Last updated on April 26th, 2018 at 08:29 pm
This Creamy Loaded Potato Soup is smooth, creamy, and delicious. It can only be described as serious comfort food in a bowl. A simple recipe perfect for a cold day.
I think I’m going through a soup phase, if there even is such a thing. I’ve been making a lot of soups lately and I have to admit that creamy soups are my favorite. They’re just so comforting and delicious. I know what you’re thinking that creamy soups aren’t that good for you, but check this soup out, it’s only 474 calories a serving, so not too shabby my friends.
It must be the weather, although it’s still pretty warm here, it looks like fall so I’m in winter mode already waiting for the snow any day now. But this soup here, this soup embodies everything I love about baked potatoes, the cheese and the bacon, oh yeah the bacon. So how can you go wrong here? You can’t!
This soup is so easy to make because we cook the potatoes before, you can either choose to bake them, or just boil them like I did, it was faster and I wanted a quick soup. While the potatoes are cooking, you can work on frying the bacon, literally my favorite part. For things like this I like to chop up my bacon first then fry it. Do you know how hard it is to fry bacon with a dog on a low protein diet around you? Who ever came up with low protein diet for dogs, just silly if you ask me.
What makes this soup delicious is the fact that we use bacon fat instead of oil. You have to save a couple tablespoons of that bacon fat to cook the onion and garlic in, this just adds more flavor to the soup. Then the rest is easy, add the heavy cream and chicken soup, potatoes, season and let it cook. Not very difficult at all. And when you serve it, just make sure you load it up with cheese, bacon and green onions. Nothing better!
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Creamy Loaded Potato Soup
Ingredients
- 6 medium potatoes cut into cubes and cooked
- 8 slices bacon thick cut
- 1 onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 3 cups chicken broth low sodium
- 1 tsp basil dried
- 1 tsp oregano dried
- 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
- 1/2 tsp pepper or to taste
Toppings
- cheddar cheese
- green onions
Instructions
- Start by baking or cooking the potatoes. I cut mine into small cubes and boiled them for about 15 minutes until they were fork tender.
- Next cook the bacon until crisp, then crumble into small pieces or cut it first into small pieces then fry. Reserve 2 tbsp of the rendered bacon fat.
- In a large Dutch Oven or soup pot add the bacon fat and onion; cook the onion until soft and translucent, should take about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
- Stir in the flour, then start adding the liquid. I usually add it a cup at a time, whisking the flour to make sure there are no lumps, until you finish adding the heavy cream and chicken broth.
- Add the dry basil, dry oregano and season with salt and pepper. Add the cooked potatoes and cook for another 10 minutes over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. The soup should thicken nicely.
- Top with cheddar cheese, bacon and green onions before serving.
Made this and can’t get enough! Delicious!
I substituted Bacon Fat for Butter and Heavy Cream for H&H. It tastes like it’s from a restaurant.
Always perfect!
Can you make this in the crock pot?
For sure, I just can’t give you specifics without trying it myself. But I think it would work great.
I made this recipe last night. I didn’t have the spices I needed except the salt and pepper. My kids and hubby said it was the absolute best they had ever tasted! This recipe is a real keeper.
I love to heart this, so glad you guys enjoyed it!
Can you freeze this soup?
Yes you can, I would freeze them in freezer plastic bags.
I am making this right now. I’ve made several of your recipes. Since January 2017, I have had to go vegetarian for health reasons. I am making many recipes like this soup by excluding meat. Thanks!
Did you peel the potatoes?
Yes I did, up to you though if you peel them or not.
I love this potato soup recipe! Comfort food at its finest 🙂 I usually use sausage in my potato soup (http://doubletherecipe.com/2016/01/11/spicy-potato-soup/) but your looks so good with bacon Im going to have to try it next time.
Thanks for sharing such a great recipe!
My pleasure, glad you liked it!
Made this tonight and wow…DELISH! I added some chili pepper flakes as my family likes a little heat. Definitely will make again and again and again! So good!!!!
So glad you liked this Jessica!
Making this Christmas Eve in lieu of onion soup I always make. Can I do this in a crock pot. Started new job and we are not closed 12/24 grrrr
I don’t see why not, you can probably cook the potatoes in the slow cooker as well.
if you want a flour less recipe, make some mashed potatoes and thin them with the cream to desired consistency. I never make potato soup with flour
On the stove right now! First taste is delish! Bacon grease is key! Thanks for sharing this great recipe. Cannot wait to serve this afternoon!
I hope you enjoy it!!
Good Lord! This looks amazing. Nom nom nom. Pinning for later!
Thank you Erin!
This is my now go to recipe for Potato Soup. My husband loves it. I doubled the recipe and thought at first it was to much garlic but it actually enhanced the recipe
I’m so happy to hear this! Yeah I love garlic and I always use a bit more in my recipes. 🙂
What kind of potatoes do you use?
It doesn’t really matter, I used red potatoes, but baking potatoes would be great.
My grandmother makes the perfect potato soup, its my favorite dish, it brings so many childhood memories. I love how yours is topped with a hefty amount of bacon.
Well you need a hefty amount of bacon, it’s what makes the soup!
Mmmm… Loaded potato soup is so comforting! Creamy soups are my favorite too! Now I just need my weather to cooperate. It’s still 90 degrees here 🙁 !
I wouldn’t be complaining if I were you Senika!! I love 90 degree weather. 🙂
I wouldn’t complain about 90 deg in October lol had to laugh cuz its now -8 with wind chill here in Randolph Wisconsin. Going to make this tonight but dont have green onion, using some carrots n celery and onion in it and i do have bacon n cheese but no heavy cream so it wont be so creamy but it should be ok with chicken broth.
I have been looking for a good potato soup recipe! This one looks so creamy and stick to your ribs good.
Hope you try it Nicole!
This is one of my favourite soups. My mom made it a lot when I was young. So many good memories. We usually had grilled cheese with it. 🙂
Oh yeah, grilled cheese….I’ve had lots of grilled cheese sandwiches lately! LOL
Do you have to use heavy cream, or could you use half and half?
Half and half is fine as well.