French Potato Soup

Recipe Rating:	(95)
Categories:	Cream Soups, Quick & Easy
Collections:	Festive Feasts
Prep Time:	30 Min
Cook Time:	45 Min

Ingredients

4 c	diced potatoes
1/2 c	finely chopped green onions
1/2 c	chopped parslay
4 Tbsp	good olive oil
1 qt	chicken broth, low salt
1 Tbsp	salt
1/2 tsp	pepper
2 c	heavy cream
4 Tbsp	all purpose flour
1	bay leaf
	chipped chives for garnish-optional

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Susan Ward

Well Seasoned

Nashville, TN (pop. 433,145)

yumm

Member Since Jan 2009

Susan's Notes:
This is an easy way to impress your guests. I have served it at cocktail parties in cold weather. Also as a first course at dinner, substituting it as the starch.

Comments from the Test Kitchen:

This potato soup will really surprise you; it’s not just your run-of-the-mill recipe! To say my husband loved this soup would be an understatement. The morning after he tried it for the first time, his first comment of the day was, “That is one of the best soups I have ever eaten!”

Susan, you are my husband's soup hero.

[Read more about this recipe in Janet's Notebook!]

Directions

Saute potatoes, onion and parslay in oil. Cover and cook on medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes, until pototpes are tender and translucent.

Add stock, bay leaf and seasonings. Mix together cream and flour. Add to potatoes. Simmer 30 minutes. Remove bay leaf. To serve:heat and garnish with chives.

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1-12 of 24 comments on "French Potato Soup"

Susan Lockhart AuntSoup

Mar 22, 2010

i love potato soup and am always looking for interesting twists to it... this looks like a "must try"!! i have never considered adding bay leaf to a cream based soup...

Susan Ward yumm

Mar 23, 2010

Susan:
Another interesting twist is to make the broth using your turkey bones. This gives the soup a richness and a little different flavor.

Susan

Dot Shirley coffeelovermama

Jul 9, 2010

This is really good. It's exactly how I make my potato soup. I use red potatoes or yukon gold. Not as much starch in those.

Cyndy Hinton PeaNut

Oct 1, 2010

I love this soup. I made it recently for a sick friend. They enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing Susan!

Jan Mullikin jmulliki

Oct 14, 2010

Thanks Susan--I can't wait to make this. I've been looking for potato soup recipes that would get away from the bacon ingredients! Also, I'll try the red or yukon gold, Shirley. It's getting that chill in the air--soup time again!

Lisa Cranmer LMCranmer

Oct 14, 2010

Oooh I am definately making this for dinner tonight! I will post back with the final verdict but I'm sure it will be fabulous!! :D

Shirley Hunter RHUNTER4

Oct 14, 2010

This sounds so yummy!!!!! I love soup. I am definitly going to try this!!!!

Lisa Cranmer LMCranmer

Oct 14, 2010

I did make this soup tonight and it was every bit as delicous as it sounds! I added a little twist to it by cooking up some bacon, and topping each of the soup bowls with a tablespoon of sour cream, the chopped chives and the crumbled bacon.

Cyndy Hinton PeaNut

Oct 14, 2010

Great idea Lisa. I will try that next time.

Dennis Jansen topcop

Oct 18, 2010

This was really good, close to Grandma's which of course was the best!
Started with two strips of diced bacon and added three cloves of garlic. Other than that just followed the receipe.
How could I tell it was good...SO said "that's a keeper".

Dahl Kaiser Dahl_kaiser

Oct 20, 2010

Could I ask what Chicken broth you used? I have tried a few but never found the good taste I was looking for. Last brand I used was Swanson's. Can't recall the names of all I have used since I don't cook much with them anymore. Thx much :-Dahl