Grammy's Kitchen · Potato Soup · The Ultimate Potato Soup
One of 78 potato soup recipes we measured
from sugarspunrun.com
5,092 cooks on sugarspunrun.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 78.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 156% | 149% |
| dairy | 71% | 35% |
| fat | 4% | 3% |
| aromatics | 18% | 16% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| protein add | 0% | 17% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 6 strips (uncooked) bacon (cut into small pieces) | |
| 43 g | 3 Tablespoons butter (unsalted or salted will work) |
| 200 g | 1 medium yellow onion (chopped (about 1.5 cup/200g)) |
| 9 g | 3 large garlic cloves (minced) |
| 42 g | 1/3 cup all-purpose flour ((42g)) |
| 1134 g | 2 1/2 lbs gold potatoes (peeled and diced into pieces no larger than 1” (this was about 6 Large potatoes for me/1.15kg)) |
| 960 g | 4 cups chicken broth ((945ml)) |
| 488 g | 2 cups milk ((475ml)) |
| 159 g | 2/3 cup heavy cream ((155ml)) |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoon* salt |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ground pepper |
| 1 g | 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon ancho chili powder** |
| 160 g | 2/3 cup sour cream ((160g)) |
| Shredded cheddar cheese, chives, and additional sour cream and bacon for topping (optional) |
Method: 11 steps, published by sugarspunrun.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this recipe a few times and I've learned how to adjust for my family. Don't get me wrong, it's absolutely delicious as is. But I did have to make a few adjustments for my family preferences. ****This is not a negative review. The recipe is amazing! I'm” — a cook, 5.0★
“this is a really good soup as is, but using it as a "base' amps it up by 1000x. i ended up adding even more garlic, soy sauce for umami, and i fried a pound of spicy ground italian sausage for this. i recommend kale or spinach as well for a full bodied and n” — a cook, 5.0★