4.8 from 18 votes
Easy 4-Ingredient Potato Soup
This Potato Soup recipe is easy and memorizable since it only contains 4 ingredients! And it's one of those cozy soup recipes you’ll want to file away for quick recall when comfort food cravings hit.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings:
8
people
Calories:
246 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 3 pounds russet potato or approximately 6 medium-sized ones
- 1 ounce package cream cheese
- 6-8 cups chicken broth or beef broth
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Let the cream cheese come to room temperature.
- Add chicken or beef broth to a large pot. Peel and cube potatoes, then add to the pot.
- Bring the pot to a boil, then reduce heat to medium. Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, take two ladles of broth from the pot and add to a heat-safe bowl or smaller pot. Let cool a minute, then add the room temperature cream cheese. Whisk to melt into broth.
- After 15 minutes the potatoes should be mashable. Mash with a potato masher.
- Add melted cream cheese mixture and 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce.
- Continue cooking for another 10 minutes. I like to keep whisking and mashing as it finishes cooking.
- Taste, and add more Worcestershire sauce or broth, to taste.
- I don’t mind the small chunks of potato that result from only using a potato masher, but if you want a smoother soup, hit it with an immersion blender or blend in batches. Just be careful you don’t overdo it or you’ll wind up with pastelike soup.
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Notes
- Let the cream cheese warm up as much as possible and DO completely melt it before adding it to the potato soup. If you add the cream cheese when it is cold you risk it curdling, resulting in a soup with cream cheese chunks.
- Let the cream cheese warm up as much as possible and DO completely melt it before adding it to the potato soup. If you add the cream cheese when it is cold you risk it curdling, resulting in a soup with cream cheese chunks.
- *Nutrition information is approximate and was calculated using an online nutrition calculator.
Nutrition Information
Calories
246kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
33g
(11%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
10g
(15%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
32mg
(11%)
Sodium
779mg
(32%)
Potassium
795mg
(17%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
388IU
(8%)
Vitamin C
10mg
(11%)
Calcium
59mg
(6%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 246
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 246kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 33g | 11% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 32mg | 11% |
| Sodium | 779mg | 32% |
| Potassium | 795mg | 17% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 388IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 10mg | 11% |
| Calcium | 59mg | 6% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.