Potato Soup

Potato Soup. Nuff said.


Heat over medium-ish heat
1TBL unsalted butter


Stage One
Dice onion, celery, carrot, 2 green onions & add to the heating pot as you go.

Dice celery like so:

Add to the pot.

Dice carrot accordingly.




Separate the thick from the thin



Make 3 cuts into the thick

Giving you 4 parts

Slice then dice. Add to the pot.

Slice your skinny parts lengthwise in twos, then dice. Add to the pot.

Dice onion.

Take its top off

Topless

Peel back its first outer layer

Make horizontal incisions

Be sure to steady the onion with your other free hand

I paused mid slice to free my hand to take pictures

for you photo viewing pleasure.

Slice down the center

 

Slice some more



 

Treat & slice the other side the same

Then dice

Repeat process with other half. Add to the pot.

Slice green onions. Reserve its green parts for garnish.

Add to the pot.

Waste not, want not.



All in

Once stirred, the pot looked like it needed an extra 1/2 an onion

So that's what I chopped & added

Much better



Cover and cook for 10min.

Meanwhile:

Peel, rinse, and dry 1 Russet Potato

Cut off any visible dead parts

Perfectly or roughly dice. Doesn't matter. Just dice it.





Dead potato part

Front side

Back side

Slice

Dice. Save to add to the pot.

Make a slurry consisting of 3TBL flour & 5TBL (or so) of milk

Mix and whisk to combine

No lumps allowed.

1st of 3 Tablespoons of flour

Not the only broken heart in this world

3 Broken hearted tablespoons worth of flour. Tear.

Get over it & add some milk by the tablespoon. I used 5.

Do whatever it takes to make the slurry smooth

Stage Two

After 10 minutes of cooking:

Uncover

Add:

Diced Potato

1 dried bay leaf

1/2 teas salt

1/4 teas pepper




Stir
Cook for a couple of minutes

Stage Three
Add:
1TBL Better than Chicken Boullion
About 3c Water

Bring to a boil

Cover

Turn down to med-low for 13min.

Stage Four

Uncover

Ladle half of the soup into a blender

Remove the blender's top's insert and cover its exposure with a towel

Pulse to blend

Return mixture back to the pot

Pour into the ladle to prevent splashing/splattering. Or don't if you're feeling dangerous.

Stage Five

Pour a ladle full of the hot soup into your slurry

Stir to combine

Pour back into the pot to thicken the soup

Pour in 8oz of Evaporated milk

 

Stir in a figure-8 fashion (to prevent a burnt bottom) until boiling
**Something to remember: To reach its full potential, a thickening agent must once reach a boil.




It should only take a couple of minutes to bring to a boil. Once boiling, the soup is finished. Turn the heat off & ladle into a bowl or coffee mug. Garnish as you see fit. Or not. Plain is fine too.

I like shredded cheddar, plenty of green onion's green tops, & cayenne.
 That's a Kelsey bowl of potato soup right thurrr.

Soup's On!

Make it southwest: Add 1 de-seeded jalapeno & 1c frozen corn during stage two.

Make it chowder like: Add 1/4teas crushed red pepper & 1/2teas of dried thyme during stage two. Add a can of crab meat & 1/2teas of paprika during stage five.

Make it smokey: Use bacon fat instead of butter. Add 1/2teas Smoked paprika during stage two. Garnish with bacon.

Make it sweeter: Use a red onion in place of the white. Use a sweet potato in place of the russet. Add 1/2teas dried sage during stage two.