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Garlic soup topped with croutons, fried spam, and shredded cheese in bowl with black background.

Creamy Garlic Soup

Warm, comforting, and packed with bold flavors, this creamy garlic soup is the ultimate bowl of coziness. Smooth blend of potatoes, fragrant garlic, and a velvety touch of cream, every spoonful is pure comfort. Topped with crispy Spam, crunchy croutons, and melty cheese, it’s a hearty meal that’s easy to make and impossible to resist!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Calories: 568
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Garlic (sliced or minced)
  • 1 Onion (medium)
  • 2 Potatoes (medium)
  • 2 & ½ cups Vegetable stock
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • 100 ml Cream
  • 1 tbsp Fresh coriander chopped
Optional toppings
  • ¼ cup Cheese
  • 9 oz Croutons
  • 3 oz Fried spam or bacon

Method
 

  1. Prepare the vegetables. Remove the papery skin and slice the garlic cloves, peel the potatoes and chop them as well as the onion.
  2. In a large deep pot, heat up olive oil on medium high heat then add the chopped onions and sauté for 3 to 5 minutes or until they are translucent.
  3. Add the sliced or diced garlic and sauté just until it releases its fragrance.
  4. Add the potato chunks followed by your vegetable broth. Let this cook for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender.
  5. Once the potatoes are cooked, you can remove the soup from the heat. Use an immense blender to blend the soup.
  6. Add cream to the garlic soup and do a taste test, if you need to add salt go ahead.
  7. Finely chop the coriander and add it to the pot of soup and give it a good stir. Your garlic soup is ready to be served.
Prepare the Toppings
  1. Slice the Spam into thin pieces. Heat a frying pan over medium heat and cook the slices on both sides until crispy. Once done, chop the Spam into small tiny sized pieces.
  2. Use the same pan you cooked the Spam/bacon in to toast slices of bread. The leftover fat from the Spam adds extra flavor! You can toast your croutons in the oven as well.
  3. If using a block of cheese, grate it now. If you bought shredded cheese, you’re ready to go!
Assemble and Serve
  1. Ladle the soup into bowls. Top each bowl with toasted croutons, crispy Spam or crispy bacon, and a sprinkle of grated cheese.