I made this soup recipe and it turned out great! I did make a few adjustments though. I added three stalks of celery instead of celery salt and added a little bit more of the carrots and potatoes. Then I put everything in a blender until it had a nice texture and let it simmer a little longer. I think the extra vegetables made it thicker, so I never added the flour at the end. Everyone I served it to loved it!

Love this recipe, I just add some corn and cooked chicken to make it more hearty.

This recipe is a good start

When i did it I got it going with with 1 half pack thick bacon diced, rendered it down, poured off 1/2 fat before adding Onions with some EVOO.

With the onions I added celery, garlic & 1 good sized jalapeno with 1/2 seeds removed for a kick. Then I added the potatoes and carrots w/the stock until tender.

I substituted whole milk for the evaporated milk (based on what I had) but it came out great without flour either. I left chunky.

Very good on 2nd day! More flavorful & spicy.

This was a great recipe. Based on others' inputs I blended my soup, and added chipotle bouillon cubes, and then used (bad but oh so good) a small can of sweetened condensed milk with a little regular milk rather than evaporated milk. It turned out great