1 hour Potato Soup

Potato soup is one of my favorite soups. I like it better than mashed potatoes! My family likes their potato soup chunky, if you like it smoother don’t reserve the 2 cups and mash until smooth. The flavor of this soup seems like it has cooked all day! It’s an easy soup to make and will probably be done in less than an hour. We love to put cheese, sour cream, and green onions in the soup! Its FABULOUS, give it a try!

1 hour Potato Soup Recipe

Ingredients:

8 ounces bacon chopped
1 clove garlic
4 stalks of celery
8 ounces carrots
1 large onion
5 pounds potatoes peeled and cubed (reserve 2 cups after boiling)
6 cups water (or enough to cover the potatoes)
1 tablespoon ham base
8 ounces ham cubes
1 cup heavy cream

  Directions:

In a large pot, cook chopped bacon until crunchy. Remove bacon and cook the garlic, celery, carrots, and onion in the grease.
Cook until the celery and onion are translucent. Add the potatoes, water and base turn on high until it boils. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender (stick a fork in easily).

Reserve 2 cups of the potatoes to add back in a few. Using a masher, mash the potatoes into a nice thick soup. Once you have the consistency of lumpy mashed potatoes; stir add the ham, and reserved potatoes.
Stir in the heavy cream, you can add up to a cup extra cream if you like. Serve hot.