Cajun Sausage Potato Soup

Name: Cajun Sausage and Potato Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 140 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoon butter; 2 cups yellow onion (1 medium size) (finely dice); 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning (homemade is best!); 1 lb Andouille Sausages; 1 cup celery (diced small); 2 cups sliced carrots (diced small); 1 cup bell pepper (diced red or green peppers); 3 cups gold potatoes (1 pound 5-6 small. dice small); 1/2 pint heavy cream (1 quart); 32 ounces Chicken Stock (1 quart)

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Last Updated April 26th, 2024 at 11:15 am by Lisa

Sausage potato soup is what you want on cold nights to warm your bellies! Every spoonful is comforting and zesty. This spicy, cozy dinner has hearty chunks of vegetables and slices of andouille sausage. And takes just 20 minutes of prep time. Simmer this easy soup in a slow cooker or a pot on the stove and serve with crusty bread...

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Why You'll Love This Soup Recipe

Uses simple kitchen pantry ingredients!
Make it in 2 hours on high or simmer on low for 4 hours.
Freeze extra portions for fast weeknight meals.
Quick 20 minute prep, and one of the easiest potato soup recipes!

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Sausage Potato Soup Recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoon butter
2 cups yellow onion (medium size) finely dice
1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning...homemade is best!
1 lb Cajun style sausages like andouille or Louisiana Brand from Costco
1 cup celery diced small
2 cups sliced carrots diced small
1 cup bell pepper diced red or green peppers
3 cups gold potatoes 1 pound 5-6 small dice
½ pint heavy cream
32 ounces of Chicken Stock

Two white bowls filled with spicy sausage and potato soup with spoons and blue napkins on a cutting board.

Easy Sausage Potato Soup Ingredient Notes:

Sausages: You can use any andouille sausage, these are a Cajun style and are smoked with spicy heat. You can also use Italian sausage, chicken, pork sausage, or turkey sausage for less spice.

Chicken Stock: Homemade bone broth Chicken Stock is the best, and you can also use chicken broth from grocery stores.

Potatoes: I used small Yukon gold potatoes, they hold up well to soups in low simmers and crockpots and stay in small pieces. If you use russet potatoes, they are high-starch potatoes. In soups, russets become soft and make a creamier soup if you prefer.

Heavy Cream: You can swap in whole milk for this creamy sausage potato soup, or leave the dairy out. But I recommend it, as it gives that extra creaminess and color.

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Spicy Heat: If you want less spicy soup, skip the Cajun Seasoning and use a regular sausage. Or add a few red pepper flakes for a lower heat and maybe some crushed garlic.

Cajun Seasoning: Homemade is awesome! It is worth your time. Mix up a batch to use in your cooking. Most ingredients you most likely have on hand like garlic powder, salt, onion powder, cayenne, paprika, and more! Try your new Cajun spice mix in my Fried Green Tomatoes, so good!

A wooden bowl with mixed Cajun seasoning mixed and copper measuring spoons nearby on a white marble countertop.

Instructions How To Make It

A small vintage glass Ball jar with Cajun seasoning inside and a brown paper label with Cajun seasoning on it, tied with string to the jar.

Homemade cajun seasoning is worth your time when made with good fresh spices. I highly recommend it! Try my Cajun Seasoning Recipe. So good!

A stainless steel slow cooker crock pot with ingredients to make soup.

2. First, finely mince the onions. Then slice the carrots, and dice the celery, bell pepper, and potatoes into small ½" pieces. PRO TIP: Same-size vegetable pieces will all cook at the same time.

Chopped potato, green bell pepper, sliced andouille sausage in a slow cooker to make soup.

Thin slices of Cajun andouille sausage in a white bowl to use in a recipe for soup.

3. Slice the sausage into thin slices. Note: you can use crumbled sausage for this recipe, but sliced andouille sausages are best for a great spicy kick because they are smoked and have a unique Cajun flavor!

Chopped onions with butter and seasoning in a slow cooker with a saute function.

4. In a skillet or slow cooker with sauté function, saute 2 tablespoons butter, 2 cups finely minced onion, and 1 tablespoon cajun seasoning. This brings out a deep flavor! Optional: You can skip the saute step and add the same ingredients to your slow cooker.

Pouring chicken stock into a slow cooker with chopped vegetables and sausage for a soup recipe.

5. Next, add the sliced hot link sausages, diced celery, diced carrot, diced bell pepper, and diced potatoes.

6. Pour 1 quart (32 ounces) of chicken stock over the top and stir. Turn the slow cooker on high for two hours or cook on a low simmer for 4 hours. Don't let the soup boil. The potatoes and carrots should be fork-tender.

Slow cooker with ingredients inside and heavy cream on top to make soup with a wooden spoon.

7. Right before serving, pour ½ pint of heavy cream and stir. Serve warm in bowls with bread sticks or crackers.

Looking down into a crock pot of creamy sausage and potato soup.

Storage Tips

Store leftovers in the fridge in an airtight container. You can freeze the soup in freezer containers or freezer bags, and reheating is easy. Simply defrost in the fridge, pour into a saucepan, and reheat over low heat.

Two bowls of spicy Cajun sausage potato soup with bread in the bowls.

What is andouille sausage?

Andouille is a large Cajun sausage. The flavor is smoky with a spicy kick. It is a blend of chopped pork butt aka pork shoulder, onions, and a Cajun seasoning spice mix.

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Cajun Sausage and Potato Soup

Sausage potato soup is what you want on cold nights to warm your bellies. A spicy, cozy soup filled with vegetables and slices of andouille sausage. Every spoonful is comforting and zesty. Make this easy soup in a slow cooker or a pot on the stove.

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 2

Total Time 2 20

Servings

Calories 607kcal

Author Lisa Hatfield

Ingredients

2 tablespoon butter
2 cups yellow onion (1 medium size) finely dice
1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning homemade is best!
1 lb Andouille Sausages
1 cup celery diced small
2 cups sliced carrots diced small
1 cup bell pepper diced red or green peppers
3 cups gold potatoes 1 pound 5-6 small. dice small
½ pint heavy cream 1 quart
32 ounces Chicken Stock 1 quart

Instructions

Homemade cajun seasoning is worth your time when made with good fresh spices. I highly recommend it! Try my Cajun Seasoning recipe. So good.
First, finely mince the onions. Then slice the carrots, and dice the celery, bell pepper, and potatoes into small ½" pieces. Same size pieces will all cook at the same time.
Slice the sausage into thin slices. Note: you can use crumbled sausage for this recipe, but sliced andouille sausages are best for great flavor because they are smoked and have a unique Cajun flavor!
In a skillet (or slow cooker with sauté function), saute 2 tablespoons butter, 2 cups finely minced onion, and 1 tablespoon cajun seasoning.
Sauté the butter, onions, and cajun seasoning to bring out deep flavor from the caramelization of the onions, browning the butter (even more flavor), and toasting the spices. This is ideal to take the flavor to the next level!
Optional: You can skip the saute step and add the same ingredients to your slow cooker and cook.
Next, add the sliced hot link sausages, diced celery, diced carrot, diced bell pepper, and diced potatoes.
Pour 1 quart (32 ounces) of chicken stock over the top and stir. Turn the slow cooker on high for two hours or cook on a low simmer for 4 hours. Don't let the soup boil. The potatoes and carrots should be fork-tender.
Right before serving, pour ½ pint of heavy cream and stir. Serve warm in bowls with bread sticks or crackers.

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