The Ultimate Homemade Potato Soup: Easy Recipe

Now that soup season is here, do you need an easy potato soup to add to your favorite soup recipes to make for fall gatherings? Or, how about just some good ol’ cheesy potato soup to make for your family on a cold day, or for dinner tonight? This homemade potato soup is truly the ultimate recipe to have on hand, and the good thing, it’s easy.

There’s nothing more comforting on a chilly day than a delicious bowl of warm potato soup! But who am I kidding, our whole family loves it any time of year, soup season or not! So whether it be on bitterly cold days or just your average 70-degree day, this ultimate homemade easy potato soup recipe is a favorite comfort food of our family. The last time I made this basic recipe we were scrapping the bottom of the pot because everyone wanted more.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Simple Ingredients: You probably have most of these ingredients in your pantry.
• Quick To Prepare: Just a few simple steps and you’ll have the best soup in under an hour.
• Customizable: You can add different toppings or spices of your own to give extra flavor.

Come along with me as I share with you my ultimate homemade potato soup recipe—perfect for beginners and seasoned cooks alike. I will walk you through each step of this simple potato soup.

Basic Ingredients

• 1 stick of butter salted or unsalted
• 2 dashes of onion salt (or onion)
• 3 stalks of celery
• 1 cup of bite-sized carrots
• 9 russet potatoes or whatever kind you think are the best potatoes
• Water to be determined as you go
• 3 cups of milk
• 1/2 a block of Velveeta cheese
• Fine sea salt (we use sea salt but you can use regular if you don’t have it) and black pepper to taste
• Crispy bacon (for topping if you like that)

Tools Needed

• Dutch oven or large pot for soup
• Food processor for chopping celery fine
• Knife for cutting veggies
• Potato peeler
• Cutting board
• Crock Pot (if you need it) See notes below.
• Wooden spoon
• Stove

Making The Best Potato Soup Recipe

• Start with cutting up your carrots and celery into bite-sized pieces
• Put the celery in a food processor to chop super fine
• Peel potatoes and cut into bite-sized chunks

• Put your stick of butter, fine celery, and 2 dashes of onion salt into your Dutch oven or large pot and saute them on medium-high heat.

• Once your butter and celery are sauteed, add in your bite-sized carrots. Barely cover the carrots with water and allow them to cook until almost done where you can stick a fork in it but it’s not mushy. TIP: You do not want to cook them completely because you have to add more ingredients and they will turn to complete mush. So just barely done.

• Then add in your chunks of potatoes and barely cover with water. Cook them until just about done but not mush. TIP: You want to be able to just stick a fork in them and make sure they are soft but not mushy like mashed potatoes.
• Turn your stove down to medium-low heat and add your 1/2 block of Velveeta cheese and your milk stirring continually so the soup doesn’t stick to the bottom until the cheese is melted. Also, be careful to keep the heat low enough so as not to scorch the milk. 

• Next, Add some salt and lots of black pepper to taste. TIP: Go easy on the salt because you can always add it later, but you can’t take it away once it’s added. I would only do maybe 1/2 teaspoon or less and allow everyone to add what they need to their bowl of soup later.

PIN IT FOR LATER

Variations

You can use a whole onion for more flavor. Chop it up in the chopper very fine, add the onion to the butter and celery, and saute it with them.

You can add pieces of bacon or bacon bits to the top. We enjoy crispy bacon in ours from time to time.

Add shredded cheddar cheese with your bacon, if you prefer, to the top and make it more like loaded potato soup.

For more flavor, you can cut up a green onion and add it to the top.

​Additional Thoughts:

For more of my favorite soup recipes see links below.

How To Make Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

How To Make Chicken Cowder

For more soup recipes from my friend’s blog ~ Life On Broom Sage Hill

Mexican White Chicken Chili

Hamburger Vegetable Soup

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