Potato soup question

[miketx]

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I make a simple potato soup by dicing about 5 potatoes, boiling them, adding two cups of milk and a half stick of butter. It comes out ok and tastes like it did when I was a kid. It seems to be too watery. Any ideas on how to thicken it up a little, not a lot, so it will have a little thickness?

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Corn starch.

 

[WillowTree]

HereWeGoAgain


I make a simple potato soup by dicing about 5 potatoes, boiling them, adding two cups of milk and a half stick of butter. It comes out ok and tastes like it did when I was a kid. It seems to be too watery. Any ideas on how to thicken it up a little, not a lot, so it will have a little thickness?

My mom always took out a few potatoes mashed them up and stirred them back in as a thickener. A little flour or cornstarch slurry would work too.

 

[pismoe]

yes on everything already mentioned or just mix in a little bit of Dried Mashed potato flakes Mike ,

 

[miketx]

Thank you, I think I have the answer now.

 

[mdk]

If you don’t wish to add corn starch or flour you can always use an immersion blender to thicken it up.

 

[miketx]

If you don’t wish to add corn starch or flour you can always use an immersion blender to thicken it up.

Well, I leave the potatoes whole.

 

[pismoe]

or Simmers and let the milk and water disappear as the soup thickens Mike ,

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

HereWeGoAgain


I make a simple potato soup by dicing about 5 potatoes, boiling them, adding two cups of milk and a half stick of butter. It comes out ok and tastes like it did when I was a kid. It seems to be too watery. Any ideas on how to thicken it up a little, not a lot, so it will have a little thickness?

You'll have to ask the Wife when it comes to tater soup.
She loves the stuff so She puts Her heart and soul in it and it shows.
If ya want Her recipe I'll be glad to get it for you.....I figure it'll only take a few slaps upside the head before she gives it up.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

HereWeGoAgain


I make a simple potato soup by dicing about 5 potatoes, boiling them, adding two cups of milk and a half stick of butter. It comes out ok and tastes like it did when I was a kid. It seems to be too watery. Any ideas on how to thicken it up a little, not a lot, so it will have a little thickness?

You'll have to ask the Wife when it comes to tater soup.
She loves the stuff so She puts Her heart and soul in it and it shows.
If ya want Her recipe I'll be glad to get it for you.....I figure it'll only take a few slaps upside the head before she gives it up.

Okay.....I only had to smack Her once and she gave it up.
The Pioneer Women.

 

[mdk]

If you don’t wish to add corn starch or flour you can always use an immersion blender to thicken it up.

Well, I leave the potatoes whole.

So do I. Give it just a little zap with the immersion blender and it will keep the majority of those taters whole. You can add some leftover water from boiling the taters as well if to don’t want to use the blender.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Cream cheese. The whole bar.

And I cheat and used diced frozen potatoes

 

[The Irish Ram]

Add some diced onion in the water you boil your potatoes in and some celery salt. Add a little bit to the milk mixture too. And a little flour slurry. Not too much because it will thicken some when it cools. Salt and pepper.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I believe I addressed the problem with thickness in the past soup/bean recipes.
You either make a flour roux or you blend a portion of your base,in this case potatoes and add it to the pot.

 

[JGalt]

Thank you, I think I have the answer now.

Don't forget the chopped up fried bacon, onions, and chopped up celery.

Then the dried parsley on top.

 

[miketx]

I believe I addressed the problem with thickness in the past soup/bean recipes.
You either make a flour roux or you blend a portion of your base,in this case potatoes and add it to the pot.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

If you don’t wish to add corn starch or flour you can always use an immersion blender to thicken it up.

Well, I leave the potatoes whole.

So do I. Give it just a little zap with the immersion blender and it will keep the majority of those taters whole. You can add some leftover water from boiling the taters as well if to don’t want to use the blender.

Exactly.
We regularly pull out beans or taters and blend them to add thickness.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I believe I addressed the problem with thickness in the past soup/bean recipes.
You either make a flour roux or you blend a portion of your base,in this case potatoes and add it to the pot.

You kill me Man!!!

 

[miketx]

I believe I addressed the problem with thickness in the past soup/bean recipes.
You either make a flour roux or you blend a portion of your base,in this case potatoes and add it to the pot.

You kill me Man!!!

I thought you had a gun instead of a bag of flour!

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I believe I addressed the problem with thickness in the past soup/bean recipes.
You either make a flour roux or you blend a portion of your base,in this case potatoes and add it to the pot.

You kill me Man!!!

I thought you had a gun instead of a bag of flour!

Did you look in my right hand?