You can thicken up potato soup by mashing some potatoes or adding instant flakes or even make a slurry with some cornstarch or flour along with cold water.
You can also thicken up potato soup by making a roux with some butter and flour cooked for quick thickening of the potato soup or even use heavier dairy like cream or cream cheese, which also works great for thickening the potato soup and adding richness and body to the soup.
The ingredients that are typically in potato soup are potatoes like russet potatoes, a liquid base of broth, milk or cream, aromatics like garlic and onion, and thickeners like flour as well as flavorings like cheese, bacon and herbs and toppings such as sour cream or chives for the loaded version of potato soup.
The core and key ingredients in potato soup create a creamy and hearty comfort food with some variations depending on desired richness or style which can be creamy potato soup or chunky potato soup.
The core and key ingredients in potato soup are potatoes which are starchy like Russet potatoes or Yukon Gold potatoes which are often diced or cubed.
Liquid like chicken or vegetable broths, along with milk and or heavy cream for the creaminess in the potato soup.
Aromatic ingredients like garlic, celery and onions, which are sauteed for flavor.
A thickener of all purpose flour or cornstarch that is cooked with butter to make a roux that is stirred into the potato soup.
Seasonings like salt, black pepper and sometimes even parsley or thyme.
For loaded potato soup, other ingredients and toppings include.
Bacon, which is cooked and crumbled for flavor and topping of the loaded potato soup.
Cheese, which is most often shredded cheddar cheese is added to the potato soup.
Sour cream is added to the potato soup for tang and creaminess as a topping.
Green onions and chives that are chopped up and added to the potato soup as garnish.
The basic process of making potato soup is to cook bacon if using in the potato soup, and saute any vegetables in the rendered fat or butter.
Then stir in flour and gradually whisk in broth and milk and cream.
Add the potatoes and simmer the potatoes until they are tender.
Next mash some potatoes for thickness or leave chunky and stir in cheese and serve the potato soup hot with any desired toppings.