Authentic Hungarian Sausage and Potato Soup Recipe | Homemade Recipes from Scratch 2023

Name: Authentic Hungarian Sausage and Potato Soup Recipe | Homemade Recipes from Scratch 2023
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Hungary
Ingredients: 1) 100 g/3.5 oz of red onions; 2) 2 tbsp of sunflower oil; 3) salt or salted red pepper paste; 4) 700 g/25 oz of root vegetables (carrots and parsnip root); 5) 2 tomatoes; 6) 1 bell pepper; 7) some celery and lovage leaves to taste (optional); 8) 1,5 kg/50 oz of potatoes; 9) 500 g/17.5 oz of Hungarian smoked sausage (recommended) or another similar smoked sausage type; 10) 500 ml/17.5 fl oz of borscht or 2-3 tbsp of apple cider vinegar; 11) 300 g/10 oz of sour cream (12% fat); 12) green parsley or tarragon leaves to taste

Hungarian Potato Soup Recipe - Easy Smoked Sausage and Potato Soup

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Cooking Hungarian Potato Soup Recipes at Home

My sausage and potato soup is one of the most delicious Hungarian soup recipes you ever cooked!

➡️ Looking for authentic Hungarian sausage and potato soup recipes in 2023? On this webpage, you can learn how to make potato soup with smoked sausage in 11 steps at home. Potato soup is one of the traditional staple foods in many parts of the world, including Hungary, the country where the potato has a place of honor in gastronomy.

➡️ People with European origins have inherited the gastronomic traditions of immigrants, so potato soup is also popular among many European descendants from the United States and Canada. My easy potato soup recipe helps you cook Hungarian soup with simple and tasty ingredients like heavy cream, potatoes, and smoked sausage.

➡️ Soups are among the easiest dishes to cook and the Hungarian sausage and potato soup is no exception to this rule. Watch the cooking video below and learn how to make the Hungarian smoked sausage and potato soup recipe from scratch using a yummy and easy homemade potato soup recipe!

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How to Make Hungarian Potato Soup from Scratch

What ingredients do you need to make the smoked sausage and potato soup recipe?

1) 100 g/3.5 oz of red onions
2) 2 tbsp of sunflower oil
3) salt or salted red pepper paste
4) 700 g/25 oz of root vegetables (carrots and parsnip root)
5) 2 tomatoes
6) 1 bell pepper
7) some celery and lovage leaves to taste (optional)
8) 1,5 kg/50 oz of potatoes
9) 500 g/17.5 oz of Hungarian smoked sausage (recommended) or another similar smoked sausage type
10) 500 ml/17.5 fl oz of borscht or 2-3 tbsp of apple cider vinegar
11) 300 g/10 oz of sour cream (12% fat)
12) green parsley or tarragon leaves to taste

How to make Hungarian smoked sausage and potato soup from scratch?

1) peel onions off and chop them finely
2) place chopped onions in a high pot, pour 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil, then put the pot over high temperature
3) season onions with salt or red pepper paste to taste and fry them until become glassy
4) meanwhile, peel off and chop root vegetables, chop tomatoes, and bell pepper, then put all vegetables into the pot
5) after about 5 minutes, reduce temperature and add some chopped celery and lovage leaves if you have at hand these aromatic herbs
6) peel potatoes off, then cut them into small cubes and place them in the pot
7) cut sausages into rounds of about half a finger thickness and place them in the pot
8) fill the pot with lukewarm water and boil the soup over low heat until all ingredients are soft
9) sour the soup with borscht or apple cider vinegar
10) put sour cream in a bowl and add over it about 1-2 ladles of hot soup broth, then mix ingredients well
11) pour the cream into the pot and stir the broth, wait until it starts bubbling, then add chopped parsley or tarragon and boil for 1-2 minutes more

Final Notes for the Hungarian Potato Soup Recipe

➡️ Each of us has a favorite potato soup recipe. Some people like potato soup featuring smoked meat, others like potato soup only with vegetables. I like any kind of soup including potatoes among the ingredients but I also have a favorite recipe, namely the Hungarian recipe for smoked sausages and potato soup.

➡️ This tasty potato soup recipe is one of the foods that delighted my childhood. My maternal grandfather was a butcher, and after cutting the pork at St. Ignatius in December, he prepared some extra-good smoked sausages. Grandma then used them to make a variety of dishes, including soup.

➡️ You can’t imagine how good my grandmother’s soup was at noon when I entered the house after a few hours of playing in the cold and snow! A steaming plate of soup was waiting for me, which I quickly devoured, then fell asleep to the excellent food and warmth of the house!

➡️ The recipe for potato soup with sausages is straightforward to make and it won’t take you long to prepare it. The ingredients are quite easy to find and the whole family will appreciate the soup you cook.

➡️ I like to eat this soup with pickled hot peppers for a more spicy taste, but this is completely optional.

➡️ Enjoy cooking Hungarian potato soup recipes from scratch! For additional info, read more about different soup types here.