Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, easy potato leek soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Easy Potato Leek Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Easy Potato Leek Soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook easy potato leek soup using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Potato Leek Soup:
- Prepare 2 leeks, white and pale green parts only, washed and chopped
- Prepare 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- Make ready 4 chives, chopped
- Make ready 2 clove garlic, diced
- Take 2 tbsp butter
- Take 6 large potatoes, peeled and cubed
- Make ready 4 cup low sodium chicken broth
- Take 1 cup half and half
- Prepare 1 shredded cheddar cheese to taste
- Get 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- Get 1 salt and pepper to taste
This easy potato leek soup is the perfect soup to come home to after a long day! I love a good potato soup, so if you are looking for more recipes try my Cheesy Bacon Potato Soup, or my Creamy Potato Hamburger Soup , they are both incredibly popular soup recipes on this website. Ingredients in Potato Leek Soup How to Make Easy Potato Leek Soup. Cut off the tough green tops and the beard ends of the leeks.
Instructions to make Easy Potato Leek Soup:
- In a pot over medium heat, cooked the leeks, onion, chives, and garlic until tender. About 5 min. Add the potatoes and broth. Cook until potatoes are tender. (About 20-25 min)
- Add half and half, and continue to simmer until it starts to thicken slightly. (About 10 min)
- Divide the soup in half and place one half in a blender. Once smooth, add back into the pot. This will help release some of the starch from the potatoes to help thicken it as well. Although if you like a chunkier soup you can skip this step.
- Add the cheese, parsley, salt and pepper to taste. Stir continuously until cheese is melted, about 5 min.
- Dish into bowl, top with some more cheese, and a sprig of parsley. Serve and enjoy :)
Using a sharp knife, make a cut down the center of the leeks but not all the way through the beard end, let that connected. Turn over the leeks and make another cut like the first but not all the way through. This is a recipe you can assemble in the slow cooker and leave for the whole day, coming home to the sweet, earthy, caramel perfume of long-cooked leeks and potato. Potato leek soup, or potage parmentier, is a French classic. It's one of the first dishes I learned to make in culinary school, right after a proper omelet, because it's an essential base soup in French cuisine.
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