Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, slow cooker potato soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Slow Cooker Potato Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Slow Cooker Potato Soup is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
This potato soup is perfect for the slow cooker. Slow Cooker Creamy Potato Soup Slow Cooker Creamy Potato Soup. This slow cooker potato soup has the same ingredients as loaded baked potatoes–russet potatoes, bacon, Cheddar cheese, sour cream, and scallions–but is delivered in soup form!
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have slow cooker potato soup using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Potato Soup:
- Make ready 3 lb potatoes, peeled and diced into 1/2 inch pieces
- Prepare 1 medium yellow onion, finely diced
- Make ready 3 (14.5 oz) cans low-sodium chicken broth
- Make ready 1 cup evaporated milk
- Prepare 1 salt and black pepper, to taste
- Get 1/3 cup butter
- Make ready 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- Prepare 1/2 cup sour cream
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- Get 9 oz bacon, cooked and diced or crumbled
- Get 4 green onions, diced
So yes, that means you have to move the soup out of your slow-cooker crock. For more information, check out our guide on how long leftovers last. Once the soup has slow cooked and is about ready to serve, cook the butter in a small saucepan on the stove over medium-high heat until it has melted. To Make it Thicker There many methods to thicken soups but really, mashing or pureeing part of the soup works the best.
Instructions to make Slow Cooker Potato Soup:
- To a 6 or 7 quart slow cooker, add potatoes, onion, chicken broth, evaporated milk and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover with lid and cook on high heat for 4 hours or low heat for 8 hours ( poke potatoes with a fork to check make sure they're soft).
- Ladle out 2 cups liquid from soup mixture in crock pot into a liquid measuring cup, set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes.
- While whisking, slowly pour 2 cups liquid in measuring cup into butter mixture, it will thicken quickly. Pour butter mixture into slow cooker and stir to blend. If desired, mash potatoes with a potato masher to break down into smaller pieces.
- Cover and cook on high heat until thickened, about 10 minutes. Turn heat off or to warm, stir in sour cream. Serve warm topped with cheddar, bacon and green onions.
With this method, you are using the soup ingredients themselves to create a creamier base. Use an immersion blender right in the slow cooker and blend about half of the potatoes. Crockpot Potato Soup couldn't be any easier and is great comfort food. It's cooked all day in the slow cooker and is great for a cold day. Top with bacon, cheese, and green onions for the ultimate potato soup.
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