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What to serve with potato soup? Transform your creamy bowl into a hearty feast! From creamy grilled cheese to crunchy salads, discover delicious and easy sides that make it a meal.

What to serve with potato soup
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Planning to make potato soup and not sure how to pair it? Cozy loaded potato soup is one of our favorite meals. But we’ll admit: one bowl or cup isn’t filling enough on its own. So what to serve with potato soup? There are so many ideas, from crisp vegetable salads to fancy grilled cheese, buttermilk biscuits, and artisan breads. Here are our top 10 ideas!

And now…what to serve with potato soup!

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In case you need a potato soup recipe, we’ve got you covered! Our favorite soup is loaded potato soup, but there are many different spins on the theme. Here are a few to try:

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What To Serve with Potato Soup

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What to serve with potato soup? Transform your creamy bowl into a hearty feast! From creamy grilled cheese to crunchy salads, discover delicious and easy sides that make it a meal. This Butter Lettuce Salad with Creamy Parmesan dressing makes a splash as the perfect pairing. 

  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Side Dish
  • Method: Raw
  • Cuisine: Side Dish
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

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  • 5 ounces butter lettuce (Bibb lettuce or Boston lettuce)
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 handful cherry tomatoes (or radishes)
  • 1 handful fresh chives
  • ¼ cup Italian panko*
  • ½ cup Parmesan Peppercorn Dressing (recipe below)
  • Parmesan shavings, for garnish (optional)

For the Parmesan Dressing

  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • ½ cup Greek yogurt
  • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese, finely grated
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • ½ tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon each kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

  1. Wash and dry the lettuce (a salad spinner makes quick work). Then tear it into pieces.
  2. Thinly slice the shallot. Slice or quarter the cherry tomatoes or thinly slice the radishes. Finely chop the chives.
  3. Make the Parmesan dressing: whisk together the mayonnaise, Greek yogurt, grated Parmesan cheese, red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, garlic powder, salt, black pepper and water until a creamy dressing forms.
  4. Place the butter lettuce on salad plates or a large platter. Top with the sliced tomatoes or radishes, shallot, chives, and Parmesan cheese shavings. Drizzle with about ½ cup of the dressing and sprinkle with Italian panko.

Notes

*Panko is a Japanese-style breadcrumb mixture that is airier and lighter than traditional breadcrumbs. It has a crunchy texture which is more satisfying on salads (breadcrumbs are much finer with almost a sand-like texture). “Italian” means herbs and salt are added. You should be able to find Italian panko or plain panko easily at your local grocery store (often they also sell gluten-free). If all you have is plain panko, you can season it: mix ½ cup panko with ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt and ½ tablespoon Italian seasoning (or 1 teaspoon dried oregano and ¼ teaspoon each dried basil and thyme).

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Alex & Sonja

Hi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!

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  1. Sonja Overhiser says:

    Let us know if you have any questions!