Real Potato Leek Soup

If the recipe is closely followed, this soup is quite bland. You will see in several pictures that people added other ingredients to give the soup some character (flavor). We left little bits of skin on the potatoes, added bay leaf, a bit of garlic and several herbs. You could also add pieces of chicken and/or carrot.

If the recipe is closely followed, this soup is quite bland. You will see in several pictures that people added other ingredients to give the soup some character (flavor). We left little bits of skin on the potatoes, added bay leaf, a bit of garlic and several herbs. You could also add pieces of chicken and/or carrot.

Loved it. Added about a teaspoon of paprika and a teaspoon of cumin, as others noted they have done. Also used a little "better than bouillon" since I was running low on chicken broth. The better than bouillon is nice because it's got a couple nice little flavors built into it which usually help out whatever you add it to. Finally, I fried up two pieces of bacon and cut them into small pieces, adding them during the simmering phase. I usually try to keep my recipes low-lactose, so I used a 50/50 butter spread mix for the sautéing. And at the end of cooking, the soup tasted so good I skipped on the milk entirely. Would probably be very delish with it, but I didn't find the soup lacking at all without it.

So easy & soooo good! Garnished w cheddar, parsley & pepper, eat w French rolls. Yum!

Excellent recipe, instead of using salt and pepper to season. I used seasoning salt and chicken base. Will definetely make this one again. Hubby loved it.

I boiled peeled and cubed yukon gold potatoes in the chicken broth enhanced with garlic instead of using smaller potatoes and extra steps. The soup made a very filling meal.