4 Ingredient Potato Soup · Chef Not Required... (2024)

Looking for an easy dinner idea that's budget friendly? My 4 Ingredient Potato Soup recipe will definitely hit the spot.

With just a few key ingredients and you can create this heavenly 4 ingredient potato soup from scratch.

Thick and creamy potato soup is a great meal for the whole family, and this easy soup recipe delivers a lot of taste using minimal time and ingredients.

This recipe includes step by step photos, so even novice cooks will find it easy to make this tasty potato soup.

This easy potato soup recipe makes the most of a few basic ingredients to give you a comforting soup that everyone will love.

One of the best things about a good basic potato soup recipe is that it makes a great base to customize yourself to your own taste.

See my section on optional additions below for plenty of ideas and inspiration!

Why you will love this 4 ingredient potato soup

• 4 ingredients.
• One pot.
• Gluten-free.
• Easily customizable to suit your own or individual family members' taste.

What you need to make 4 ingredient potato soup

• potatoes - I used Sebago potatoes, which are the dirt covered ones commonly found in Australian supermarkets. In the US the best pick would be russet potatoes.
• salted butter
• brown onion
• whole milk (3.2% fat)
• salt and pepper

See recipe below for amounts and details instructions.

How to make 4 ingredient potato soup

1. Heat butter in a large heavy-based pot, then add diced onion.
2. Saute untilonion over medium-high heatuntil it is soft, then remove to a plate.

3. Peel and dice potatoes then add them to the pot, cover with water and bring to the boil. Simmer over medium heat until potatoes are fork tender (but not falling apart).
4. Once soft, spoon out some of the cooking water and reserve, then drain the remaining water and add potatoes back to the pot.

5. Add salted butter and mash potatoes to your liking.
6. Add in cooked onions, milk, salt and pepper plus reserved cooking water to taste (and desired consistency).

Top tips for the best potato soup

• Try to dice your potatoes into even size pieces, this way they will cook evenly.
• This hearty soup is all made in the one pot, so you will need to use a pot that is big enough to hold all of the finished soup.
• Sauteing the onion in butter is important to add flavour to this soup. Please don't skip that step!
• You can use a potato masher to make this soup to be whatever consistency you like, depending on how well you mash the cooked potatoes. If you leave the potatoes quite chunky, the soup will be thin but with potato chunks. More mashing will give you a smoother, thicker end product with less "lumps".
• Once you have added the liquid, you could blend it using an immersion blender (stick blender) to get a super smooth and creamy texture. Make sure it is off the heat to do this or it will splatter.

Can this potato soup be made in a crockpot or a slow cooker?

Yes - but you will need to fry the butter and onion in a frypan first (or using the sear function on your slow cooker) then add it to the bowl of your crockpot or slow cooker to achieve the best flavour (especially as we are only using a few ingredients).

Variations

• Substitute a leek for the onion.
• Feel free to use unsalted butter if you don't have salted on hand. You can just adjust the taste with more salt at the end.

Optional additions

• Saute some diced bacon with the onion (or just crumble some diced bacon over the soup at the end).
• Fresh (or dried) herbs like finely chopped rosemary or thyme leaves would be a lovely addition and really add to the flavour.
• Add some crushed fresh garlic to the onion just before you finish frying it off (or add garlic powder when you cook the potatoes).
• Simmer the potatoes in chicken or vegetable broth (or stock) instead of water.
• Stir in some sour cream at the end.

Storage

• Once the finished soup is cooled, you can store it in the fridge in an airtight container for 3 to 4 days.

Serving suggestions

• Serve topped with crumbled bacon, shredded cheddar cheese and sliced green onions (shallots) or chives.
• Crusty bread is a great side dishfor this soup.
• This one-pot soup would be the perfect soup to serve in a bread bowl! See my recipe here for a simple bread bowl (a cheat using store-bought rolls) that tastes like garlic bread!

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