Cream of Potato and Hamburger Soup

Cream of Potato and Hamburger Soup

Ingredients
1 lb. Ground Beef
1 cup Chopped Sweet Onion
1 cup Chopped Celery

1 cup Beef Broth

4 cups cups Potatoes – cut into 1/2” cubes
1 cup Sliced Carrots

1 tsp. Black Pepper
½ tsp. Sea Salt
½ tsp. Garlic Powder

2 tbsp. Butter or Margarine
4 tbsp. Flour

Directions

1- Brown Ground Beef, drain off any of the fat.

2-Put the Onion and Celery into the pan with the Ground Beef, cover with a lid, and Slowly let it cook until it is translucent. Put this into a crock pot and add the Salt, Pepper and Garlic Powder then the Beef Broth.

3-Boil the Potatoes and Carrots until they are soft but not mushy.

4-Drain the Potatoes and Carrots reserving the water they were cooked in.

5-Prepare a Rue by melting the Butter or Margarine Slowly in a frying pan, add the flour until a paste is formed, pour the reserved Potato and Carrot Water into the frying pan with the rue and gently stir, bring to a boil to make a gravy. Cook this while stirring for 3-4 minutes and then add it to the crock pot.

6-After everything is added if the Soup is thicker than you want you can add either more Beef Broth or Milk (I used milk because I like the lite flavor) to thin it out to the consistency that you prefer.

***Please note that I have a tendency to go lite on the salt and pepper because people have different ideas on how much to use and you can always add more.

Don’t forget to add the Love and Enjoy!

This recipe as well as the image is my own.