Cozy Celery Soup
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Celery soup is a cozy, delicious 6-ingredient recipe. It’s a budget-friendly recipe that takes 30 minutes to make and is always a hit at the table.
A head of celery lasts forever in the crisper, so if you’ve uncovered a bunch you bought and forgot about, this recipe is the perfect way to turn it into something delicious.
This celery soup is creamy without any cream (potatoes do all the work), and it’s ready in under 30 minutes from start to finish. It’s made with simple fridge and pantry staples, has serious cozy energy, and honestly feels like a hug in a bowl. I love serving it with garlic bread or a slice of cheesy no-yeast bread for a comforting dinner.
Another simple vegetable soup you might like is my asparagus soup.
Is this a cream of celery soup recipe?
Technically, cream of celery soup has (you guessed it!) cream in the ingredients. Instead of cream, this recipe uses potatoes to make the soup beautifully creamy.
Can I freeze celery for soup?
Yes! When you thaw frozen celery, it will turn limp. But it still works great in blended recipes, like this celery soup.
Cozy Celery Soup Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
- Heat the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and let it cook for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute more.2 tablespoons butter, 1 medium onion, 4 cloves garlic
- Add the celery, potatoes, and stock to the pot and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover the pot, and simmer for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes and celery are soft.8 cups chopped celery, 1 lb potatoes, 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
- Add the parsley to the pot (if using) then blend the soup either with an immersion blender or in small batches in your blender. Season to to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with a dollop of sour cream and some fresh dill over top.Optional ½ cup parsley, Sea salt and pepper, Dill and sour cream
Nutrition
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Not butter needed just great olive oil 😀 I do appreciate your recipe. Thanks! I just add some carrots and instead of butter, I used olive oil. And it came out very delicious! My family loved it! Once again thank you for your recipe
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 😊 Olive oil is a wonderful choice, and adding carrots sounds delicious. I love hearing that your family loved it, too. Thanks so much for sharing and for the kind note!
Super and so simple. I added a dash of cream and a sprinkle of parmesan when I served it. Merci!
Aw, I’m so happy you loved it! Adding a little cream and a sprinkle of parmesan sounds absolutely perfect. Merci for taking the time to leave a note — it means a lot. 💛
I just noticed if we cut down the recipe using the designated button, the number of celery ribs remain 12 stalks. As an example if I use triple recipes, it would show 1.5 cups but it still showing 12 stalks. So, beware before shopping.
Thank you for flagging that! Unfortunately that feature only adjusts the ingredient amount listed and not the notes I make beside it in brackets.
I added 7-10 fennel seeds with the onion to give it a nice earthy/floral aroma. It turned out super yummy.
That’s a great idea!
Made the recipe exactly as is, so thick, creamy, and delicious!!
I had a lot of celery left and hated the thought of throwing it out and found this amazing recipe. Packed with flavor & definitely a winner! Thank you!!
This is the boom….as the kids say fire! We loved it, easy peasy to make and not a bit left. Served with a double cheezey quick bread for a complete fill up.
Thanks for this recipe
Love this recipe. I made it for my husband because he loves celery (me not so much). I was shocked how delicious and easy it was. I did add 2 carrots to the soup.
We cooked it tonight after a day skiing – amazingly easy quick and fulfilling!!! Everyone asked for second helping :))
Absolutely LOVE this combination!! I did not puree but left all whole pieces, love the slight crunch of the celery. I also added 3 parsnips to the mix and added cardamon spice. So delicious. Such a subtle clean tasting soup. I’ve made 3 batches so far and frozen many servings to have thru the cooler days
Thank you for posting this recipe, this was just what I was looking for, an easy and very tasty celery soup. My husband and I appreciated that we could get lots of flavor and creaminess without using milk or cream. I have to admit to adding some ingredients mentioned by other reviewers; a bay leaf, a 1/2 tsp of dried thyme and 1 tsp of lightly crushed fennel seeds. Yummy!