Potato Soup

Name: Potato Soup
Total time: 90 min
Cuisine: Camping
Ingredients: 6 potatoes , peeled and diced; 3 cups milk; 1 large onion; 2 carrots , diced; ¼ cup butter or margarine; 3 cups water; 2 cubes chicken bouillon; ½ tsp ground black pepper to taste; 3 tbsp all-purpose flour; 1 tbsp dried parsley; ¼ tsp dried thyme

Potato Soup: a sourced camp stove recipe with measured ingredients and cooking instructions. Pack a cooler for perishables.

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Added October 9, 2026

Source: Recipe: Wikibooks contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); extracted from linked revision; camping suitability and safety notes added. Photo: MarkTraceur, CC BY-SA 3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_bowls_of_potato_soup.jpg; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0. Photo illustrates this dish on its source recipe page; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.

Photo: MarkTraceur · CC BY-SA 3.0. Source-recipe food photograph; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.

Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

•6 potatoes , peeled and diced
•3 cups milk
•1 large onion
•2 carrots , diced
•¼ cup butter or margarine
•3 cups water
•2 cubes chicken bouillon
•½ tsp ground black pepper to taste
•3 tbsp all-purpose flour
•1 tbsp dried parsley
•¼ tsp dried thyme

Instructions

1Cook onion in butter until tender.
2Bring the diced potatoes, carrots, water and chicken bouillon in another stock pot to a boil . Simmer about 10 minutes or until tender. Add ground black pepper.
3Add the flour to the cooked onions to make a paste. Stir in the milk. Cook over low heat stirring constantly until warmed through. Add the potato and carrot mixture. Stir in the parsley and thyme and heat through. Serve hot.

Camp tips

• Use vegetable stock instead of chicken bouillon for a vegetarian soup.
• Add leeks if available.
• Omit all ingredients except potatoes, water, salt and pepper for a simple and surprisingly pleasing potato soup. High quality, flavorful potatoes are required for this variation, which itself presents an ideal base for an inventive cook to expand upon.
• Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions. Cook poultry to 165°F (74°C), checked with a food thermometer.

Food safety & trail facts

Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions. Cook poultry to 165°F (74°C), checked with a food thermometer.

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