German Style Potato Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine the first six ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until vegetables are tender. , With a potato masher, puree most of the vegetables. For dumplings, combine the egg, water, salt and flour until smooth and stiff. Drop by teaspoonfuls into the boiling soup. Cover and simmer until the dumplings are cooked through, about 10 minutes. Garnish each serving with a butter and parsley.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a stockpot over medium heat; add onions, bacon, and bay leaf. Cook and stir the onion mixture until the onions are nearly clear, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth into the pot; add potatoes, flour, marjoram, caraway seed, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Stir sour cream into the soup; cook another 1 to 2 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large soup kettle, cook bacon over medium heat until lightly browned.
• Do not drain.
• Stir in onions; sauté two minutes.
• Add flour, stirring until blended and evenly cooked; two to three minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Add water, ham and chicken bases, and sugar.
• Mix well.
• Stir in potatoes; return to heat and bring to a rolling boil.
• Reduce heat to a gentle boil for fifteen minutes, or until potatoes are tender.
• Add vinegar and mix well.
• Simmer two to three minutes.
• Add half-and-half; mix well.
• Heat to a simmer; stir often.
• Serve hot garnished with additional green onions, bacon bits, and/or chopped hard-boiled eggs.