, gradually blend in milk. Continue cooking over low to medium heat while preparing potatoes.
- Peel and cut up potatoes. You may want to mash some of the potatoes also. Add potatoes to the milk mixture. Blend in sour cream. Soup is ready to be served.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 645 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 95 g |
| Cholesterol | 57 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 10 g |
| Protein | 18 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Sodium | 221 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 23 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I would recommend not making this dish!!
Yummy
Very good starter soup I added onions to the butter then followed the recipe as instructed. I did have to add salsas well. I topped it with cheese and bacon.
If I could give this 10 stars I would! Followed the recipe exactly and it was so delish. Full of flavor, warm and comforting. Definately our new potato soup recipe.
really good, I added cheese, chives and bacon bits on top before serving.
We liked this recipe, but what made us LOVE it was adding shredded cheese and bacon into the soup before adding the sour cream. We call it Loaded Baked Potato Soup, and it is AWESOME!
Thought it was decent if you want something simple. Just a little bland so I added some diced ham and a little more salt & pepper. Plus, I didn’t let my potato’s cook quite long enough so I had a few crunchy pieces. I think I will boil them rather than microwave them next time. Over all not too bad though.
Love the flavor from the sour cream but felt like this recipe needed a lot of seasoning, otherwise somewhat bland. I added onion powder, seasoned salt & sm. amt. of cayenne pepper. Would experiment w/ other seasonings but definitely needs more flavor.
A little plain. I added brocolli and a little salt and grated shrarp cheddar cheese and my husband liked it.
This was FANTASTIC. Added garlic, salt and pepper while cooking, and chives and shredded cheese to finish. Will make again and again and again!
Very easy and delicious recipe! It was a little thick and needed salt but other than that, it’s good!
A bit bland needs some spices added.
I messed up the proportions because I wanted to make half. But I made the roux with the whole amounts…Oops. Since I had only 3 potatoes cooking (boiled them), I only added 3 cups of milk. Also left the skins on (healthier) and added onions (LOVE onions) and pepper and garlic salt. End result is quite awesome. Yep, 5 stars! I made it AGAIN: I added onion and garlic to the roux. It’s a nice comfort food. I think scallions would go nicely.
I made this and it was absolutely delicious! I felt so accomplished making potato soup from scratch! My roux didn’t exactly set up like a roux but it ended up fine and I definitely added some seasoning (pepper, salt, mrs. dash, garlic) and it was perfect! Thank you!
I’ll give this a generous 3 – I can’t imagine this recipe as is without a LOT of additions for flavor. I added garlic powder, onion powder, fresh ground pepper, 6 oz of shredded sharp cheddar (still kinda blah) then sauted some onions and threw them in with salt and more pepper and then added about 1.5 cups of corn. The good news is that soup allows for a lot of ‘tweeking’ but the recipe as it is with no changes is way overrated. Be prepared to experiment and you’ll probably get something you like – otherwise be prepared for hot starchy water. 🙂
Excellent recipe – quick, easy, and tasty. I added a little white pepper for an added spice.
I added 8oz mozzarella, salt, black pepper, and sauted onions in butter. I garnished with a little parsley. Pretty good but next time I may add leeks and substitute yogurt for sour cream.
I did not care for this soup.
I did not care for this soup.
My husband is very picky about potato soup but I fed him this last night and he loved it! I did omit the sour cream because I was using it in another recipe, but I probably will add it next time. Great recipe and thanks for sharing!
This was so easy I could cook it during my lunch break if I wanted to! I used salted sweet cream butter and no sour cream, and just added some sea salt and cracked pepper with a bit of shredded cheese on top and it was amazing! I mashed half of a potato to make it extra thick and creamy, but I might try a bit less as I only made two servings. But this is a great recipe even for beginning cookers.