Simple Old-Fashioned Potato Soup Recipe

Simple Old-Fashioned Potato Soup Recipe

from myhomemaderoots.com
50 min
6 servings

This Potato Soup Recipe uses only 4 simple ingredients but is still delicious and perfectly comforting (and naturally gluten-free). Serve it up piping hot for lunch or supper on a chilly day.

Ingredients

  • 3 ½ pounds potatoes, peeled and diced
  • Water with a few pinches of salt added (for boiling potatoes)
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 6 cups whole milk (or milk of choice)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt (use more or less to taste)
  • Ground black pepper to taste

Directions

  1. 1

    Add potatoes to a pot and add enough water to cover by about 1 inch. Stir in a few pinches of salt and bring to a boil. Boil gently until potatoes are fork-tender, but not falling apart, about 10-15 minutes; drain and set them aside, reserving a cup or so of the cooking water.

  2. 2

    While the potatoes are boiling, heat butter over medium heat in a Dutch oven or soup pot. Add onions to the butter and cook until soft and golden brown around the edges.

  3. 3

    Add drained potatoes to the pot with cooked onions. Add milk, salt, and pepper. Gently bring to a simmer. Don’t allow the milk to boil – you want it to have small bubbles around the edge of the pot.

  4. 4

    Simmer gently for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, and use a potato masher or immersion blender to mash up about half of the potatoes while leaving the rest chunky. If the soup needs to be made thinner, add a little bit of the reserved cooking liquid until you get the desired consistency.

  5. 5

    Taste and adjust salt and pepper. Serve while hot.