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Winter Leek and Potato Soup
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"A great-tasting, hearty and satisfying soup that's perfect for a lunch or to start an otherwise light dinner."
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Ingredients
1 h 5 m servings 364Original recipe yields 6 servings
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Melt butter in a pot over medium heat. Cook and stir leeks and onion until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
- Stir potatoes and chicken broth into onion mixture; simmer until potatoes are tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Pour half-and-half into potato soup and continue to simmer until slightly thickened, about 15 minutes more.
- Stir Cheddar cheese, parsley, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper into soup until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.
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Most helpful positive review
12/18/2012
Excellent soup after my alterations! Everyone loved it! My initial reading of this recipe alerted me that it would be a very bland tasting soup. My only alterations were that I used 2 pounds of ...
Most helpful critical review
1/3/2015
Stuck to the recipe but was disappointed in the flavor. Was too mild for my tastes, although I'm sure many people love it that way. I doctored it up some, added thyme, some seasoned salt, more ...
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12/18/2012
Excellent soup after my alterations! Everyone loved it! My initial reading of this recipe alerted me that it would be a very bland tasting soup. My only alterations were that I used 2 pounds of ...
8/31/2013
This is a simple, basic leek and potato soup, unencumbered by a lot of unnecessary and distracting extra ingredients. Leeks, potatoes, chicken broth and a little milk or cream is really all you...
6/18/2012
I used 1 Tbsp. olive oil and 1 Tbsp. bacon fat and sauted 2 cloves of garlic with 3 leeks [that's how my grocery store sells in a bunch]. Only used 4 potatoes and 4 cups of chicken stock. PERF...
12/27/2014
To all of you kind and wonderful cooks who tried this soup (which was passed on to me by my late mother-in-law), I want to thank you for taking the time to submit your comments. It is most grat...
5/18/2012
Simple and excellent! I only made a few minor changes. I used 1.5 times the half and half and cheese, and I used the Mexican cheese blend from Costco, since that's what I had on hand. Otherwise,...
1/29/2015
I avoid dairy so instead of the half and half i puréed a cup of Cannelli beans with a little water. Worked great, was very creamy. Also the beans added fiber and protein, rounding out the nutrit...
4/25/2012
I was actually looking for a pepper jack chicken soup, but thought this would do. Very good. I did do 1/2 cheddar 1/2 pepper jack to get the taste I was looking for. Didn't have leeks so used mo...
1/28/2013
I really enjoyed this. I does need the garlic. Also, I used 3 leeks and added an extra potato. I like the soup creamy, so I held off on the cheese and put it through a blender to get it nice ...
1/4/2013
Oh my this was yummy! I loved pretty much everything about it. The only thing is next time I might add a little bit of fresh garlic when the Leeks saute and I might add more leeks (i'm a leek nu...