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Soup season is officially here and this creamy, dairy free Leek and Potato soup will help warm you up through the winter blues. Garlic Soup Italian style with crispy croutons. Potato and leek soup is one of the most satisfying creamy soups.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lee's creamy potato soup using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lee's Creamy Potato Soup:
- Get 3 Tablespoons Butter
- Take 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- Make ready 1 Cup Celery Stalks (small dice)
- Make ready 1 Small Yellow Onion (small dice)
- Get 3 Cloves Minced Garlic
- Get 5 Cups Medium Diced Russet Potatoes
- Take 1 Carton.(32oz) Low Sodium Chicken Stock
- Prepare 1/2 Cup Whole Milk
- Make ready 1 Cup Half and Half Cream
- Get Corn Starch Slurry
- Prepare 1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- Get To Taste Salt and Ground Black Pepper
- Prepare 1/3 Cup Chopped Celery Tops (green leaves)
Meanwhile, place bacon in a large, deep skillet. This Healthy Potato Leek Soup uses fat-free Greek yogurt instead of heavy cream and doesn't skimp on the flavor! Shallots, saffron and cayenne are all used to spice up this creamy soup. I started playing around with some recipes - Some were made creamy with heavy cream, others buttermilk.
Step by Step to make Lee's Creamy Potato Soup:
- In a 6 quartl stock pot, sauté celery and onion in butter and olive oil until just tender. 5-7 minutes. Add garlic towards the end.
- Add diced potatoes, chicken stock, and milk. Bring the mixture to a simmer and let cook until potatoes are fork tender. 13-15 minutes Do not bring to a full boil. Note: This is the time to season with salt.
- When potatoes are fork tender, add half and half. Bring back to a simmer. Then add cornstarch slurry. (1/4 Cup warm water and 1 tablespoon cornstarch well blended) Bring back to a simmer.
- Add cheese a little at a time and allow to fully melt. Use a simple hand held potato masher to get the consistency you want. Note: I do not recommend using a blender to get a smooth soup. It will turn into a glue. Yuck. A food mill or potato ricer is a much better option.
- Adjust salt and pepper if needed. Add chopped celery leaves and enjoy. Garnish with bacon bits, sour cream, chives etc.
Tips for Perfect Creamy Potato Soup. Nothing worse than biting into a crisp, raw-inside chunk of potato! To make this soup nice and creamy, I recommend pureeing about. Potatoes, leeks, celery, spices and brother all complement one another seamlessly, while the addition of bacon adds just enough bold flavor to make irresistible! You may notice that aside from a small amount of ghee in this recipe, this Creamy Potato Leek Soup with Bacon contains zero dairy.
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