Baked Potato Soup

Baked Potato Soup is a one-pot recipe that brings the comforting, familiar flavors of a loaded baked potato, made in under 30 minutes!

I love good Soups in my house like Butternut Squash Soup and Beef Stew and this easy Potato Soup Recipe is no exception! It is comfort food at it’s best!

Sabrina’s Baked Potato Soup Recipe

This soup is my Ultimate Twice Baked Potato in soup form, talk about comfort food. Or like those Loaded Mashed Potatoes you all love on the site, in soup form. And if you love recipes on this site, please check out all the Soups on the site, soups are basically a love language of mine.

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About this Recipe

Potato Soup sounds like a punishment, potato soup? But this isn’t grandmas boiled potatoes with some random vegetables like carrots and celery. This is a one-pot recipe made with Yukon potatoes, thick cut bacon, and cream made in just 30 minutes! It is the creamiest, silkiest potatoes in a chicken broth and heavy cream mixture that have been pureed until it is perfectly smooth topped with cheddar cheese, green onions, black pepper and sour cream. There are two schools of thought for potato soup. You can use Russet potatoes and keep the color of the soup more of a distinct PURE white or you can use Yukon gold potatoes and create a creamier more golden colored soup. I prefer to use a Yukon gold in most settings like my Slow Cooker Beef Stew or my Ultimate Pot Roast because the butter texture and firmness of a Yukon Gold potato is just heads and shoulders better than a russet (in my humble opinion).

Kitchen Tools & Equipment

• Immersion Blender: Using a potato masher will never make a silky texture like an immersion blender will. It will also take you a significantly longer amount of time. Make sure you boil the potatoes until they are truly fork tender. If they are undercooked the immersion blender will not create a silky texture no matter how long you blend it for. If you don’t have one consider using a blender in it’s place.
• Dutch Oven: A Dutch oven is one of the best pots for Baked Potato Soup because it helps the soup cook more evenly and develop better flavor. Dutch ovens (especially cast iron) hold heat really well, which helps potatoes cook evenly and keeps the soup at a steady simmer without scorching.

Pairing Suggestions

Potato Soup is hearty enough to be most of a meal but it can be served with classic sides like Garlic Bread, Cornbread, Dinner Rolls and a Wedge Salad.

Alternative Cooking Techniques

Slow Cooker Method

• To make this potato soup recipe in the slow cooker cook the bacon in a pan then use the fat to cook onions as directed in the stovetop directions.
• Add the onions to the slow cooker with the garlic, potatoes, salt and pepper and cook on low for 4 hours.
• Add the butter and flour together in a bowl and mash them together until fully combined, add to the slow cooker after the 4 hours of cooking along with the heavy cream and cook an additional hour on high heat.
• Using an immersion blender, puree until smooth then ladle the soup into bowls and top them with bacon and additional toppings.

Instant Pot Method

• To make this potato soup recipe in the instant pot cook the bacon in a pan then use the fat to cook onions as directed in the stovetop directions.
• Add the onions to the Instant Pot with the garlic, potatoes, salt and pepper and cook on high pressure for 10 minutes.
• Release from pressure then mash the butter and flour together in a bowl and add to insert along with the heavy cream and cook on medium heat, stirring for an additional 3-4 minutes until thickened.
• Using an immersion blender, puree until smooth then serve topped with bacon and additional toppings.

Variations

• Gluten-Free: If you’d like to make this recipe gluten-free replace the butter flour mixture with cornstarch to thicken the soup.
• Low-Sodium: You can use low-sodium chicken stock and lower sodium bacon in addition to cutting back on salt if you want to control the amount of salt in the recipe.
• Low-Fat: Instead of using heavy cream you can also use half-and-half as a low-fat option. If you do this you may need to use a bit more of a butter/flour mixture to create the same creaminess in the potato soup texture.
• Toppings: Toppings like scallions, sour cream, cheddar cheese, bacon crumbles and black pepper are traditional but you can use alternate ones as well like croutons, sunflower seeds, chives, vegetarian bacon bits or chopped nuts.
• Vegetarian: You can make this potato soup vegetarian if you swap out the chicken broth and leave out the bacon. You do not technically need either of the ingredients for this recipe. If you do drop the bacon from the recipe I’d suggest adding a bit more of a bold flavor from another source. Add more garlic, or perhaps leeks. Add ginger or maybe some additional spices. You could even take the soup in a sweeter direction and add half sweet potatoes and half Yukon since you’re removing a savory flavor like bacon.

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