Potato Soup w/Fresh Green Beans
(from DelightedCook’s recipe box)
Source: Happy Trails Farm
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves 6 people
Categories: Soups
Ingredients
- 5 cups trimmed cut-up green beans
- 5 cups chicken broth, or veggie broth
- 3 cups water
- 2 pounds yukon gold or red potatoes, 2" chunks
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 onion, sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, mashed
- 6 Tablespoon butter
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 1/2 cup Cream Cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
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In a soup pot, add the potatoes, salt and mashed garlic; cook until almost done(potatoes need to be firm, not falling apart). Set aside and leave in broth.
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In a stew pot, add the butter; saute the carrots, onions, celery, green beans until onions are soft.
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Add the potatoes in their broth to the ingredients in the stew pot; add more water or broth if necessary.
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Cook until potatoes are soft enough to break and broth is boiling. Turn the heat off; add the cream cheese and mix until potatoes are broken up and well mixed. Season with Salt and pepper.