Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, easy potato leek soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy Potato Leek Soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Easy Potato Leek Soup is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

Potato leek soup, or potage parmentier, is a French classic. It's one of the first dishes I learned to make in culinary school, right after a proper omelet, because it's an essential base soup in French cuisine. Add watercress for potage au cresson, serve it chilled for Vichyssoise — or top it with bacon.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easy potato leek soup using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Potato Leek Soup:

1. Prepare 2 leeks, white and pale green parts only, washed and chopped
2. Make ready 1/2 cup onion, chopped
3. Take 4 chives, chopped
4. Make ready 2 clove garlic, diced
5. Prepare 2 tbsp butter
6. Prepare 6 large potatoes, peeled and cubed
7. Prepare 4 cup low sodium chicken broth
8. Take 1 cup half and half
9. Take 1 shredded cheddar cheese to taste
10. Make ready 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
11. Take 1 salt and pepper to taste

I like to take a potato masher and roughly mash some of the potatoes. This helps to thicken the soup. This version is almost identical to the full-blown version, with the exception that rather than pressing the potatoes through a ricer, you just dump all of the ingredients into a blender, blending it just until puréed (the more you blend it the gluier it becomes). Classic potato leek soup has all the comforts of cold weather-cooking wrapped into one — a good Credit: Photo: Joe Lingeman; Food Styling: Jesse Szewczyk.

Instructions to make Easy Potato Leek Soup:

1. In a pot over medium heat, cooked the leeks, onion, chives, and garlic until tender. About 5 min. Add the potatoes and broth. Cook until potatoes are tender. (About 20-25 min)
2. Add half and half, and continue to simmer until it starts to thicken slightly. (About 10 min)
3. Divide the soup in half and place one half in a blender. Once smooth, add back into the pot. This will help release some of the starch from the potatoes to help thicken it as well. Although if you like a chunkier soup you can skip this step.
4. Add the cheese, parsley, salt and pepper to taste. Stir continuously until cheese is melted, about 5 min.
5. Dish into bowl, top with some more cheese, and a sprig of parsley. Serve and enjoy :)

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