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Potato Leek Soup Recipe

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Potato Leek Soup

Potato leek soup is so easy to make and delicious too. This recipe can be prepared in 40 minutes or less.

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Potato Leek Soup Recipe

Ingredients

  • 3 large leeks, cut lengthwise, separate, clean. Use only the white and pale green parts, chop.
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups chicken broth (or vegetable broth for vegetarian option)
  • 2 lbs potatoes, peeled, diced into 1/2 inch pieces
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Marjoram - dash
  • Tabasco sauce or other red chili sauce

Method

1 Cook leeks in butter with salt and pepper in a medium sized sauce pan. Cover pan, cook on low heat for 10 minutes. Check often. Do not brown leeks! Browning will give leeks a burnt taste.

2 Add water, broth, and potatoes. Cook for 20 minutes. Scoop about half of the soup mixture into a blender, puree and return to pan. Add dash of marjoram and chili sauce to taste - about 1/4 teaspoon.

Serves 4-6.

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Posted by Elise on Aug 17, 2003 and indexed Leek, Potato, Soup

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Comments

My wife chose your recipe from the dozen or so on the www, and made this soup using fresh-dug leeks which I grew in the garden. She added some spices of her own choosing. It was scrumptious! Thank you.

Posted by: Dan M. on November 17, 2003 12:38 PM

I looked up different recipes on your site and made my week's menu from them. Potato Leek soup and Artichoke Dip with Toasted Sesame Seed Crackers were the first meal. Yum! I was afraid the soup would be too watery so I cooked the potatoes without a lid, but I should've had no worries. Next time I'll cook the potatoes with the lid on and have it just that much creamery. Every bite? Gone.

Posted by: Pink Sun Drops on January 26, 2005 9:53 AM

Hi Dan, I'm so glad you liked it!

Hi Pink, this is one of my favorite recipes. Favorite because it is so easy to make and so delicious to eat. The only thing to remember is to not brown the leeks. It is rich and creamy without having any cream in it!

Posted by: elise [TypeKey Profile Page] on February 6, 2005 1:38 PM

Hi Elise, I made your potato leek soup today, and it was scrumptious. Thank you!

Posted by: lavonne on May 4, 2006 11:21 PM

GREAT soup !!! Creamy and tasty. I especially love the hot sauce twist. I added a little more and spiced it up, as I love the "bite".

Posted by: freddie b on November 7, 2006 3:10 PM

I concur with the scrumptious comment--easy to make and very satisfying.

Posted by: Sassy J on December 11, 2006 8:00 AM

My husband and I made your Potato Leek Soup. It was so delicious. We've made it twice now and the 2nd time added cauliflower to it. That made it ever more scrumptious.

Posted by: janet stewart on January 16, 2007 3:44 PM

Thanks for this recipe. It's soup season (winter) in New Zealand at the moment.

I thought the soup was lovely, I added corn (frozen) to it which worked really well.

I put the recipe with changes along with photos and a link to your blog on my site. You can see it at:

Potato, Leek and Corn Soup

Posted by: Kim Eros on June 17, 2007 3:55 AM

Very creamy texture and real comfort food - my kids called it mashed potato soup. I roasted some garlic in the oven and added it to the soup before I pureed it.

Posted by: Amy on October 20, 2007 7:24 PM

This is an excellent recipe. I have already made it twice, and we just love it! Being a breastfeeding mom, I cannot have Tabasco sauce; therefore I used a little sweet paprika powder instead. It came out perfect both times. Thank you so much, dear Elise!

Posted by: Agota on November 6, 2007 3:01 PM

Very tasty! Thanks for the recipe; this is the third time I've used your website and I am going to continue doing that :)

Posted by: stano on November 25, 2007 6:45 AM

Excellent Soup! I made this last night for lunches for the week for work! YUM! I added chopped up cooked ham and corn at the last step, just to give it a little more substance. I didn't add too much salt because the ham is salty enough! Very satisfying lunch for work!
What a great recipe for fall in new england!

Posted by: Laura on November 27, 2007 9:17 AM

Perfect soup made using leeks from our garden. Simple to cook, delicious and great texture. Thanks so much.

Posted by: Tori on April 13, 2008 12:26 PM

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