Loaded Baked Potato Soup That Will Blow Your Mind!
As soon as the months start to get cooler, I seriously start to crave my loaded baked potato soup recipe!
Heck, what am I lying about I probably start dreaming of loaded baked potato soup near the end of August.
This year it’s really starting to get chilly a little bit early, so that means that the soup spoon and ladle are coming out a little bit early.
Every year, we love to kick off soup season with one of our staple easy soup recipes like this loaded baked potato soup, or as we like to call it creamy bacon cheddar potato chowder.
One of the things that have always boggled mind my is what makes a soup a soup and a chowder a chowder! (You know that you have been wondering this too!)
In our house it’s a soup if you can slurp it. It’s a chowder if you could use a fork and drink the rest! That’s why we didn’t dub this loaded baked potato soup, it had too much chewing going on for that silliness. It’s a chowder! A whole meal in a bowl!
When I revised this recipe, we added more bacon, more potatoes, and more cheese! Considering the family practically arm-wrestled over the last bowl I think it’s safe to say that this recipe is Quirky family approved!
Don’t let all the fancy schmancy pictures of this soup scare you off btw! As I come up with these recipes, I am learning to cook too. You really can’t mess this recipe up. The only things you need to watch out for is to not boil your potatoes too long or they will be mushy and to not heat your soup too fast or you will burn your milk. (Trust me, you will smell it if you do!) Other than that, this is a pretty easy, peasy potato soup recipe!
We like making big batches in the dutch oven, so we can have loaded baked potato soup leftovers for the week. Though as the kids are getting older it is much harder to have leftover anything around!
Now are you ready to get cooking? Here’s what you need for the creamy bacon cheddar potato chowder!
Ingredients:
- 8 Medium Potatoes Peeled and Cubed
- 16 oz Chicken Stock (plus a little more to cover potatoes if needed)
- 1 cup 2% Milk
- 1 Cup Heavy Cream
- 16 oz Sharp Cheddar Cheese (divided)
- 2 Cloves of Garlic Minced
- 4 Green Onions (divided)
- 1.5 Pounds of Bacon Cut Into Pieces
- Pepper (to taste)
- Salt (to taste)
- Garlic Powder (to taste)
Directions:
- In a dutch oven, cook the bacon and remove from the pan. Drain.
- Place 2 Tbsp of the bacon grease in the oven.
- Add garlic and potatoes, and chicken stock (just enough to cover all potatoes)
- Cook on medium heat until potatoes are almost tender.
- Add cream and milk reduce heat to low.
- Mix in cheese, half of bacon, half of green onions, pepper, garlic powder, and salt.
- Continue to stir constantly until the soup is blended.
- If soup is too liquidy, continue to heat on low until it reduces (or add a small amount of flour)
- Serve warm and garnish with green onions, cheese and bacon.
Loaded Baked Potato Soup That Will Blow Your Mind
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 10
- Category: Soups
Ingredients
- 8 Medium Potatoes Peeled and Cubed
- 16 oz Chicken Stock (plus a little more to cover potatoes if needed)
- 1 cup 2% Milk
- 1 Cup Heavy Cream
- 16 oz Sharp Cheddar Cheese (divided)
- 2 Cloves of Garlic Minced
- 4 Green Onions Thinly Sliced (divided)
- 1.5 Pounds of Bacon Cut Into Pieces
- Pepper (to taste)
- Salt (to taste)
- Garlic Powder (to taste)
Instructions
- In a dutch oven, cook the bacon and remove from the pan. Drain.
- Place 2 Tbsp of the bacon grease in the oven.
- Add garlic and potatoes, and chicken stock (just enough to cover all potatoes)
- Cook on medium heat until potatoes are almost tender.
- Add cream and milk reduce heat to low.
- Mix in cheese, half of bacon, half of green onions, pepper, garlic powder, and salt.
- Continue to stir constantly until the soup is blended.
- If soup is too liquidy, continue to heat on low until it reduces (or add a small amount of flour)
- Serve warm and garnish with green onions, cheese and bacon.
You might also enjoy this Easy Baked Ziti recipe!
In Case You Need Some More Soup Inspiration, Check out these out great soup recipes!
Crockpot Vegetable Soup
Cheddar Corn Soup
Crockpot Chicken Noodle
Ay Bee Designs says
Thanks for the share! I found this on Pinterest and it’ll be the first soup I’m learning to make.. Can’t wait to taste it in just an hour !
