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No-cream-needed Potato and Leek Soup is for Soup.

No-cream-needed Potato and Leek Soup takes several minutes to prepare.

No-cream-needed Potato and Leek Soup takes several minutes to cook.

No-cream-needed Potato and Leek Soup makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for No-cream-needed Potato and Leek Soup are:

1 pound leeks
3 pounds white potatos with skins
1/2 pound carrots, peeled
1 large onion
4 cups chicken broth
2 cups water
2 tbsp butter, or other oil
2 tbsp herbes de provence (or to taste)
1 tbsp hot sauce of your choice (or to taste, optional)

Here is how you make No-cream-needed Potato and Leek Soup:

Wash the vegetables and dice them (slice the leeks). Put them in the crock pot with the spices, chicken broth and water, and 1 tablespoon of butter/oil. Cook on high for 2.5 hours, or low for 4. Puree the vegetables and broth, adding more water if needed for your desired consistancy. Return to the crockpot, add the remaining tablespoon of butter/oil and hot sauce and continue to cook on high for another 30 minutes. Prepare bacon however you like. Crumble one slice of bacon into a bowl of soup right before serving.Makes about 8 1.5 cup servings.Serving Size: makes about 8 1.5 cup servingsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SASHA1372.

The nutritional information for No-cream-needed Potato and Leek Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 243.3

• Total Fat: 6.5 g
• Cholesterol: 20.3 mg
• Sodium: 720.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 39.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.2 g
• Protein: 8.3 g