79 creamy potato soup recipes

Finnish summer soup (kesäkeitto): a creamy Nordic vegetable soup with new potatoes, baby carrots, peas, and green beans in a light half-and-half broth. Built to showcase the season's first harvest.

Senate bean soup with navy beans, smoked ham hock, potatoes, and an onion pique, half-pureed for a creamy-chunky texture. The famous US Capitol dining room recipe.

Vegetarian split pea soup thickened with grated potatoes and seasoned with marjoram. No ham, no stock cubes, just honest ingredients simmered until creamy.

Creamy Bolivian peanut soup with ground roasted peanuts or peanut butter mashed with potatoes into a thick, satisfying broth. Vegetarian, ready in 30 minutes.

Creamy Irish potato and leek soup with a half-pureed, half-chunky texture, finished with heavy cream. Topped with shredded cheddar and crumbled bacon.

Creamy potato salmon chowder with carrots, peas, and celery in a homemade white sauce. A big-batch soup using canned salmon that makes 3 quarts.

Creamy corn and ham chowder with potatoes, shallots, fresh basil, and a milk-based broth. A comforting one-pot soup for summer corn season or year-round leftovers.

Creamy winter vegetable soup loaded with potatoes, carrots, spinach, cabbage, and leeks in a bacon-enriched broth. Half pureed for velvety body with chunky texture in every spoonful.

Vegetarian red lentil soup with potatoes, carrots, celery, tomatoes, and tamari seasoned with cumin, paprika, and oregano. Naturally thick and creamy as the lentils break down during cooking.

Broccoli and sweet potato soup with a creamy yam puree base, sauteed garlic, celery, and a hint of allspice. Topped with fresh watercress and just as good served chilled.

Hearty potato cheese soup loaded with diced ham, broccoli florets, and carrots in a creamy Velveeta and milk base. A stovetop family supper that lands warm bowls on the table in under 40 minutes.

A velvety vegetarian split pea soup blended smooth with potato, celery, and garlic, seasoned with caraway seeds and a whisper of mace. Hearty, warming, and naturally creamy without any dairy.

Chunky peanut soup with a creamy peanut butter base, loaded with potatoes, zucchini, mushrooms, sweet halibut, and peas, then brightened with lemon and cayenne. A hearty West African-inspired bowl.

Creamy minestrone soup blends puréed white beans into a hearty vegetable broth packed with cranberry beans, kale, zucchini, potatoes, and carrots. A vegan minestrone that gets its silky body from beans instead of cream.

Low-fat potato, leek, mushroom, and spinach soup pureed smooth with no cream. A vibrant green, flavor-packed bowl ready in 45 minutes from pantry basics.