Frankfurter soup with potatoes and paprika

Name: Frankfurter soup with potatoes and paprika
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 300 g Frankfurters (hot dog sausages); 600 g Potatoes; 150 g Onion; 100 g Lard; 80 g All-purpose flour; to taste Salt and pepper; as needed Sweet paprika; 2 l Vegetable broth

Frankfurter and potato soup with an onion roux, sweet paprika, and vegetable broth, simmered until tender. Serves 4 with bread.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 hr 10 min
Total time: 1 hr 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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Frankfurter soup is a familiar, filling midmorning classic with frankfurters and potatoes that warms you up on chilly, damp days. It starts with a light roux made from onion and all-purpose flour cooked in lard, with sweet paprika stirred in at the end before adding vegetable broth. The soup simmers for at least 20 minutes, then the diced potatoes cook in it for about half an hour, followed by sliced frankfurters. Serve with bread.

Instructions

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Sauté the finely chopped onion in fat, oil, or lard. Add the all-purpose flour and cook to make a light roux, then stir in the paprika. Cook for a few minutes, then pour in about 2 l of prepared broth.
Whisk the soup, slowly bring it to a boil, and simmer for at least 20 minutes. Taste and season with salt and ground black pepper as needed.
Add the peeled, diced potatoes and cook them in the soup for about half an hour.
Add the frankfurters, sliced into rounds, and cook for at least another 10 minutes. Season the soup with salt and pepper, pour in a little milk to mellow the flavor, and bring briefly to a boil.

Tip: Wait to dice the potatoes until the soup with the roux is simmering. If you cut them ahead of time, keep them submerged in cold water to prevent them from darkening.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 656 kcal
Protein: 16 g
Carbohydrates: 50 g
of which sugars: 5.6 g
Fat: 44 g
of which saturates: 17 g
Fiber: 4.5 g
Salt: 5.7 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Frankfurtská polievka s párkami a zemiakmi