Frugal Potato Soup
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This is a tasty potato soup that in its most basic form only requires five ingredients - potatoes, garlic, onions, vegetable oil and water. I also added milk and some bacon strips to the top of mine. This soup is also better eaten the next day, and will serve around six.
Ingredients
2 white onions
3 cloves garlic
5 small potatoes
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 pint milk (optional)
Fried back bacon strip (optional)
Method:
Finely chop garlic and onions together in a processor, then heat the
oil in a heavy bottomed pan with a lid, and add the onions. Sweat with
the pan covered for ten minutes, then add the potatoes and a cup of
water. Bring to the boil, then turn down to simmer. Cover again and
leave for 20 mins, checking the water is covering the potatoes. If
it's not, add a bit more. Continue to cook until the potatoes are
tender.
Add around a pint of water (around half a litre) and bring to the
boil. (Note: if adding milk, reduce the amount of water used and add
the milk at this point.)
At this point, you can whizz the soup down to a fine puree or mash it
to leave it slightly lumpy. Taste for seasoning. The soup is now done!
Garnish with snipped bacon, as in the pic, or maybe with some chives.
Or leave plain!
if you eat the soup the following day (recommended, as all soups gain
more flavour the day after) then add some more water or milk as the
potato tends to make the soup more solid the longer it sits.
Comments and faves
Joana (Aqua J.), Niamheen, Fun Monitor, catswhisker, and 24 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Cryptia. (59 months ago | reply)
Mmmm!
Niamheen (59 months ago | reply)
Looks very nice! You really can't beat a good potato soup. My fave is potato & leek with loads of leeks added.
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masaaidhs (59 months ago | reply)
nice shot
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Caroline - speakvisual (59 months ago | reply)
I like the clean and simple presentation of the soup in the photo--very fitting for this soup which is simple and classic as well.
{ a l i z a b e t h } (59 months ago | reply)
this looks so yummy. :)
Dragonhide (59 months ago | reply)
This is great food photography.. YUM, and oh so frugal! :)
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Looks yummy !!!
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PerennialGirl (53 months ago | reply)
Yum, yum! My DD would luv this.
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54StorminWillyGJ54 (19 months ago | reply)
Mmmmm looks so yummy!