Warm Up with Potato Soups

- Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Nathaniel James, Food Styling by Anna Hampton1/13
Cheesy Potato Soup With Bacon
This hearty homemade potato soup owes its richness to plenty of melted cheddar cheese and a topping of crispy bacon.
- Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling and Food Styling by Ali Nardi2/13
Smoked Fish Chowder
Pick russet potatoes for this rich and creamy chowder, which is good with any kind of flaky fish.
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Kale Minestrone With Pistou
You can make a stellar minestrone using ingredients you probably already have on hand. It's kind of amazing what a rind of Parmesan, a pinch of kosher salt, and some tomato paste will do to build flavor.
- Nigel Cox4/13
Potato, Green Cabbage, and Leek Soup with Lemon Crème Fraîche
If you want a hearty potato soup, look no further. This creamy green cabbage and potato puree could bring even the chilliest night some warmth.
- Ditte Isager5/13
Italian Vegetable Stew
When you don't know what to do, zuppa. This hearty Italian soup is good use for those odds and ends vegetables (like that random potato) and day-old bread.
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Watercress Vichyssoise
In this watercress-rich pureed soup, potato provides some balance and body.
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Southwestern Corn and Potato Soup
In this spicy take on chicken tortilla soup, mashed potatoes provide some extra texture and creaminess that's almost velvety.
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New England Clam Chowder
If fresh clams are not available in your area, this recipe still works well with two 10-ounce cans of clams and 6 cups of clam juice.
- Romulo Yanes9/13
Colombian Chicken, Corn, and Potato Stew
Potatoes help out this Colombian chicken stew in two ways: grated Russet potatoes absorb some of the chicken's flavor as it simmers, while diced yellow potatoes provide texture.
- Hans Gissenger10/13
Oxtail Bourguinonne
As the oxtail bourginone cooks, it's dispersing flavor throughout the stockpot, and potatoes are happy to soak some of that up.
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Zucchini and Saffron Vichyssoise with Scallops
This elegant vichyssoise gets its body from a pound of boiling potatoes. Top each serving of soup with strips of zucchini, and get ready to warm up in the most luxurious way possible.
- Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott12/13
Clam and Cod Chowder
The best way to make clam chowder weeknight friendly: use bottled clam juice. If you're making the soup over the weekend and using fresh clams, bring the clams to a boil in water. Once cooked, strain and reserve the cooking water—that's your DIY clam juice.
- Catherine McCord13/13
Beef Stew in the Crock Pot
Win at beef stew by using the crock pot. Slow-cooking the beef in a crock pot makes this an easy-yet-satisfying weeknight dinner, just flip on the cooker and go.