Recipe: Tasty Easy Potato Cheese Soup

Easy Potato Cheese Soup. In a large stock pot add water, potatoes, onion, celery and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer until potatoes and vegetables are tender. Terrific soup, without question one of the best potato soups ever.

Add potatoes and water; bring to a boil. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, blend the butter, flour, parsley and pepper; stir into the potato mixture. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. You can have Easy Potato Cheese Soup using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy Potato Cheese Soup

1. Prepare of Red potatoes.
2. Prepare of Chicken broth.
3. It's of Onion or 1/3 bag of frozen chopped onions.
4. Prepare of Cream of celery soup.
5. Prepare of Cheddar cheese coup.
6. You need of Garlic powder.
7. Prepare of Cayenne pepper (or less to taste).
8. You need of Black pepper.
9. You need of Heavy cream.
10. Prepare of Grated cheddar cheese.
11. You need of Hormel cooked bacon pieces and extra for topping.
12. Prepare of Sour cream (optional) plus extra for topping.

Remove from the heat; add cheese and stir until almost melted. This is a family favorite throughout the fall and winter! It's easy to prep and great for a lazy day, filling the house with aroma. Simply double the quantity of each item.

Easy Potato Cheese Soup step by step

1. Clean and chop red potatoes. I peel about half and leave about half with the peel on..
2. Put chicken broth in pot and turn heat to high. Add potatoes to pot once chopped along with onions. Boil for about 10 minutes or until potatoes are cooked through and can be smashed with a fork..
3. You can choose to remove about 1 cup of broth now if you want a very thick soup. Then either blend in a blender, use an immersion blender, or mash with a potato masher..
4. Add cream of celery, cheddar cheese soup and seasonings. Mix and heat through (about 2-3 minutes)..
5. Add cream. Mix well..
6. Add cheddar cheese, bacon, and sour cream. Mix and heat through..

I derived the potato soup with cream cheese base compliments of Panera Bread®. Looking for recipes for cheesy potato soup? Taste of Home has the best cheesy potato soup recipes from real cooks, featuring reviews, ratings, how-to videos and tips. A rich potato soup that also has carrot, onion and celery. The chicken base also contributes to it's complex flavor.