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Slow Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Soup

January 29, 2012
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Slow Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Soup RecipeI’ve just updated my photo for this delicious Loaded Baked Potato Soup Recipe, and made an adjustment to the recipe as well.  The original recipe as I posted it called for 6 cups of chicken broth.  The containers we buy (box) are 900ml, so I found it easier just to pour in 2 containers of chicken broth (1800ml = 7.6 cups, the original recipe called for 6 cups).

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Slow Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Soup
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 7-8 red potatoes, diced into ½" cubes, skins on
  • 1 large yellow onion, diced
  • 6 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 (900ml) boxes of chicken broth (7.6 cups)
  • 2 tsp Seasoning Salt
  • 1 block (8oz.) cream cheese
  • Crumbled bacon (since I don't like the smell of frying bacon, I bought microwave bacon and put about 5 slices in the microwave)
  • Diced green onion
  • Shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
  1. Add the first 5 ingredients to the slow cooker (easy, right?!)
  2. Cook on high 6 hours or low for 10 hours.
  3. In the last hour, remove about ½ the soup into a large mixing bowl. Puree the soup with the cream cheese and gradually introduce back to the slow cooker in batches.
  4. Cook for remaining hour, mixing every 15 minutes or so to ensure everything is well blended.
  5. When serving make sure to get the potato chunks from the bottom of the slow cooker as well, then serve with your favorite toppings.
  6. Sit back, rub your belly, and remark on a job well done!

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  • I don’t know about the cream cheese, guess that’s the creamy part. I usually use milk & added leeks. I’ll try a smaller batch.

  • Was planning to make a recipe just like this later this week!! The one I found had corn instead of cream cheese, but maybe I’ll add both. Yumm 🙂

  • Don’t many potatoes come in a five pound bag already? Weighing them wouldn’t really be necessary.

    • Unless you had a 10 or 20 lb bag right? Or keep them in a bin in your pantry. 😉

  • great sounding recipe – i love potato soup. i do have serious reservations about someone who does not like the smell of cooking bacon…

  • The recipe looks and sounds delicious but seriously, you don’t like the smell of bacon cooking? Seriously? Really? I am saddened and somewhat confused.

  • Just made this today. Loved it! Found you through stumbleupon. I am going to have to check out your other recipes!

    • Love it! Hope you find something else you like (and they’re all super easy to make too…)

  • I have no funny idea that this is healthy in any way, but its the day before Christmas Eve so.. Who’s counting calories anyway? I have modified the method, in the interest of having it ready before church, and the kitchen smells wonderful!

  • I was very excited for this recipe. I love soup and I love slow cooker meals. So this was great. But I left out the bacon to make it vegetarian and then for the last hour of cooking, I added thinly sliced carrots and celery. They cooked just long enough to be done, but weren’t soft. They added some color and texture and gave me more than carbs to eat.

    • Oh that’s a great idea! I’m going to do that next time, thanks for the idea!

  • loaded baked potatoes are one of my favourite things. And I looooove potato soup, so I’m sure this will be amazing. Can’t wait to try it!

  • This looks so good and I love that I can make it in my slow cooker. Soup with potatoes, cream cheese and bacon just has to be so delicious. I love soup 🙂

  • This sounds so good, I already love potato bacon soup but this recipe kicks up many notches :), in words of Emeril BAM!!

  • Ohhhh this looks so tasty!! I have been craving potato soup but haven’t found one that I like yet… or that is easy enough for me to do!! I will have to try this… can you use a low fat cream cheese at all?

  • This recipe looks so good. Would go great with some potato chips crushed on top.

  • My potato soup recipe is very similar except i LOVE the smell of frying bacon, so I would make the bacon myself. I like to make bacon cheddar muffins to go with it for dipping 🙂

  • This sounds wonderful and worth printing out! TYVM for sharing it.

  • Potato Soup rocks to begin with, but the recipe you just posted with bacon as an ingredient looks so delish and I am so making this!!

  • I have browsed through your recipes and can tell you this is one of my favorites, I can’t wait to try it!

  • as i’m reading this, all i can think is, THANK GOODNESS there is bacon in my fridge. DOING THIS.

  • my hubby loves potato soup, Im no a fan of creamy soups but I do make it for him. I kinda cheat I use the real bacon bits in the soup because I dont want to waste bacon just on him lol yes Im greedy when it comes to bacon.

