This is a great starter recipe. I put a little garlic in with the onions, then add diced raw potato, leaving some chunks larger than others. Then put the potato in the sauce pan with the onion, salt and pepper them and let it fry a little so the potatoes get a nice flavor going. Then I add chicken broth and bring to a boil til the potatoes soften.Lastly the milk or cream whichever I have on hand. I always add bacon crumbles and garnish with shredded cheddar and a glop of sour cream. The only reason I don't give this recipe 5 stars is I think it needs another seasoning but I haven't quite figured out what yet. My picky husband asks me to make this all the time, though.
The first time I made this for my family, my grandmother told me that I could "make potato soup" for her anytime.
Coming from a 40-year experienced (and might I add excellent) cook, that is really saying something! :-)
Thanks for the great recipe!
Yummy way to use up mashed potatoes. I added sour cream chives and cheddar cheese sprinkles on top. Mmmm- comfort food.
This was a great recipe and very simple. I actually used Potato Buds to make the mashed potatoes since I was short on time and it came out fine. Will definitely keep handy and make again.
This was so good we added a pound of bacon and omited the butter to fry the onions and just fried them in the bacon grease before discarding the grease. My husband decided this was the best soup he has ever had.
This is a great Recipe I made it for my family the only thing i did diffrent was instead of plain chicken broth I drained a can of Campbells Chicken noodle soup and used it it was amazing!!!!
very good base soup. It had a really good flavor just kinda bland for me. I added butter onions and minced garlic in a pan and then put potatoes in. i didnt use mashed. when they got soft i mashed them in the same pan. I also added Italian seasoning sour cream bacon and mild cheddar cheese. YUMMMMYYY!!! best ever
The only reason this soup would come out bland is if your mashed potatoes were bland in the first place. This soup was delicious! But when I make my mashed potatoes I use milk butter sour cream garlic salt and pepper. So they have a lot of flavor in the first place. A good way to add more flavor to the soup is to melt some cheese in it as well. Thanks for the recipe!
More like bland runny mashed potaroes. Needs a bunch of dressing up.
