I adore soups. Warm, comforting, filling and oh so delicious. I mean seriously veggies, meats, dairy – everything in one dish – the perfect bite. AND even better soups are so easy to make! I make soup probably once a week, so I have a ton of soup recipes to change things up often.
So when we decided to celebrate National Soup Month I knew just which soup to share – my one pot Loaded Baked Potato soup! I mean who doesn’t loved loaded baked potato and in soup form? YUM! I’m just a little obsessed with this one!
But let’s face it – anything made with bacon and bacon grease is bound to be good, right? after you cook the bacon you cook the potatoes and the onions in the grease left – YUM! Seriously so good! Then you not only stir in more onions, sour cream, cheese and of course bacon but you can also top each bowl with more to personalize it!
I think this might be my favorite month of “Celebrating Food” so far! Look how AMAZING all these soups look! I can’t wait to try some of them and add them to my rotation. We have a few new food bloggers you won’t want to miss so click over and check out each of their new recipes!
One Pot Loaded Baked Potato Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 slices of thick cut bacon
- 1 small onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 5-6 large potatoes - peeled and diced
- 2 C Chicken Broth
- 3/4 C butter
- 3/4 C all-purpose flour
- 1 C heavy whipping cream
- 5 C whole milk
- 1-2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 C shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 bunch green onions
- 1/2 C full fat sour cream
Instructions
- in a large pot cook the bacon - when it's done pull it out, and cut into strips
- Add the butter to the pot with the bacon grease and melt it
- add the onion, garlic and potatoes and cook slightly
- add the flour, salt and pepper and stir - cooking the flour slightly
- add the chicken broth, milk and cream and bring to a boil
- turn the heat down and simmer until the potatoes are cooked through
- add the cheese and stir
- add the sour cream, the bacon and the green onions and stir
- serve with more cheese, bacon and green onions
Video
Nutrition
Happy National Soup Day! Here are 13 new recipes for you to enjoy from our Celebrating Food Bloggers!
- Loaded Baked Potato soup – Ashlee Marie
- Turkey Meatball Pho – Foodie with Family
- slow cooker chili with dried pinto beans and sausage – 365 Days of Slow Cooking
- Chicken Pot Pie Soup – Creations by Kara
- Italian Spinach and Orzo Soup – Real Mom Kitchen
- Vegan Cheeseburger Soup – Namely Marly
- Creamy Tortellini and Sausage Soup – Baking with Blondie
- Broccoli Cheese Soup – Yellow Bliss Road
- Curried Chicken Noodle Soup – Life Made Simple
- Bacon Clam Chowder – The Baker Upstairs
- Brunswick Stew – Hey Grill, hey
- Cheesy Lasagna Soup – Gather for Bread
- Instant Pot Skinny Beef Soup – Sweet C’s
8 More Soup Recipes from me!
- Clam Chowder
- Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
- Creamy Turkey and Wild Rice Soup
- Mexican Chicken Soup
- Creamy Mushroom soup
- Coconut Curry Pumpkin Soup
- Chicken and Sausage mustard stew
- Easy Beef Chili
6 More soup recipes from more amazing food bloggers!
- Pasta E Fagoli soup – The Recipe Critic (this is my son’s favorite soup – I use this recipe all the time)
- Creamy tomato soup – Our Best Bites (one of my all time favorites – I have been making my own take on this recipe for years)
- Zuppa Toscana – The Chunky Chef (I’ve made this 3 times and seriously LOVE IT)
- Creamy White Chicken Chili – The Cookie Rookie (my white chicken chili is crazy spicy, this is more tame and my kids loved it)
- Dill Pickle Soup – The Noble Pig (haven’t been able to bring myself to try it but it has RAVE reviews)
- Lobster Bisque – Sweet and Savory (always wanted to try – haven’t yet)
Ashlee Marie
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Kara (Creations by Kara)
This is a favorite at our house as well. I mean, you can’t go wrong with potatoes, bacon, and cheese! Yum!
Alicia
You had me at bacon. 🙂 This looks fantastic, and I can’t wait to try it!
Pam
Made this for a church soup cook off and took first place! I drained most of the bacon grease off, added just 1/2 stick of butter and used 1/2 cup of flour. Added celery and grated, chopped carrots. Six cups of 2% milk (no cream), and greek yogurt in place of sour cream. It was fantastic! Thanks for the recipe!
Ariel
I am confused on how to make it . Says to cook bacon in a pot ??
