5 from 3 votes
Potato Garlic Scape Soup
This Instant Pot Potato Leek Soup is so delicious. With only a few ingredients, it can easily made vegan because it has no cream.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
2 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings:
6
servings
Calories:
205 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 10 garlic scapes about 1½ cups chopped
- 1 medium onion
- 4 cups vegetable stock
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ teaspoon thyme or sprig fresh thyme, dried
- 2 pounds potato
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt or sea salt; coarse
- ½ teaspoon black pepper fresh ground, to taste
Instructions
- Rough chop garlic scapes and onion.
- Add butter and oil to soup pot. Sauté until soft. Don't brown.
- Add scapes and chopped onion and sauté for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir around for another minute.
- Place potatoes, spices and salt and pepper in the pot. Add broth just to cover.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes until vegetables are soft.
- Remove bay leaves and the sprig of fresh thyme.
- Using an immersion blender or place multiple batches in a regular blender, blend soup until smooth.
- Taste. Adjust seasoning to your liking.
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Notes
- If you are using a thin skinned potato, there is no need to peel. With a thick skinned potato, like Russets, you should peel them.
- If you don't peel them your immersion blender will collect a lot of the skins. Some will be blended in.
- Start with a little salt and then taste and adjust your seasonings after the soup is blended.
- Use fresh thyme, if you have it. You can just add a sprig of thyme and then remove it before blending, or remove the tiny leaves from the stems and add them.
- If you would like to thin the soup out, add more vegetable stock and mix it in well.
- If you would like to make a chunky potato soup, chop the potatoes into bite sized pieces. Then before blending, remove some of the chunks. Blend soup, add the whole chunks back in.
Nutrition Information
Calories
205kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
38g
(13%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.4g
(2%)
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Trans Fat
0.1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
5mg
(2%)
Sodium
1043mg
(43%)
Potassium
671mg
(14%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
401IU
(8%)
Vitamin C
39mg
(43%)
Calcium
69mg
(7%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 205
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 205kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 5mg | 2% |
| Sodium | 1043mg | 43% |
| Potassium | 671mg | 14% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 401IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 39mg | 43% |
| Calcium | 69mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.