Potato Soup

Recipe: Potato Soup

Event: Some game night.

Verdict: One of my favorite go-to soups.  Absolutely delicious!

This is my grandfather's recipe.  I have no idea if it comes from a cookbook somewhere.  You can go high on the amount of potatoes and carrots but I wouldn't go over the amount of celery - it can take over the flavor of the soup. 

Ingredients

3-4 tbsp butter

1 chopped onion

6 potatoes cut into small pieces

enough water to cover potatoes

1-2 stalk celery, chopped 

2 carrots, chopped

2 tsp minced parsley

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

3 chicken bouillon cubes

1.5 cup milk

1. Heat butter in skillet and add onion. Cook until onion is transparent.  Set aside. 

2. You have two options for the next step

Option 1: Boil potatoes, celery, and carrots in water.  Once soft, blend vegetables while still in the water (we use a hand blender).  Move to step 3.  This is my grandfather's method.
Option 2: Boil potatoes.  Once soft, blend in the water.  Then add celery and carrots (and rest of ingredients - steps 3 and 4) and cook until celery and carrots are soft.  This method takes a lot longer but is the way we usually do it.

3. Add sauteed onion and the butter that it was cooked in.
4. Add 1.5 cup milk,  parsley, pepper, salt and chicken bouillon cubes.
5. Cook 20 minutes - simmer on medium low and stir it so it doesn't burn on the bottom
6. Optional: Add bacon or ham.