Creamy Potato Soup with Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe on Food52 (2024)

My family loves this potato soup. It is a different twist on potato soup, I like to call it my bougie potato soup recipe. My kids do not eat bacon so I substitute Morning Star Stripples. Its a hit every time.

I made this tonight exactly as directed by my new hero: OB Cookie. The soup is creamy, silky and complex. The bacon vinaigrette provides a bright highlight because of the vinegar, but then the bacon adds a salty, umami kick. Thank you OB Cookie!

It's always good when a soup can 'go to eleven'! 8^) Did you just omit the sour cream?

This soup is the bombity bomb bomb. My wife and I be slurpin it all the time! She doesn't dig on swine, but I love it. And just when you think the soup is a 10, you add the vinegarette and you're like WOAHHHH, ELEVEN!!!!! But, also like... sour cream... no thanks. SO GOOD THOUGH!!

I made this soup yesterday for the first time, so delicious! It hit the spot on a dreary day. The vinaigrette definitely makes it special, and I plan to try that on a spinach salad as well. I had to make a couple of substitutions to the soup because I didn't have all of the ingredients on hand - I only had 1/2 cup of sour cream so added 1/2 cup of heavy cream, and I used celery salt in place of the regular salt since I had no celery, and used dried rosemary. I look forward to making it again exactly as written.

I didn't have enough potatoes so I added some parsnips, which gave it a nice earthy taste. Also used a few picked shallots in place of the green onions. Yummy.

Great recipe, I cooked crispy bacon for my daughter and sprinkled smoked paprika on mine

This is just delicious! The vinaigrette makes the soup. I have a question.... anyone know if this will freeze well? We are two in my house and I made a full recipe. I would like to freeze and reheat with a fresh batch of vinaigrette. Thoughts anyone?

Ann June 13, 2015

I loved the flavor of this soup. It tasted of pure goodness. My market was out of low fat sour cream, so I used the full fat version and added additional stock because it was way too thick. Unlike everyone else, though, the vinaigrette just didn't work for me. I really wanted it too and was so excited to make it after all the thumbs up from other reviewers. Although delicious alone, I do think the soup could have benefitted from some interesting addition, but something was missing from that particular choice.

Everything I want in a soup. Delicious, easy and something my children will also eat! Thanks for the recipe. I'll be making this forever.

Made this to enjoy during a cool evening. Came out great! Substituted Greek yogurt for sour cream. Loved the tang! Used red potatoes from my CSA box. Plan to serve to a group of people gathering for a meeting tonight. Perfect for Cinco de Mayo since the potato originated in Mexico! Thanks for the wonderful recipe.

Excellent soup. I made it with chicken broth. I would suggest a few more potatoes than called for, and go easy on the rosemary. It thickens a lot overnight, so I'd plan to make it a day ahead.

Made this soup for second time. Simply amazing recipe. So easy and so good. I swapped homemade pancetta for the bacon and a drizzle of the pancetta drippings over top.

Lynn March 30, 2014

This is the first potato soup that I love. I also love it because any well supplied kitchen will have all the necessary ingredients. I substituted a little sharp cheddar on top and it was delish! KUDOS to the creator!

Love this recipe-easy to make. After i cooked the bacon, I put the veggies in the bacon fat to soften.-yummy! Made for St. Paddy's Day!

I have all these things! Totally making this for dinner tomorrow, I can't wait :)

This is so delicious, thank you! I realized, toward the end of the cooking, that I didn't have the green onion that I thought I had. I chopped up more rosemary instead. Delicious soup, very rustic and comfy. Thank you! (I did use organic baby red potatoes b/c I didn't have russet, but still, I don't think I messed up your lovely recipe. Thanks again.)

Just made this - cannot express how incredibly delicious it was. My boyfriend said it was hands-down the best potato soup he's ever had. The bacon vinaigrette is a MUST if you're making it. Also, what I did, to save on having to clean another pan, was cook the bacon first in my soup pot, remove it to drain and use that bacon fat - instead of butter - to saute my veggies in.

oinky November 7, 2013

A beautiful soup, which itself is humble and comforting. The vinagrette elevates it to something wonderful. I made this after a long, blue, over-worked day- it truly is a bummer cure-all! Works with greek yogurt as a sour cream sub :)

This recipe is fantastic, and perfect for a cold and dreary winter day here in Australia. The only change I would make is to make a batch and a half of the vinaigrette; it was so good, we ran out before finishing the rest of the soup!