POTATO SOUP

By MommaRode

Original recipe was from an Amish cookbook I bought at the Pennsylvania State Museum in the mid-90's. I tweeked it just a little - left out the hard boiled eggs and added the Kielbasa. FANTASTIC recipe!

Ingredients

• POTATO SOUP
• 3 TBS butter
• 5 large potatoes
• 3 stalks celery, chopped (optional)
• 2 tsp. salt (or to taste)
• Hillshire Farms Polish Kielbasa, sliced and fried
• 2 large onions, diced
• 3 TBS parsley flakes (optional)
• 2 large carrots, chopped (optional)
• 2 cups boiling water
• WHITE SAUCE
• 4 TBS butter
• 3 TBS flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 2 1/4 cups milk

Preparation

Step 1

Cook potatoes until they are just about soft. Saute onion in butter until tender. Do not drain. Add remaining ingredients to potato pot,except white sauce - and cook until vegetables are tender. Add white sauce and stir until blended. Add the fried, smoked sausage. Simmer until ready to eat.

WHITE SAUCE ~
Stir flour in drippings from kielbasa. Slowly add milk and stir constantly. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir until bubbly and thick. Add to Potato Soup.