Reviewed: May 8, 2013

Nice soup - made it as described except used light milk - easy to make, tastes good. Next time I think I will try adding more herbs.

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kimbopumpkin

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2013

This is a great recipe. Had to make it again because the first batch disappeared so quickly. Used 2% milk this time because I ran out of half and half. I noticed using entirely half and half made the soup very thick and heavy, whereas using only milk made it more of a cream soup. I threw in a little extra garlic (as per my norm) and went a little heavier on the cayenne, the soup had just the right amount of heat and was absolutely delicious. I also threw in some chives at the end of the cooking, everything was great. I served it with bacon on the side and dinner rolls (recipe found on this site, Miss Betty's Super Quick Dinner Rolls).

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Shar

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Living In: Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2013

I used the directions as a guide and threw in some left overs in addition to the ingredients listed. I added some overcooked white beans, mushrooms and some carmelized onions that had a balsamic glaze over it, as well. The soup was awesome; but it turned out to be brown (the color of a good brown gravy) -- therefore, no picture because it does not look very appetizing, but tastes great!

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emilyv

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Houston, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2011

Very good. Not sure what it would take to make it "outstanding" and feel like I couldn't get enough. The serving size is about 3/4 cup. Bacon is a nice garnish; maybe next time I'll add some swirled cream to each serving. This took me an hour to make from start to finish. I increased the garlic, and the cayenne (which is very subtle) and you definitely need salt and freshly ground pepper. I'm glad I tried this. Not sure what the orange round things are in this photo, though; I'd love for someone to explain. This photo looked nothing like what I ended up with. Not even the green stuff. What IS all that, anyway??

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American Beauty

Reviewed: Sep. 29, 2011

At our church we have Souper Bowl contest to raise money for our Christan School. My daughter's class always get together to make a soup for the contest. Without knowing it they chose all the ingredients in this soup and added a few more. Like beer, rice and egg dumplings. They always put dumplings in every soup they make. They won second place. Awesome soup. You will not be disappointed. But you do not have to add the beer, rice and dumplings it's good the way it is!

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hotstuff

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Tomahawk, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 29, 2011

This soup was fabolous! I made a double portion and still had no left overs. Even the kids loved it.

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irene

Living In: Marysville, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2011

This was an amazing recipe! I made a few modifications though, but it was still incredibly tasty. I didn't have russet potatoes, but I did have the tri-color mini potatoes, and those worked just as fine. It did delay the caramelization time, however, but no biggie. Added a little bit more sugar, and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. Don't have cayenne pepper, so I used Paprika, red peppers and black pepper. Lastly, I used milk instead of the half & half, and just for giggles I included a quarter cup of white wine and about a tbsp of Dijon mustard. Blended that all together, and WOWZA! I wanted to lick pan clean it was that tasty. Will definitely be making this again!

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Melisa D

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: New York, New York, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2010

this is the best potato soup I have ever eaten, I followed the recipe except I used whipping cream deluted with milk probably half cream and half milk only because I wanted to use up the cream I had, and I used about 1/2 tsp rosemary, we like only a hint of rosemary. Never have seen potato soup made this way and it is excellant

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