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Ashley Sears says
This is a great first soup to learn to make. Just remember to keep the heat lower when you are melting the cheeses because you don’t want to scald the milk/cheese. Other than that it’s SUPEr simple! I can’t wait to hear what you think!
Meagan L says
Hi –
Total cooking noobie here! What do you do with the strips of bacon and the grease?
Ashley Sears says
Meagan, That’s a great question. You want to remove all of the grease and the bacon (save 2 Tbsp of grease to flavor the soup) Then crumble the cooked bacon and add back to the original pot! Good luck, and feel free to message back if you have any more questions.
Catherine S says
This looks so yummy. This is perfect with fall quickly approaching. Nothing like warm soup on a cool day.
Melissa Pezza says
Best recipe ever! I can’t wait to make this. We’re kosher, so I’ll just replace the regular bacon with turkey bacon, and we’ll be golden. Yum!
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vanessa: briteandbubbly says
Looks like a super delicious and flavorful soup. I’m not big on soups, but this looks so delish. My husband would love it.
Kristi says
This sounds like a great meal idea for cool fall day… which seems to be just around the corner.
Crystal says
Yum! This looks perfect for fall nights when I’m looking for something warm and filling.
Ann Bacciaglia says
This looks so delicious my mouth is watering. I am bookmarking this recipe to try on the weekend.
Marcie W. says
A delicious dish like this makes me want the cooler weather of fall to hurry the heck up! I will absolutely be pinning this recipe to enjoy sometime soon.
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Melissa says
I HAVE to make this! It looks delicious!
Jeanine says
This looks amazing. I haven’t ever made this type of soup before but my kids love potato everything so I’m pretty sure this would be a huge hit!
Theresa says
I do love potato soup! It’s one of the few soups that my whole family can agree on. Your recipe sounds like a winning one!
Jessica (Savory Experiments) says
You had me at potatoes, but the addition of bacon, cheese and onions makes this my dream bowl. I can’t wait to try it!
Rachelle says
Loaded potato soup is my favorite!! I’m going to try this recipe tomorrow!
Debbie Denny says
Oh Love potato soup. This is a great recipe.
Chrystal | YUM eating says
Yummy. I love making baked potato soup. My family likes to put their own toppings on.
Chasing Joy says
Two of my favorite things, potatoes and bacon. Yummy!
Sandi says
I love the sound of this dish , Loaded Baked Potato soup, recipe, But I use instant mashed potatoes, in my dishes that need just a little more help thickening, instead of flour, because I do not any lumps. and I have even used it in Sauseage Gravy for a thicken, because I was afraid to us flour, and you could not even taste it, amazed me, but its true. I will post a rateing after I make the soup. Thanks for the recipe.
Ashley Sears says
Sandi, We would love to hear what you think. It’s one of our family’s favorites. My hubby loves sausage gravy. Might be the Southern boy still in him.
Alexis Marchione says
This looks like a delicious recipe! Do you know the nutrition facts?
Ash Sears says
Alexis. No we don’t post nutritional facts as far as calories and such. Just make sure we are clear about the ingredients 🙂
Kim Amy says
Thanks for this great recipe, can’t wait to try it. Found you at the totally terrific tuesday link up
Lazy Budget Chef says
This is just the thing I need in my life now that the weather is getting cooler. I’m definitely pinning this!
Anita says
This looks so delicious! Thanks for sharing.
CJ Huang @ Morsels of Life says
Love loaded baked potato soup! Can’t wait until it gets cold enough here to really enjoy a chowder. I’ll definitely have to try this recipe out. 🙂
easypeasylifematters says
This sounds like the best comfort food ever! 🙂
Jess says
YUM! I could eat a large bowl of this!
Kristin McCarthy says
consider my mind BLOWN! Potato soups are so warming!
Leigh Hines says
This looks so good. There is just something about soup and a potato, and it just screams cozy, comfort food. Thank you for linking up with Small Victories.
Linda Primmer says
Thanks so much. I am making this soup soon. My kind of soup for fall weather. Thanks for sharing at DI&DI.
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Miz Helen says
This will be a great bowl of soup! Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Miz Helen
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Echo says
Oh man, this looks so freakin’ good! It is getting to be the perfect soup weather in Minnesota! Thanks for sharing this recipe at the #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup!
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Theresa says
This is really similar to my recipe but, my daughter doesn’t eat bacon so I never add it. Yum! Thanks for sharing at the #InspirationSpotlight party. Shared.