Loaded Potato Soup Ii Food

LOADED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place sliced potatoes into a stockpot and completely cover with 1" of water. Season with ½ tsp salt and cook 8-10 minutes or until potatoes pierce easily with a knife then drain.
• Meanwhile, saute bacon in a dutch oven until crispy then transfer to a plate, reserving 1 Tbsp bacon grease in the pot.
• Add 4 Tbsp butter and chopped onions then sautee until tender. Add garlic and cook another minute until fragrant.
• Quickly whisk in the flour. Slowly add 2 1/2 cups milk and 2 1/2 cups broth, whisking constantly then bring to a soft boil.
• Add drained potatoes and season soup with 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper or season to taste.
• Stir in 3/4 cup sour cream, 1 cup shredded cheddar, and half half of your cooked bacon (reserving the rest for serving). Bring to a boil then remove from heat and serve with your favorite toppings.

LOADED POTATO SOUP!!

Steps:

• Cook bacon in oven at 350 until crisp set aside (keep drippings).
• Boil potatoes and onions in chicken stock until tender.
• In a separate pan put bacon grease and butter mix with flour to form a roux.
• When roux is cooked to remove flour taste add milk slowly and stir to thicken.
• While thickening the milk mash half of the potatoes add bacon crumbles and continue to cook on low heat.
• When milk mixture is thickened add to potatoes and stir to incorporate.
• Season to taste add about 3 dollops of sour cream and a handful of cheddar cheese.
• Top with green onions, sour cream and bacon.

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.

LOADED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Set a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook until crispy, 6 to 8 minutes; remove to a plate. When cool, crumble and set aside for garnish.
• Add the onions and garlic to the pot, and cook in the rendered bacon grease until softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the flour and some salt and pepper, and stir until combined. Cook for 3 minutes, so the raw flour taste cooks out. Add the chicken broth and heavy cream, whisking to remove any flour lumps. Add the potatoes and cook over medium heat until tender, about 10 minutes.
• With a potato masher, break up the cooked potatoes¿this will yield a thick and chunky consistency. Whisk in sour cream and then the shredded cheddar; let it melt through.
• Serve garnished with crispy crumbled bacon and sliced scallions.

COOKING LIGHT LOADED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Pierce potatoes with a fork.
• Microwave on high 13 minutes or until tender.
• Cut in half and cool slightly.
• While potatoes cook, heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and saute 3 minutes.
• Add broth.
• Combine flour and 1/2 cup milk.
• Add to pan with 1 1/2 cups milk.
• Bring to a boil and stir often.
• Cook 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and stir in sour cream, salt, and pepper.
• Arrange bacon on a paper towel on microwave-safe plate.
• Cover with a paper towel and microwave on high for 4 minutes.
• Crumble bacon.
• Discard potato skins.
• Coarsely mash potatoes into soup.
• Top with cheese, green onions, and bacon.

LOADED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Layer sliced potatoes in a lightly greased 6 quart slow cooker; top with chopped onions.
• Stir together chicken broth, salt, and pepper; pour over potatoes and onion. Broth will not completely cover potatoes and onion. Cover and cook on HIGH 3-5 hours or until potatoes are tender.
• Mash mixture with a potato masher; stir in half and half. Cover and cook on HIGH 20 more minutes or until mixture is thoroughly heated.
• Ladle into bowls, and serve with toppings of shredded Cheddar, crumbled bacon, green onion slices.

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 POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Boil potatoes until tender but still firm, drain, and set aside.
• 2. While potatoes boil, heat stock pot or dutch oven over medium heat, add diced bacon, and cook until bacon is nearly crisp.
• 3. Add onion and cook until translucent (or lightly browned, if using dried onions). Remove bacon and onion to a small dish.
• 4. Add butter to bacon drippings in pan. (If you're feeling virtuous you can clean the bacon drippings out of the pan and just use the butter, but it really does add something wonderful to the flavor if you leave it in.) When butter is melted, gradually whisk in flour and a bit of the milk to form a roux. Cook while whisking constantly until lightly browned and free of lumps,.
• 5. Add remaining milk, water, chicken bouillion, and garlic salt. Cook over medium heat for 15-20 minutes, or until slightly thickened.
• 6. Add cooked potatoes to broth.Cook additional 15-20 minutes.
• 7. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Mix in sour cream, bacon, and cheddar cheese. (If you add the dairy while the soup is too hot, it will curdle.) Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• 8. Serve immediately or transfer to crock pot on warm to serve later in the day. I serve it with additional cheese, bacon bits, and scallions for garnish.