Super Easy Caramelized Onion and Potato Soup
A creamy, velvety soup full of hearty potatoes and flavorful caramelized onion. The perfect, easy comfort food meal for cooler weather!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 253kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 white or sweet onions, thinly sliced
- 2 baking potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 4 cloves peeled garlic
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/4 cup heavy cream (optional)
- 3 slices prosciutto, to top (optional but highly recommended)
Instructions
- First, you’ll want to caramelize your onions. Melt butter in a sauté pan over medium-low heat. Add sliced onions and cook, low and slow and stirring occasionally, until onions take on that beautiful caramel color. This may take up to 30 minutes. Be patient! You don’t want to cook the onions too fast and give them a burnt flavor.
- Once onions are sufficiently caramelized, add them to a large stockpot along with potatoes, chicken stock and peeled, whole garlic cloves. Bring to a boil, then reduce to medium heat and simmer until potatoes are tender when you poke them with a fork. Reduce heat to low.
- Use either an immersion blender or transfer the soup to a regular blender and purée until there are no longer any chunks. Transfer back to the stockpot on low heat (if using a regular blender), stir in heavy cream (if using) and season with salt and pepper to taste. Keep soup simmering on low while you make some crispy prosciutto to top it off!
- Heat a small nonstick sauté pan over medium-high heat. Once pan is hot, add slices of prosciutto and cook until crisp, flipping when necessary. Transfer to a cutting board and chop prosciutto into little pieces.
- Ladle warm soup into bowls and top with crispy prosciutto. Enjoy immediately!
Nutrition
Calories: 253kcal