Creamy Potato Soup
Ingredients
3 Tbl Butter
1 Medium Onion – Diced (About 1 Cup)
3 Cloves Garlic – Minced
1/3 Cup Flour
4 Cups Chicken Stock
2 ½ Lbs Potatoes – Large Dice 1"
(About 4 Large Potatoes)
2 Cups Milk
2/3 Cup Half & Half
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Ground Pepper
½ tsp Chili Powder
2/3 Cup Sour Cream
1 Cup Bacon Bits (or Chopped Cooked Bacon)
Optional Toppings
Cheddar Cheese
Chives
Sour Cream (Additional)
Bacon Bits
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Instructions
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Melt Butter in Soup Pot and add diced onions. Cook Onions until translucent (clear-yellow). Add in minced Garlic. Combine.
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Add Flour to onion mixture in pot. Mix until combined. Cook flour for 1-2 minutes or thick and bubbly.
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Add in chicken stock, potatoes, milk, half & half, salt, pepper, and chili powder to the pot. Stir quickly. Bring to a boil.
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Once boiling, cook potatoes until tender (about 10 minutes until fork can pierce them).
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Reduce heat to low and simmer for another five minutes. Remove half of the soup to be pureed. Use an immersion blender, blender, or food processor.
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Add the blended half of the soup back to the pot. Then add sour cream, and the bacon bits (or cooked bacon) and simmer for 15 minutes.
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Once completed. Serve with additional toppings if desired.