Baba's Potato Soup
An old-fashioned Eastern European potato soup with homemade drop noodles poured right into the pot, a comforting family recipe passed down generations.
Ingredients
- 4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 0.5 cup butter (1 stick)
- 1 large onion, diced
- 2 eggs
- 0.5 cup flour (approx, for drop noodles)
- 1 tsp salt to taste
Instructions
- 1
Peel and cube potatoes. Place in salted water and cook until done.
- 2
Melt the butter in a skillet and add the diced onion. Cook until transparent.
- 3
When potatoes are cooked, use a hand masher to break them apart in the water into bite-sized pieces — do not fully mash.
- 4
Add the butter and onions to the pot of potatoes. Optionally, add a ladle of potato water back to the hot skillet, warm it, and add it back to the potatoes.
- 5
In a cup, mix 1–2 eggs with flour to a runny pancake-batter consistency. Add a little water if too thick.
- 6
Pour the drop noodle batter into the boiling soup while stirring gently. When the noodles float to the top, the soup is ready to serve.
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