Loaded Baked Potato Soup Recipe By Tasty Food

LOADED BAKED POTATO SOUP RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 425˚F (220˚C).
• On a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, rub potatoes with salt, pepper, and olive oil.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40-50 minutes.
• Once cooled, peel and mash potatoes, and set aside.
• Heat oil in large pot over a medium-high heat.
• Add onion and garlic. Cook until translucent and garlic is fragant, about 5 minutes.
• Add butter and melt.
• Bring in flour and stir until mixture is lightly browned.
• Add in the chicken broth and cream cheese. Stir until fully incorporated
• Add in the mashed potatoes and combine.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Garnish bowl with shredded cheese, bacon, and chives.
• Enjoy!

LOADED BAKED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Wrap potatoes in aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Cool potatoes until easily handled and cut into cubes.
• Place the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels and crumble.
• Combine milk, cream, sour cream, processed cheese, and Cheddar cheese in a large pot over medium heat; cook, stirring frequently, until cheeses are melted, about 10 minutes. Add potatoes and bacon to milk mixture and simmer over medium heat, stirring frequently, until potatoes begin to dissolve into soup, about 20 minutes; season with onion salt and black pepper.

FULLY LOADED BAKED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the potatoes on a roasting tray and bake for 45 minutes. When done, the tip of a paring knife should go through the potatoes easily.
• Slice the bacon into lardons (thin strips) and cook in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat until crisp. Remove the bacon from the pot with a slotted spoon and set aside, leaving the drippings in the pot.
• Add the flour to the drippings in the pot and stir to combine. Cook, without adding color, until the flour and fat has combined, about 1 minute. Pour in the milk while you whisk to incorporate. Cook over medium heat until bubbly and thickened, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes.
• Scoop out the potato pulp from the skins and add to the milk mixture. Mash with the back of a wooden spoon leaving it a little bit chunky.
• Add the cooked bacon (leaving a little out for garnishing the soup), 1 cup of the cheese, and season well with salt and pepper. Stir until the cheese has melted. Remove from the heat.
• Ladle the soup into bowls, drizzle with sour cream (from a squeeze bottle), sprinkle with remaining bacon bits, grated cheese and chives.

SLOW COOKER LOADED POTATO SOUP RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Add the potatoes, onions, chicken broth, salt and pepper to the slow cooker.
• Set it to low for 6 hours or high for 4 hours.
• In a saucepan, combine the butter, flour, heavy cream and sour cream. Whisk until thickened.
• When the slow cooker is done, pour in the thickened mix. Stir, cover and set the slow cooker to low for another 30 minutes.
• Serve with shredded cheese, bacon and chopped scallions.
• Enjoy!

FULLY-LOADED BAKED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove from skillet and crumble. Reserve drippings.
• Place potatoes in a pot; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, covered, until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; saute until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in bacon crumbles, reserved bacon drippings, flour, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat; add the boiled potatoes, half-and-half, and chicken broth. Simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Add sour cream and 1 cup Cheddar cheese; cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes. Garnish soup with remaining Cheddar cheese and parsley.

LOADED BAKED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onions in butter until tender. Stir in flour. Gradually stir in 1 cup water. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker., Add the broth, potatoes, potato flakes, bacon, pepper, salt, basil, thyme and remaining water. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until potatoes are tender. Stir in cream; heat through. Garnish with cheese and green onions.

LOADED HASSELBACK POTATO RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C).
• Lay 2 chopsticks about 2-3 inches apart on a cutting board.
• Place a potato lengthwise between the chopsticks, making sure the potato touches the cutting board.
• Make ¼-inch slices across the potato, making sure you do not cut through the bottom of the potato. The chopsticks will help serve as a bumper of sorts to prevent this from happening. Repeat with the second potato.
• Transfer the potatoes to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, then brush the butter evenly on both of the potatoes.
• Sprinkle a bit of salt and pepper on top of the potatoes, then bake for about 30 minutes until the slices of each potato have started to separate and crisp up. To have a better separation between the slices, pull the slices apart before they are baked.
• Remove the potatoes and lower the oven heat to 350°F (180°C).
• Place a square of cheddar cheese in between the slits in the potatoes, then return to the oven and bake for about 10 minutes, until the cheese is melted and starting to bubble.
• Garnish each potato with a dollop of sour cream, bacon, and green onions.
• Serve and enjoy!

