

Pour off most of the grease, but do not clean the pot. Remove the bacon from the pot and set it aside. Step 1 To a soup pot over medium heat, add the bacon pieces and cook until crisp and the fat is rendered.They're high in starch, which means they'll help thicken the soup. Of all the different types of potatoes, I'd recommend using russet potatoes for making this soup. What kind of potatoes are used in potato soup? Heavy cream is nice and thick on its own, but it gives the soup next-level thick, rich creaminess. I also whisk together some flour and milk and add it to the soup to give it some body. There's heavy cream in it, too. To serve it, you sprinkle on some crispy bacon bits and shredded cheese!įirst, the starch in the potatoes will help thicken it. There's some salt, pepper, and Cajun seasoning, too, for flavor. Then goes in chicken broth, some flour and milk, and eventually heavy cream. There's onion, carrot, celery, and potatoes that get cooked down in the tiniest bit of bacon grease. It's been a reader favorite since I shared the recipes approximately 57,958 years ago, and it's my all-time favorite! it has to make me close my eyes, sigh, and feel like everything till the end of time is going to be okay. But other than those things, I'm not the least bit picky about potato soup! This creamy soup recipe checks all of the boxes.


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Potato soup has to have a pureed, smooth potato component. It has to be full of flavor or I'll die a thousand deaths. And most of all. It's true. It can't be too creamy, with no variance in texture. It can't be too lumpy. *Ahem.* *Clearing my throat.* *Singing a couple of scales to warm up.* I'm The Pioneer Woman and I have a confession to make about soup recipes.
