Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, creamy cheesy potato soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Creamy Cheesy Potato Soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Creamy Cheesy Potato Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
DIRECTIONS Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add potato cubes and stir to make sure they are just covered with water. The extra starch from the potatoes being cooked down longer help to add a much thicker consistency and a great potato soup texture! The flavor was great and so will.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook creamy cheesy potato soup using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Cheesy Potato Soup:
- Prepare 2 pounds Russet Potatoes
- Make ready 1 Medium Yellow Onion
- Make ready 3 cups Chicken Broth
- Take 2 cups Whole Milk
- Get 8 oz Muenster Cheese
- Prepare 8 oz Smoked Gouda
- Prepare 4 tbsp butter
- Prepare 1/4 cup flour
- Make ready 1 package Thin Sliced Ham or Bacon
- Take Salt & pepper (to taste)
Whisk in milk and chicken broth until smooth, stir in the mashed potatoes. Remove from heat and stir in cheese, then season and serve. Cook on low heat, stirring often, until soup is creamy and potatoes are thoroughly cooked. Soup is ready once peas have heated through.
Steps to make Creamy Cheesy Potato Soup:
- Peel and Chop potatoes & onion to desired thickness. The smaller the dice the faster the cook time.
- Combine broth, potatoes, onion in pot. Bring to a gentle boil. Season with salt and pepper.
- Melt butter in another saucepan. Once melted whisk in the flour to form a roux. Cook for about a minute.
- Once the roux has cooked out. Add the milk slowly to form a thick bechamel sauce.
- Grate the cheeses and add slowly to the bechamel to create the cheese base. Season with salt and pepper.
- Once the potato & onion mixture has reached desired level of doneness (usually 10 to 15 minutes) add the cheers base to the stockpot. If the soup is too thick you can add water or milk to thin it out. If the soup is too thin, you can cook it a bit long to thicken.
- Chop ham or bacon and saute in a frying pan. Once crispy, remove from heat.
- Serve soup in bowl with the crispy bacon or ham as garnish.
Cook on low heat, stirring often, until soup is creamy and potatoes are thoroughly cooked. Soup is ready once peas have heated through. To serve, ladle soup into a bowl. Taking its cue not from chunky vegetable soup but from cheesy mashed potatoes, it's a silky-smooth purée that's rich but not excessive, hearty but not heavy, and spiked with a little chili powder. An easy and delicious creamy potato soup recipe that can be made in just one pot!
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