The versatile potato can find its way into countless foods and turn them delicious. It lends itself well to nearly all cuisines and food groups. For now, let’s put our focus on a dish less talked about in the context of potatoes – soup!
We look at some of the coolest potato soup recipes to bring inspiration and ideas for your next meal. Let’s take a look at how well the ubiquitous potato shines in the world of soups.
Cool Potato Soup Recipe Ideas
1. Loaded Potato Soup
Look at this beauty of a delicious and nourishing soup. A cheesy base provides an excellent foundation for more ingredients. And these chiefly are chunks of potatoes and strips of bacon that make the soup a comforting and delicious dish.
Chicken broth, cheddar cheese, whole milk, and sour cream form the soul of the base, with diced onions providing a nice contrast and rich flavor. Speaking of flavors, don’t forget some green onion, black pepper, and garlic to amp up the recipe.
2. Baked Potato Soup
This is a rich and hearty recipe that offers plenty of goodness and a filling meal. Start with the stock of your choice (e.g. vegetable or chicken) along with some milk and heat in a saucepan. Add some chopped russet potatoes to the mix and cook until the potatoes become tender.
The heart of the soup is now ready and all you have to do is add a few choice ingredients and flavors of your choice. You could add some grated cheddar cheese and puree the mix.
The recipe also makes use of sauteed diced bacon, scallions, leeks, and garlic.
3. Kielbasa Soup with Potatoes
Here’s a wonderful soup with its roots in Polish cuisine. The smoked meat sausage forms the heart of the recipe, but the potatoes provide wonderful texture and balancing of the soup.
The smoky flavors of kielbasa work rather well with the earthy touch of potatoes to deliver a very satisfying dish. And the creamy base adds to the overall touch.
There’s quite a list of ingredients for this recipe, including herbs and spices. With all of them put together, the result is amazing.
4. Beef and Potato Soup
A hearty beef and potato soup could very well be what your heart really desires for a meal! This wonderful looking soup is rich in deliciousness and nourishment. It does take a long list of ingredients to cook this wonderful dish, but the satisfying meal is worth the effort.
I like how balanced and appetizing it looks, plus, with all the healthy ingredients, it manages to find a remarkable balance of taste and healthy eating.
5. A Creamy Potato Soup
This rich and creamy potato soup is a wonderful way to enjoy your meal. It starts with large potatoes cut into cubes and then made tender while cooking to get the right texture and fit in nicely with other ingredients of the recipe.
The creaminess of the flavor comes from a liberal use of chicken stock (or bouillon cubes), cheddar cheese, milk, and of course, some water to aid with the cooking and the liquid base of the soup.
6. Potato Soup topped with Crispy Chicken and Cheesy Garlic Bread
I like this recipe as much as I like the idea of adding other ingredients/recipes with the potato soup to give it a jump in flavor and texture. This one starts with a simple potato soup made in the style of Indian cuisine and then gives it a little extra.
The addition of crispy chicken and cheesy garlic bread to the recipe gives it a nice combination of flavors and textures. These could have worked very well as side dishes as well, but the inclusion in the recipe itself is quite a bold touch that thankfully yields delicious results!
7. Ham And Potato Soup
This lovely ham and potato soup is a delicious recipe. It’s also a great way to deal with leftover ham or other food ingredients you may have. In some ways, if you find yourself wondering what to do with leftover ham from the Thanksgiving dinner, this soup could be your solution!
Ham and potatoes with a few other ingredients come together rather nicely in a creamy liquid and flavorful base. The soup offers remarkable flavor and texture.
8. Potato Corn Chowder With Bacon
This potato soup/chowder recipe is a rather interesting and hearty way to enjoy your meal. While diced potatoes and bacon are an important part of the recipe and give it flavor and texture enough, there’s another ingredient that shines through and makes its mark on the recipe.
The fresh sweet corn along with the cobs give the recipe a wonderful texture, while also adding some sweetness to the recipe. The combination is mindblowing.