One of the tastiest and most loved recipes in our family is smoked sausage potato soup. This recipe is very common in Hungarian cuisine, in different variants.
It can be made simple, without sausages, only with vegetables such as carrots, onion, parsley, resulting in a light summer soup. Or there is the option with smoked sausages or smoked ribs.
Today I present my favourite recipe for potato soup, with smoked sausages and tarragon. This recipe is our favourite after pork meatballs vegetable soup.
Contents
Let’s start with the ingredients
We need potatoes first, I used about a kilogram of white potatoes. I washed the potatoes and peeled them.
Then I cut them into 2-2.5 cm cubes.
The second ingredient is smoked sausage, I used about 500g of smoked pork sausage.
I washed the sausage a little and cut it into slices not very thin, about 1 cm thick.
You can use any kind of smoked sausage, it is important to be of high quality.
Let’s Cook the Smoked Sausage Potato Soup
To start we heat a little sunflower oil in a soup pot and place the sliced sausage to fry.
Roast the sausage about 3-4 minutes, to get a little colour and aroma.
Put the potatoes over the sausage, mix, and allow 2-3 minutes to fry together.
Season with a tablespoon of sea salt and pour the water on top, to cover the potatoes well. I put about 3 litres of water in a 7-litre pot.
We let it boil until the potatoes are soft, about 20 minutes, while we make a roux.
To do this, in a small pan or small saucepan we heat 50 ml of olive oil. Instead of oil, we can use butter or pork lard.
After the oil has warmed, add two tablespoons of wheat flour. The amount of roux depends on the amount of soup you make.
You just have to consider using equal amounts of flour and oil or butter.
Mix the flour in the oil, until it is homogeneous and becomes a paste.
Allow boiling until golden brown and add a tablespoon of sweet paprika powder.
This is the Hungarian version of thickening.
Stir until the paprika dissolves and take the pan from the heat.
For added flavour, I also added a teaspoon of sweet pepper paste.
Add the roux to the soup, using a sieve so that it does completely dissolved.
Finishing the Potato Soup
Another favourite ingredient of mine is tarragon, which we add now, and let it boil for another five minutes.
In the end, we season with a tablespoon of vegetable mix and a handful of chopped green parsley.
And with that, the smoked sausage potato soup is ready, we can serve it.
How We Serve
In Hungarian cuisine, potato soup is served with fresh bread and red onion.
We can also add a tablespoon of sour cream, which will give the soup a more pleasant taste.
After this soup, you can try the delicious cream cheese filling crepes.
I recommend you try this recipe and I wish you Bon appetite! And don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
Smoked Sausage Potato Soup
Ingredients
- 1 kg potatoes
- 500 g smoked sausage
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp sweet paprika powder
- 2 tbsp wheat flour
- 50 ml sunflower oil
- 1 teaspoon sweet pepper paste
- 1 tbsp vegetable mix
- 1 tbsp chopped tarragon
- 1 handful chopped parsley
Instructions
- We need potatoes first, I used about a kilogram of white potatoes. I washed the potatoes and peeled them. Then I cut them into 2-2.5 cm cubes. The second ingredient is smoked sausage, I used about 500g of smoked pork sausage. I washed the sausage a little and cut it into slices not very thin, about 1 cm thick.
- To start we heat a little sunflower oil in a soup pot and place the sliced sausage to fry. Roast the sausage about 3-4 minutes, to get a little color and aroma. Put the potatoes over the sausage, mix, and allow 2-3 minutes to fry together. Season with a tablespoon of sea salt and pour the water on top, to cover the potatoes well. I put about 3 liters of water in a 7-liter pot.
- We let it boil until the potatoes are soft, about 20 minutes, while we make a roux. To do this, in a small pan or small saucepan we heat 50 ml of olive oil. After the oil has warmed, add two tablespoons of wheat flour. Mix flour in the oil, until it is homogenized and forms a paste. Allow boiling until golden brown and add a tablespoon of sweet paprika powder. Stir until the paprika dissolves and take the pan from the heat. For added flavor, I also added a teaspoon of sweet pepper paste.
- Add the roux to the soup, using a sieve so that it does completely dissolved. Another favorite ingredient of mine is tarragon, which we add now, and let it boil for another five minutes. In the end, we season with a tablespoon of vegetable mix and a handful of chopped green parsley.
Notes
I have heard that the Hungarians are very good at cooking and I can almost lock my screen with this beauty you gave just made here. I see that the recipe is not something too hard to get and making the smoked sausage potatoe soup won’t be a big deal. I am not a fan of cooking but there’s no harm in experimenting is there?. Thanks for the step by step guide.
Thanks for the appreciation, I recommend trying this simple recipe, I’m sure it will be very tasty.
It seems I can feel the aroma from here too(hahaha). Truthfully, I have never tasted the smoke sausage potato soup before but I’m obsessed with trying out new course meals every day and it seems the next on my list is this soup. I like the fact that all ingredients used are perfectly health friendly since I like eating tasty healthy meals. You’ve done a great job in guiding us as to how to prepare it. I will definitely try it out and be back here to give my response on how it all goes.
And at us, the house is full of the aromas of this soup, try the recipe and we await you with opinions.
Hi,
Thanks for this excellent soup recipe. Normally, I make chicken potato soup. But I never think about sausage. I think this recipe will be testier the chicken potato soup . Normally, children love this soup type of soup because this soup not only tasty but much healthier . Especially my children love that. I am pleased that I got this recipe today. Because we are having a small holiday end party for children in our home today. I’m going to make it.
Oh yum!!! Cooler weather is approaching so I find myself thinking about soup recipes. Well, actually I love soup anytime of the year.
This year, I have decided to start cooking more instead of buying so many cans of soup. Not only are they super high in sodium, they don’t taste as good.
I never really understood the roux. So, I found your pictures very helpful. It took the mystery out. I can’t wait to try this recipe.
Thanks!
Just looking for something to make for supper! We are all about the sausage and perogies usual, but mixing it up soup and potato and you can’t beat home cooked meals! This is something worth trying tonight!! Very detailed and so easy to make for guests or family! This sounds delicious and its going to be! Thank you for the recipe!
Wow, what a unique recipe but looks like something that would taste amazing! Looks fairly simple with the way you have explained it and the photos are a big help to make it foolproof (definitely needed in my kitchen). I especially appreciate the summary you’ve included so that it can be easily printed out or pinned to save for future reference!
Thank you very much. I never heard of this flavor combination before, smoked sausage with tarragon in a soup. But it sounds very good and I will have to try it. I always liked the Smoky flavor so having that in a soup will be even better.
I appreciate that you provide all the pictures as you go along. That makes it much easier to follow the recipe. Thanks! I will definitely check out those Crepes for dessert too.
Cooking is an hobby for me and I like trying out new recipes at least once in every month. Seeing the recipes you have shared up here concerning the smoke sausage potato soup, I will surely try to get all the ingredients and give it a go at home. Though it is looking very yummy from what I could see here, but then, i’d prefer to have that in from of me and readied to be devoured(hahaha) thanks
I hope you like these dishes Roland!
Hi! Smoked sausage potato soup also reminds me of childhood. As you have said, and I agree with you it’s one of the tastiest and most loved recipes in my family too. I don’t know why I don’t make potato soup more often. But just recalling this has made me want to cook one today!