re: Need a good potato soup recipe

2 medium potatoes peeled and diced your size dice

1/2 stalk celery
1/2 medium onion
1 Tablespoon butter for celery and onions

Béchamel
2 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons flour

Liquid for soup from potatoes or milk or cream or half and half

Salt and black pepper

Start with celery and onions chopped and sautéed in butter until tender - set aside.

Peel and dice red potatoes. Boil in salted water until tender, Reserve most of the liquid to add back as needed at end.

Make a béchamel sauce (50/50 Butter and AP flour). cook for a couple of minutes DO NOT BROWN FLOUR.

Add celery and onions to hot béchamel and them add this to cooked potatoes and water in sauce pan.

Adjust thickness of soup as desired with water from cooking the potatoes, or milk or half&half or cream. Cook on low heat for maybe 10 minutes until sauce thickens and is adjusted with liquid to your desired thickness.

Needs to cook for 10 minutes to fully thicken. Adjust thickness to your desire. Taste and season with salt and black pepper.

This is the basic recipe. Customize as desired (Ham, sausage, shrimp, crab, crawfish)