Community Pick
German Potato-Cheese Soup
photo by LB in Middle Georgia
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 20 ounces chicken broth
- 4 tablespoons chicken soup base
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper, freshly ground
- 3 large carrots, peeled and diced
- 4 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 large onion, chopped small
- 2 stalks celery, chopped small (large)
- 1 medium sweet red pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1⁄2 lb processed cheese (Kraft)
- 1⁄2 lb cheddar cheese, grated
- 1⁄4 lb swiss cheese, grated
- 4 tablespoons instant potato flakes
directions
- Peel and prepare vegetables.
- In a large cooking pot, add water, chicken broth, chicken soup base, black pepper, carrots, potatoes, onions and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender; stirring occasionally.
- Add celery, sweet red pepper and simmer for 5 minutes more. Gradually add mayonnaise to hot soup, whisking until smooth.
- Reduce heat to medium and add processed cheese, sharp cheddar cheese and Swiss cheese and simmer for 5 minutes or until cheese melts and soup is creamy; stirring constantly.
- Add instant mashed potatoes and stir well.
- Let soup sit for 15 minutes before serving.
- This soup is very rich, but good.
- Refrigerate any unused portion.
- Serves 12
Questions & Replies
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Can this soup be made ahead of time and reheated? Thank you!
Reviews
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Fantastic! Can't think of anything else to call it. Tried it as posted and my wife and I enjoyed it. Will be making again, next time I might try adding some broccoli or turkey bacon to see if things can get any better. Thanks for posting. -
Wonderful! I am not a fan of red peppers, so those were left out. Hubby hates carrots, omitted those as well. Used all chicken stock. Did use the mayo, used velvetta for the processed cheese. Did use the cheddar and swiss. The family loved it. -
Delicious! I love potato cheese soup, but hadn't ever tried to make any at home. This recipe helped me make the best I've ever had. I followed the recipe exactly. Even my boyfriend, who "doesn't like" this kind of soup chowed down on it. Defininitely a keeper. Thanks Uncle Bill!
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Thanks for steering to this one Uncle Bill. Its outstanding! (as was expected). Took me a minute to understand the soup base ingredient. Essentially, I made 4 cups of chicken broth and then added 2.5 cups of veggie broth (or chicken broth if you choose). The cheese combination was perfectly balanced. Not overly cheesy... just well balanced. Next time I'm going to change the brand of instant potatoes I used (it made the texture a little grainy) but the soup was fabulous nonetheless. THanks. Dave (Grandma lives halfway around the country, no review yet from her) -
This soup was awesome! I would probably omit the mayonnaise. I also added bacon and it tasted great, I think adding bacon to many soups is a German way. The consistency of this soup I will try to change somehow it reminded me of curdled milk so I will probably omit the potato flakes and the mayonnaise hoping it will just be smoother. I made this last night and I will make it again for it reminds me of my mom & Grandma's German poatato soup. Oh and I didn't have any red pepper but it was still very filling!
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Tweaks
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When I die, I know that they certainly will serve this in heaven. It is out of this world, and Dave is a "soup genius" in my family! I wanted a potato soup recipe at the last minute and just picked this one. No need to go any father. This is THE potato soup. The only thing I did differently was to use ALL chicken broth instead of water. Thank you, thank you Dave. -
OMG, what a wonderful, hearty, and comforting soup for those cold, blustery days...I followed the recipe exactly, except I used black pepper instead of white because that is what I had, and I used Velveeta for the processed cheese. I was a bit skeptical because I am not wild about Swiss cheese, but I wanted to stick to the recipe. I am OH SO GLAD that I did! The taste and texture of this soup is out of this world!!! Would also be great with some broccoli added...next time;) Definite keeper! Thanks Uncle Bill!! ~Manda