Then says to add ingredients to a pan ?
Ashlee
its a one pot soup – you just the one pot – the video should help
Vanessa
I randomly chose this recipe tonight from a ton of baked potato soup recipes (it was delicious) and when I went to save it to Pinterest, I realized we were eating it while watching a rerun of Halloween Baking Championship with you on it. Anyway, the recipe was great, and that was exceptionally weird.
Ashlee
how totally fun!!!! it’s crazy that I’m on TV a lot more now than the year it aired (replays play a lot more than the current episodes) so I’ve caught it a few times too! so glad you enjoyed the soup too!
Megan Owens
This is delicious!! A fantastic recipe!!
Ashlee
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! we love this soup – and I love how easy it is!
Angela
How many servings do you get out of your potatoe soup? Looks very good
Ashlee
GAH I struggle answering this question since I have no sense of serving size. I believe a correct serving size is like 1/2 C soup – which is ridiculous… It’s a 6 quart pot – and it’s full, I fed my family of six 1 1/2 times with this we all have it the first time and a few of us enjoy leftovers (I have teenagers, it used to be 2 full nights)
Karson
Could i make this in crockpot without it gwtting soggy potatos?
Ashlee
you’d have to change a lot of the recipe to create a crockpot version – I’ve had crockpot soups with potatoes and they’ve been just fine, but only soups made specifically for a crockpot. And I’m sorry to say I’m not much of a crockpot gal so I wouldn’t really know where to start changing things up.
Val
I made this a few weeks ago for my whole family, I doubled the batch and used Panchetta in place of bacon in the soup and it was a huge hit! Making it again this weekend!!
Ashlee
So glad you enjoyed it as much as we do!!! I just made it again tonight myself, I’ll have to try panchetta next time!
Rachel Greene
I decided to make this recipe tonight for the loaded potato soup instead of the one I usually use. I have to say, it was a fantastic recipe and my house loved it! I served it with grilled cheese and bacon panini’s that I made fresh as well and dinner turned out awesome! Suggestion, I added some of Tony’s Creole seasoning to the soup, about 1 1/2 tsp, and it really gave the soup a fantastic flavor! This was a great recipe! Will definitely be making it again in the future! I love potato soup with heavy cream! It makes it!
Ashlee
oh DANG bacon panini’s sound amazing! so glad you enjoyed the soup and I’ll try the Creole seasoning next time!
KS
Ashlee, I just finished making this recipe for tonight’s dinner, and had to try a small amount since it was done around lunch time. Oh my word, it’s delicious!! I can’t eait for my family to try it. I have a potato soup recipe I usually use, but this just replaced it! There is a restaurant I love to get loaded baked potato soup from when they have it…this just replaced that as well. So good!! I made the recipe exactly how you have it, but I noticed one of the reviewers mentioned cutting back on the butter and draining the bacon grease, have you tried making a reduced fat version?
Thanks for an amazing recipe, it’s definitely being added to my recipes and into my fall/ winter meal rotation.
Ashlee
YAY!!! I’m so very glad you are happy with it! But I personally have no interest in reduced fat anything. reduced fat not only lowers the flavor but it also makes it less filling so people tend to simply eat more of something with less flavor. I’d rather eat less with more flavor!!! but of course the best part about making your own food is you can change it up to fit your own preferences!
Susan
Just made this tonight. Delicious!!!
Ashlee
I am so happy to hear that! def one we make again and again!
Simone
I saw on another comment that this feeds your family of 6. Would I be able to freeze some of this in freezer safe bags? We are a family of 3, and we both work 50+ hours a week, so anything that I can make a lot of and freeze for a day when No one wants to cook is perfect.
Ashlee Marie
dairy based soups don’t freeze well. You can freeze it, but it changes the texture as the dairy crystallizes during freezing and it will never be the same again. It will stay good in the fridge for at least a week (because bacon lasts longer than most meats I’d still eat it up to like a week and a half, it might separate a little, just stir it back together as you reheat) and I’d stick with that personally. Also make sure to add a little extra milk when you reheat to keep it from being too thick.
Tracey
Is it ok to use the shredded cheese in the ziplock bag from the store? I used it when I tried to make cheddar broccoli soup but it didn’t melt right and stayed all stringy and clumped up
Ashlee Marie
I recommend using freshly shredded cheese. They coat the store pre-shredded cheese to keep it from sticking, which also keeps it from melting smoothly. It also has a weaker flavor so you end up having to add more to get the right flavor.