Delicious Cheesy Baked Potato & Bacon Soup

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"This is a delicious creamy thick soup. I make it quite often, it's a family favorite, I also add in some cayenne pepper, if you are not a lover of garlic you may omit--- It is so filling that I usually just serve it as a main meal with crusty bread on the side, and a salad."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 157.80 ml butter
• 29.58 ml finely chopped fresh garlic
• 157.80 ml flour
• 946.36 ml milk
• 709.77 ml half-and-half
• 4 large baking potatoes, baked, cooled, peeled and cubed
• 4-6 green onions, chopped
• 12 slice bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 354.88 ml shredded cheddar cheese
• 236.59 ml sour cream
• salt and pepper (I use seasoned salt)

directions

1. In a large soup pot melt butter over medium-high heat.
2. Add in garlic; cook stirring for about 2 minutes.
3. Add in flour then stir until smooth (about 1 minute).
4. Gradually add milk and half and half stirring constantly until thickened and smooth.
5. Add potatoes and onions; bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
6. Reduce heat; simmer for 10 minutes.
7. Add remaining ingredients; stir until cheese is melted.
8. Serve immediately.
9. Delicious!

Reviews

[Sapphireyes]

OMG this is the best tasting potato soup! It is very easy to make, even for a novice cook like myself. (hehehee) You want to eat more of this soup than you actually can...3/4 of a bowl and you're stuffed. Thank you for posting this recipe...this is my new favorite Fall/Winter meal! : )

 

[Skye C.]

Best potato soup! I shared some with my friend and she said it was best soup she had EVER had bar none. I have some left over and it got very thick. I had no milk left (it took a lot of milk!) I thinned it with veggie broth - still wonderful!

 

[Lavender1638Fawn]

I didn't want to bring the oven up just for potatoes so sliced them & boiled with the jackets on, then dried them under the grill, hoping for no watery-tasting soup, it worked & I kept the jackets on, made it a bit more 'earthy' taste. Used veggy-bacon fried crisp & added cayenne as suggested. Used 5½ cups milk 1½ cups cream, hopefully this was the intended consistency (I think there is something called 'half-cream' in the UK but it's probably like ½sugar-½sweetener, a lot more expensive). I'd love to give more stars for this as cheese soup isn't seen in the UK, I didn't even know tins of cheese soup existed & as I am a big cheese fan, this was my treat, all mine, crusty bread too!! It went thick as I thought so I made it in a double boiler (the old-fashioned way-2 saucepans). I am going to try freezing a little bit to test next time without the veggy-bacon. There is something I'm a bit bemused/bewildered by; this is by far not the first US recipe that salad has been suggested to serve with soup; do people serve the soup in a mug & drink it next to the salad, like some do with wine, or do they have a knife & fork then change to a spoon & back again, like I've heard you switch cutlery to different hands as you eat?? Excuse my ignorance but I've never been to the US (though I'd very much like to when I retire).

 

[yazman]

This was damn good! Very easy to make, and probably the best potato soup I've made yet. Lovely and creamy, cheesy, and just the right mix of flavours. I'm quite amazed at how much like a loaded baked potato it really does taste - exactly like it!

 

[pacer48]

This was an easy to make soup and delicious. We made it last winter and was perfect for dinner on a cold evening. Tasted even better when reheated the next day. Looking forward to making it again soon.