  • This soup is on my “to try” list when I finally win a slow cooker. We love creamy soups. Maybe I’ll just do it without a slow cooker…

  • What a yummy-sounding recipe. I am definitely going to have to put in on the “to try” list!

  • Love potato soup. But you can put the bacon in raw. That’s how I do it. Get lots of flavor from it that way.

  • YUM! But you don’t like the smell of frying bacon? What’s wrong with you 😉

  • We made this recipe this winter a few times and we all enjoyed it. My wife made conrbread to go with it…thanks for sharing this recipe, it has now become a family fave.

    • did you use only red or can it be made with white potatoes. Just wondering if it would affect the flavour.

      Also, did you cook with bacon in the soup or just add the bacon as topping after.

      thank you

  • I have a son who would just love this recipe, he eats soup everyday. It would be great to make him a new one to try out. I love making it in the slow cooker! BTW how can you not love the smell of bacon cooking!!!

  • This looks great. I love baked potatoes and I love potato leek soup – had never thought of a baked potato soup. I could eat this all year ’round. Your pic for the is post really nice too – totally impressed!

  • Using the slow cooker makes things soooo much easier! Im all about easy these days! Thanks for the awesome recipes & ideas!

  • I have never had any kind of potato soup before. This sounds like it might be tasty!

  • I saw this recipe and thought I definitely have to try it even before I saw there was a giveaway for bacon.

  • I’m not a fan of the smell of frying bacon either! Especially smelling it hours later in my hair.

  • I love slow cooker recipes. You can’t beat the convenience of throwing everything in and then just walking away!

  • i couldn’t read passed “I don’t like the smell of frying bacon”
    WHAT?!

    Looks delicious otherwise.

  • OHHH YUm! I know what soup I am making this weekend. The boys will love this one! With Extra bacon Of course!

  • Does it need to be red potatoes? Also, seasoning salt – different from regular salt? Can you tell I am not a great cook?

    Thanks for the recipe.

    • You can use yellow/Yukon Gold potatoes too, doesn’t matter! Yes, seasoning salt is different than regular salt. No worries, I was once a very novice cook too!

      If you don’t have seasoning salt I’m sure you can skip it – though I’d find some eventually if I were you, it’s yummy!

  • Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I made this soup on Friday and unfortunately I will have to make it again as my family loved it. Darn! We had some left over and my husband said it tasted even better two days later. I used a couple of dashes of Nature’s Seasons seasoning blend which I usually use on my rainbow trout. I used regular white potatoes that I had on hand and also popped in two carrots for fun. Did not have bacon on hand but next time will try that too. Really easy to put together in the morning and come home to some yumm after work.

  • This sounds so yummy!! Especially on a cold snowy day!! I’ve been getting into cooking myself (I really don’t like it) but my hubby keeps telling me to keep up the great work (I’ve actually been looking and trying new recipes especially if it involves the slow cooker!! Thanks for the recipe!

  • This Slow Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Soup Recipe looks delicious.
    I am going to have to make this.

  • This looks amazing! I love that it includes all the loaded potato toppings, although I’ll fry my own bacon since I love the smell!

  • Sounds like a great soup for a cold winter day. We’re a family that loves cheese, so this should be perfect for us.

  • Sounds very yummy, I might just have to throw this in the slow cooker tomorrow. I have all the ingredients on hand.

  • This looks awesome , nice for them chilly winter days ! thanks for sharing , i will be trying this out 🙂

  • Sounds good for a cold, Saskatchewan winter meal! I will try this but for sure add carrots and celery. Also adds some nice color and flavor to saute the potatoes, onion and bacon a bit first… Thanks! 😉

  • I just got introduced into potato soup the other day and I really liked it. So I’m definitely interested in trying this! It looks so yummy

  • Your recipe for Slow Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Soup looks great.
    I never would have thought to put cream cheese in a soup.
    Thanks for sharing this.

  • my hubby loves this recipe he says its better then my beef and barley and thats saying something cause that soup is amazing.

  • I made this and it was very yummy! It has definitely been added to the soup recipe file in this house!

  • Roughly 354 calories per serving using “full fat” everything as opposed to light or fat free

  • This sounds awesome, the only problem I have is… How does one not love the smell of frying bacon?

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