Can I substitute vegetable broth for chicken broth in potato soup?

This one is a no-brainer: Just use another kind of broth! Vegetable broth is an easy substitute for chicken broth—it has a very similar flavor and color. If your recipe calls for a small amount of broth for deglazing a pan or thinning out a soup, stew or sauce, try water instead.

What can I add to my vegetable soup for flavor?

Suggestions to improve the flavor:

1. Celery salt or celery seed (preferably ground).
2. White wine vinegar (for acidity and a richer flavor, and pairing with the cabbage and onions)
3. Dry vermouth or white wine.
4. A jigger of sherry or cooking sherry (the latter has salt, so add it before salting the soup).

What is the best potato for vegetable soup?

ANSWER: Waxy potatoes or those called boiling potatoes stand up well in soups and stews. These have thin skin and are high in moisture and low in starch. Potatoes that are low-starch and high-moisture hold together better. Yukon Gold potatoes are on the medium-starch side and will hold their shape in soups.

What ingredients are in potato soup?

Potato soup is any warm, creamy soup whose basic ingredients are potatoes and milk. It has a mild flavor that can be varied and spiced up with any number of extra ingredients and seasonings; the potatoes readily absorb other flavors and colors.

How do we make plain old potato soup?

How to Make Just Plain Good Old Fashioned Potato Soup Peel potatoes and cut into eighths and place in a large pot. Cover potatoes with water to about an inch above the potaoes. Add salt to taste. To the pot of potatoes and potato water, add the rest of the ingredients. Take a potatoe masher and mash some but not all of the potatoes. Try to get the larger chunks. This will thicken it.

What is potato soup recipe?

Cover potatoes with water in a large soup pot. Cook over medium heat until fork tender, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and drain. Add milk and butter to the potatoes. Place back on medium heat and allow milk to bubble slightly around the edges of the soup pot, about 5 to 10 minutes.

What is potato bacon soup?

Potato, leek, and smoked bacon soup is made from the kind of staples that few Irish kitchens are ever without, with the potatoes forming the basis of a rustic and substantial meal in a bowl.