by Texas Homesteader ~

This meaty, creamy potato soup recipe has plenty of smoked sausage, loads of potatoes and a burst of flavor. Yet it costs just pennies to make. Perfect comfort food for a chilly day. 

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Cold Weather Calls For Hot Soup

The weather turned very cold on day recently – blustery, damp & cold. So I put on my thinkin’ cap making plans for a bone-warming supper for RancherMan & myself. 

What’s my motto, y’all? That’s right, “Use WhatCha Got!”

Potato soup is super easy and quick and has just a few standard ingredients:

• • • Smoked sausage (I like kielbasa)

    • Home-canned chicken broth

    • Fresh starchy russet potatoes

    • Fresh onions & garlic cloves

    • Spices – thyme, tarragon, salt & pepper

My big stockpot is at the ready. Today I think a comfort-foody kinda meal of a meaty potato soup is in order!

Super-Simple Potato Soup

Getting this hot & hearty potato soup in our bellies was sure a quick endeavor, let me tell ya!

I chopped the onions & sausages and plopped them into my soup pot with about a tablespoon of bacon grease and cooked them until the onions were translucent.

Then I added a quart of homemade broth and my chopped potatoes & minced garlic.

I seasoned the soup with some tarragon as well as some of the dried thyme I preserved in the fall, plus a little salt & coarsely-cracked pepper.

Then I put the top back on the soup pot. The potatoes were simmered until they were soft – probably about 20 minutes.

Potato Soup: Chunky or Smooth?

Some people like their potato soup very smooth, even placing the whole shebangie into a blender to achieve that super-smooth texture.

However it feels like a more substantial meal to RancherMan & me to have noticeable chunks of potato & sausage in our soup.

So I just took my wooden spatula and chopped at the soft potatoes until they were as chopped into the soup as I liked.

How To Add Extra Creaminess To Potato Soup

The soup was ready to go just as it was. But I wanted a little extra creaminess before serving.

So I stirred in a splash of evaporated milk to add that extra creaminess and gave it a quick stir to mix it all in.

Then I ladled the thick soup into heavy soup crocks.

I often sprinkle just a little sharp cheddar cheese on top.

It was delicious and satisfying on such a cold day, and it cost just pennies!

Bread To Go With Potato Soup

I enjoy serving bread of some kind with our potato soup. There are lots of favorites:

• • • Jalapeno cornbread
    • Corn Dodgers
    • Basic Beer Bread (often flavored with jalapenos!)
    • No-Knead Rosemary Skillet Bread
    • Mix-n-Bake Cheddar Sour Cream Biscuits

(see All Our Bread Recipes!)

Adding bread sure made for a truly delicious warming supper on a cold blustery day!

We even got to enjoy plenty of soup & bread leftovers the next day for lunch. A Two-Fer WIN.

Flexible Potato Soup Recipe

Now here’s the most important part – around our household (and probably yours too) rigid recipes just don’t fly.

Thankfully this recipe can be amended however you like to suit your own tastes.

Like a smoother soup? Stick those cooked potatoes/onions in the blender.

Prefer less meat? No meat? More meat? Brothier Soup? More creaminess? It’s all up to you! 

Here’s how I made my potato soup with smoked sausage:

Did you make this Potato Soup? Please rate the recipe in your comment below!

Bon Appetit!

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