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potato soup

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Gail Herbest
Bangor, ME

This is a wonderful quick and easy soup, It has great flavor, you can add ham instead of the bacon bits, more potatoes, onion, celery to suit your taste. A Big bowl this a cool fall night YUMMY!!!!!

(1 rating)
yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 25 Min

Ingredients For potato soup

  • 4 c
    potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 2
    celery stalks, diced
  • 1/3 c
    finely chopped onion
  • 1/2 c
    bacon bits
  • 3 1/4 c
    water
  • 2 Tbsp
    chicken bouillon granules
  • 1 tsp
    pepper ( or to taste)
  • 5 Tbsp
    butter
  • 6 Tbsp
    all purpose flour
  • 2 c
    milk

How To Make potato soup

  • 1
    combine the potatoes, onion, celery, bacon bits, and water in a large pot. Bring to a boil then lower heat to med. and cook until potatoes are tender, stir in chicken bouillon, and pepper
  • 2
    In a separate saucepan, melt butter over med,low heat.Whisk in flour using a fork stirring constantly until thick, about one minute .
  • 3
    slowly stir in milk as not to allow lumps to form until all of the milk has been added, continue to stir over medium-low heat until thick about 5 minutes
  • 4
    stir the milk mixture into the large pot and cook soup until heated through.
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