BAKED POTATO CHEDDAR SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, whisk flour and milk until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the potatoes, 1/3 cup cheese, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes or until cheese is melted., Remove from the heat. Stir in sour cream and 1/4 cup onions until blended. Cover; cook over medium heat for 10-12 minutes or until heated through (do not boil). Garnish with remaining cheese and onions and, if desired, bacon.

HEARTY BAKED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place first seven ingredients in a 6-qt. slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low until potatoes are very tender, 6-8 hours., Mash potatoes slightly to break up and thicken soup. Add 1 cup cheese, cream and chives; heat through, stirring until blended. Serve with toppings as desired. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally.

THE ULTIMATE LOADED BAKED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Fry the bacon in the bottom of a large dutch oven or heavy bottomed pot.
• Once the bacon is done, remove and set a side (chopp for garnish once it cools).
• Add the onion and garlic to the bacon fat left in the pot and sautee until the onions are translucent (medium-low heat so that the garlic does not burn).
• Wisk the flour into the onions and garlic mixture while in the pot and cook for an additional few minutes to cook out the flour.
• Slowly wisk in the chicken broth and heavy whipping cream.
• Add in the potatoes. Bring it to a boil then reduce to a low heat and cook until the potatos are tender.
• Add salt and pepper to taste and blend everything together with a hand blender (or you can blend it in batches in a regular blender).
• Turn off the heat (makes sure the heat is off or the sour cream will curdle) and add the cheddar cheese and sour cream and mix it all together.
• Serve topped with the chopped bacon, cheddar cheese, sour cream and sliced scallions.

CHUNKY LOADED BAKED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Place bacon on a lined baking sheet and cook for 15 minutes or until crisp and most fat is rendered. Pour off the fat and reserve. Crumble bacon and set aside.
• Pierce potatoes with a fork and microwave on high until they are soft and baked through, about 8-10 minutes depending on your microwave. Set aside to cool, then peel and chop. I sometimes leave half with peel, half without for more texture.
• In a large, heavy-bottomed pan over medium heat, melt butter and stir in 2 tablespoons of reserved bacon fat. Saute onions and garlic in the butter until softened, about 6-7 minutes.
• Sprinkle flour over onions and stir into a paste (roux). Cook for 2-3 minutes to remove raw flour taste, then whisk in chicken stock slowly, then milk, stirring constantly to avoid lumps.
• When thick and bubbling, add salt and peppers, and then the cream cheese. Using a potato masher, mash cheese to melt and remove lumps.
• Add potatoes and use masher to create your desired texture. We like a thick soup with plenty of lumps of potato left. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes to incorporate flavors. Add more seasoning salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve topped with reserved bacon bits, cheese, sour cream and chopped green onions. Enjoy!

LOADED BAKED POTATO SOUP (SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Cut tops off of the garlic bulbs, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt, and wrap in aluminum foil. Roast in oven until fragrant, about 30 - 45 minutes. Remove from oven and unwrap to cool enough to handle.
• Meanwhile, dice potatoes, leaving skin intact. Add to slow cooker.
• Add chicken broth, onion, salt and pepper. Turn slow cooker to high and cover until garlic is done.
• When roasted garlic is cool enough to handle, squeeze the head to release the cloves. Using a bowl, plate, or cutting board is optimal, as the skins will flake off and you will not want to add them to your soup. After extracting the garlic cloves, add to the potato mixture in the slow cooker. Stir and re-cover. Cook on High for 1 hour, then reduce to Low. Cook for 6 hours on low.
• After 6 hours, take the lid off the slow cooker. Using a potato masher or immersion blender, break up the potatoes until a chunky yet creamy texture is achieved. Add cream, milk*, cheese, and yogurt, stirring until well blended. Turn slow cooker back to High. Add sliced green onions, bacon, and salt and pepper to taste. * More or less milk can be added depending on desired consistency.