Easy Kielbasa Potato Soup

Easy kielbasa potato soup is a rustic recipe that brings together Polish sausage, chunky and blended potatoes and plenty of herbs.

Prep Time5

Cook Time40

Total Time45

Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: kielbasa potato soup

Servings: people

1 tbsp This is an affiliate link.olive oil
4 (340g) Polish kielbasa sausages sliced
1 onion chopped
2 stalks celery
1 large clove garlic
2-3 sprigs fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 lbs potatoes see recipe notes
1 litre / 4 cups This is an affiliate link.chicken stock or vegetable stock
1 tsp salt
125ml / 1/2 cup double / heavy cream or plant based cream (oat cream is my favourite)
50g / 1/2 cup Gloucester / cheddar cheese
2 green onions

Heat the oil in a soup pot and brown the sliced kielbasa until golden, remove to a separate plate and set aside till needed. To the same pot add the chopped onion and celery and sauté in olive oil for 4-5 minutes, add minced garlic and thyme leaves and cook for 30 seconds longer while stirring.
Add the stock, bite-sized cubed potatoes and a pinch of salt, do not oversalt as kielbasa is salty. Bring half of the kielbasa slices back to the pot and bring everything to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until he potatoes are very tender.
Ladle out half of the soup, making sure to avoid the kielbasa slices, and blend it until smooth, pour it back in the pot, add the cream, grated cheese and salt to taste if needed as well as the remaining kielbasa, stir over very low heat allowing the cream to warm through and the cheese to melt and blend into the soup. Serve topped with sliced green onions and grated cheese.

- Starchy (floury) potatoes will give this easy potato soup the creamiest texture. Maris Piper (UK) and Russet (US)
- Heavy (double (UK)), half and half or even plant-based creams work. I have tried them all but prefer oat for the smoothest soup finish.
- I would avoid coconut though. That is a whole other flavour region.