This easy recipe for loaded potato soup is a comfort food soup recipe that is like your favorite mashed potatoes with all the toppings, but in a bowl!
This soup is basically like eating the soup version of some really fantastic mashed potatoes. Which is my personal idea of heaven, so I was in a place of perfect happiness for as long as the soup lasted. Smooth, thick, creamy, with bits of cheese and bacon and green onion….is your mouth watering yet? And to make it even more wonderful, it is a snap to make. Ready to rock your world, soup-wise? Let’s make it!
Simmer up a few potatoes until they are tender (I used Yukon Golds, which worked perfectly) and then mash them up the same way you would do if you were making mashed potatoes. When the potatoes are mashed, you make the soup base by simmering up some chicken broth and milk and flour.
Now add in the potatoes and some sour cream and give the whole thing a good whirl with an immersion blender or your regular blender. Garnish with some chopped cooked bacon, some shredded cheddar and some chopped scallions. And there you have it – the soup version of some really fabulous mashed potatoes. YUM. It’s a mashed potato lover’s dream come true.
Of course, dreams come in all shapes and sizes. But if you are a mashed potato lover and a soup lover, this one’s for you!
Loaded Potato Soup
This easy recipe for loaded potato soup is a comfort food soup recipe that is like your favorite mashed potatoes with all the toppings, but in a bowl!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop, Blender
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 4 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 4 tablespoons flour
- 2 cups milk
- ¼ cup sour cream
- Salt and pepper
- 4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- ½ cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- 3 scallions, sliced
Instructions
- Put potatoes in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer until tender, about 10-15 minutes. Drain and mash roughly with a potato masher. Set aside.
- Combine chicken broth, milk and flour in the same pot and whisk until combined. Bring to a boil and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and add the potatoes and the sour cream. Puree right in the pot if you have an immersion blender, or pour everything into a standard blender and puree. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Ladle into bowls and garnish with bacon, cheese and scallions and serve immediately.
Updated (and improved!) from an earlier Framed Cooks post!
Vicki says
Oh lord she's making donuts over there now.
Jennifurla says
I love Ezra and just recently made the veggie cobbler from there. Great soup too.
Holly says
I love Ezra pound cake – can't wait to try the soup! Looks fabulous!
UrMomCooks says
Yup! Definitely time for potato soup! This looks delicious!
jabreb says
I'm a Potato Head – i.e., I love potatoes and this soup is on my meal docket. Weather in Texas beginning to get a little cool so soups and stews will be a popular meal.
I'm also a follower of Ezra Pound Cake and look forward to her posts.
daphne says
Always exciting to discover other food bloggers! tasty treat indeed=)
Fun and Fearless in Beantown says
I have been looking forward to this post ever since you wrote about it on Facebook. This looks SO good!
Rachel says
I just made Loaded Potato crock pot version for dinner tonight.
I used red potatoes and it turned out ok. Will be using russet next time.
Imwaytoobusy says
This sounds so perfect right now! I still have a cold nose from coming in from outdoors. I could really use a bowl of this :)
Anonymous says
Mmmm, the perfect winter soup. Can't wait to make this!
Steff says
I've never thought of just microwaving the potatoes! I use pretty much the same recipe, but I boil then mash my potatoes. I'll have to try this way though, even quicker than mine.
steph says
Looks great. I love Ezra Pound Cake too.
Joanne says
Ezra Pound Cake is an uber fave of mine as well. I go there, I laugh, I ogle good food and all seems right in the world. This soup is one that I absolutely bookmarked. Can't go wrong with a loaded potato. Especially not in soup form.
Also, I posted the short ribs that you were so coveting if you want to take a peek!
a Broad says
Oh this is something I can do ! Minus the bacon, this week ! Thank you.. I have not been feeling great and I mostly just want soup. So this will be perfect.
PoetessWug says
Now I am an Ezra Pound Cake convert!! I'm following both of you now…following the mashed potato and cheesy soup trail! ^_^