Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Loaded Baked Potato Soup

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This recipe for potato soup includes bacon, onion, ham, sour cream, cheddar cheese, green onions—and plenty of potatoes, of course. Use a high-starch variety of baking potato, also known as a russet, for this recipe, to ensure that your loaded potato soup has a hearty body and a creamy texture. In a large skillet, saute onions in butter until tender.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook loaded baked potato soup using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Loaded Baked Potato Soup:
  1. Prepare 1 lb bacon, diced
  2. Take 1 onion, diced
  3. Get 5 large russet potatoes, peeled and cubed
  4. Take 4 cup chicken stock
  5. Make ready 3 tbs butter
  6. Prepare 3 tbs flour
  7. Prepare 1 1/2 cup 2% milk
  8. Get 3 green onions, sliced
  9. Get 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
  10. Prepare 1/2 tsp black pepper
  11. Prepare Sour cream for garnish, optional

Russet potatoes: Plain old "baking potatoes" are the best for this soup because they have more starch. Some cooks make the soup with frozen shredded hash brown potatoes, too. Sour cream: Baked potato soup tastes just as good with heavy cream or an equal amount of cream cheese. Keep warm in the slow cooker: Get the soup ready on the stove, then keep it warm for company in the crockpot.

Instructions to make Loaded Baked Potato Soup:
  1. In a large stock pot, cook bacon until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to drain and set aside. Drain all but 2 tablespoons of bacon grease from the pot. Cook the onions in the remaining bacon grease for about 5 minutes, until tender.
  2. Add potatoes and chicken stock to pot. Bring to boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer about 20 minutes, until potatoes are tender. With a slotted spoon, remove a few scoops of potatoes. Place in a bowl and mash with a fork. Set aside.
  3. In a small sauce pan, melt butter. Stir in flour and cook for 2 minutes. Whisk in milk, bring to boil and simmer until thickened. Slowly stir into stock pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer. Stir mashed potatoes back into pot.
  4. Add 1/2 cup shredded cheese, three-fourths of the bacon and half the sliced green onions to the pot. Add pepper. Stir to combine. Cook an additional 5 minutes.
  5. To serve, ladle soup into individual bowls and top with some shredded cheese, bacon, green onions and optional sour cream.

This loaded baked potato soup is everything you love about a baked potato with your favorite toppings! This is also a great recipe for using up leftover cooked potatoes or even vegetables or ham. Simply stir in cooked potatoes, vegetables or ham after the milk and broth has thickened and heat through. Stir in cheese and green onions and serve. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat.

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