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CrockPot Potato Soup
Slow cooked creamy potato soup garnished with bacon and cheddar cheese.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs 20 mins
Total Time
5 hrs
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 389 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 8 lices Bacon cooked and crumbled
- ½ onion diced
- 2 pounds red potatoes peeled and diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme leaves or 2 sprigs fresh
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt or to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 ½ cups chicken broth or stock
- ⅔ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese shredded
- ½ cup sour cream
- 3 green onions green tops sliced thinly
Instructions
- Cook bacon until crispy over medium-high heat. Remove from the pan reserving fat. Add onion to the reserved bacon fat and cook until it begins to soften.
- Add potatoes, garlic, thyme leaves, onion, salt to taste, and black pepper to the slow cooker. Add chicken broth and stir to combine.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on high for 4 hours (or 6-8 hours on low) or until the potatoes are fork-tender.
- Once softened, use an immersion blender to blend about half of the soup and slightly mash the remaining potatoes. The more you mash, the thicker the soup will be.
- Combine cream and cornstarch. Add to the slow cooker along with cheese, sour cream, and half of the bacon.
- Place the lid back on the slow cooker and let the soup warm through on high, about 15-20 minutes or until thickened.
- Serve the soup topped with additional sour cream, cheese, green onions, and remaining bacon.
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Notes
- For a thicker soup, mash more of the potatoes.
- If you do not have an immersion blender, some of the potatoes/broth can be blended in a blender. Be sure not to seal the lid to allow steam to escape.
- Heavy cream can be replaced with evaporated milk. Ham can be added in place of bacon in this recipe.
- This makes six 1-cup servings.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1cup
Calories
389
(19%)
Carbohydrates
34g
(11%)
Protein
13g
(26%)
Fat
23g
(35%)
Saturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Cholesterol
61mg
(20%)
Sodium
376mg
(16%)
Potassium
836mg
(24%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
530IU
(11%)
Vitamin C
12mg
(13%)
Calcium
203mg
(20%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 389
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cup | |
| Calories | 389 | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 34g | 11% |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 23g | 35% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 61mg | 20% |
| Sodium | 376mg | 16% |
| Potassium | 836mg | 18% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 530IU | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 12mg | 13% |
| Calcium | 203mg | 20% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.