How do you fix watery potato soup?

Table of Contents:

1. How do you fix watery potato soup?
2. How do you thicken watery soup?
3. How long does soup take to thicken?
4. Why does my soup break?

How do you fix watery potato soup?

If you find your potato soup is too thin, simply add more potatoes in the form of boiled, mashed potatoes or some instant mashed potato flakes. Start by thickening a quart of soup with just one or two more pureed potatoes, or a half cup of instant flakes. Continue adding until the soup reaches the desired consistency.

How do you thicken watery soup?

How to thicken soup

1. Blend all or part of it. If you've made a broth with chunks of vegetable in it, such as minestrone soup, then pour the soup through a sieve. ...
2. Add cream or yogurt. ...
3. Add flour or cornflour. ...
4. Use a butter and flour paste. ...
5. Blend in bread. ...
6. Add lentils or rice. ...
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How long does soup take to thicken?

When added to a brothy (or watery, even) soup, and left to simmer for 20-30 minutes, the rice breaks down, releasing its starch and thickening the liquid that it's cooking in.

Why does my soup break?

Why do sauces break? Sauces will break (the butter or oil separates from the sauce) for many of the same reasons that they curdle. Maybe you... Added the fat too quickly, so the emulsifying agent (egg yolks or mustard, for example) got overwhelmed and couldn't keep linking the fat molecules to the liquid molecules.