Simple Potato and Corn Soup

I have shared several potato soup recipes here on the blog since its start in 2012. Some were slow cooker ones. Some called for summer sweet corn off of the cob. A couple were spicy versions. Bacon and lots of cheese were the highlights of a couple. But, for this particular recipe, I've broken it down to the basics. A simple, straight-forward soup. Simple, no-fuss ingredients. Very simple, easy prep. On the table in around thirty minutes from start to finish.

The result is a creamy soup that is loaded with chunks of potato and pops of corn kernels. This is the type of soup that you want to hunker down with on the couch on a chilly evening - a blanket atop your lap and remote in hand - and just savor each comforting, homey bite.

It's an ideal soup to make for weeknight dinners due to the ease and simplicity of the recipe. And, if you'd like to make dinnertime even easier, you can have the potatoes prepped the night before or morning of, too. Just keep the chunks submerged in cold water in a lidded bowl in the fridge, then drain before utilizing them in this recipe.

Yields 4 - 6 servings.

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons butter or neutral oil
1/2 large onion, peeled and finely chopped
2 1/2 pounds potatoes, peeled and cut into small chunks
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
5 cups chicken stock {or 5 cups hot water with 5 chicken bouillon cubes}
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 cups frozen corn kernels, slightly thawed
1/2 cup milk
1 cup heavy cream
Kosher salt, as needed
2 - 3 green onions {green parts only}, thinly sliced

Directions:

In a soup pot set to medium heat, melt butter or heat oil. Add onions. Cook - stirring - two minutes until just starting to soften. Do not brown.

Add potatoes. Cook for about 3 - 4 minutes - stirring occasionally. Sprinkle in the flour. Stir to coat.

Cook - stirring occasionally - for about 3 minutes to cook off the raw flour taste.

Pour in chicken stock. Stir in black pepper. Bring to simmer.

Add corn kernels. Stir.

Reduce heat to low. Simmer - stirring occasionally - until potatoes are just fork-tender {not mushy}.

Stir in milk and heavy cream. Bring soup back to gentle simmer.

Taste and add salt only if needed. Grind in additional black pepper as desired.

Serve with sliced green onions for garnish.


NOTE:  A pinch of crushed red pepper flakes can be added when stock is added for just a touch of spice, if desired.


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