Creamy Baked Potato Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Wash the potatoes and prick them several times with a fork. Wrap them individually in foil and bake until they are soft when squeezed, about 1 hour (see Cook's Note). Let the potatoes cool slightly.
• While the potatoes bake, cook the bacon in a small skillet, in a microwave or on an indoor grill until crisp. Drain the bacon on paper towels and, when cool enough to handle, crumble into small pieces. Set aside.
• In a large heavy saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Add the flour, stirring constantly for 1 minute until smooth. Gradually whisk in the milk and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick and bubbling, 5 to 10 minutes. Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop the flesh into the thickened milk mixture. Add the Cheddar, salt, pepper, green onions and reserved bacon. Cook over low heat just until heated through, then stir in the sour cream. Garnish with shredded Cheddar, crumbled bacon and chopped green onions and serve with more sour cream on the side.

Steps:

• Peel and cut up potatoes into bit size cubes. Boil approximately 45 minutes or until potatoes are soft.
• While potatoes are cooking, make roux by combining margarine and flour over medium high heat until margarine is melted.
• Slowly add milk and allow to thicken, continuosly stir making sure roux does not stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Stir in chopped onion and bouillon, simmer for 5 minutes, continuously stirring roux.
• Then add cream of celery soup, chicken broth and pepper.
• Simmer to desired creaminess being sure that sauce does not burn or stick to pan.
• Strain potatoes. Mix roux and potatoes together. Top each serving with cheese, bacon and sour cream to taste.

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet.
• Cook over medium heat until browned.
• Drain, crumble, and set aside.
• In a stock pot or Dutch oven, melt the margarine over medium heat.
• Whisk in flour until smooth.
• Gradually stir in milk, whisking constantly until thickened.
• Stir in potatoes and onions.
• Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
• Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
• Mix in bacon, cheese, sour cream, salt, and pepper.
• Continue cooking, stirring frequently, until cheese is melted.

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.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a deep pot over medium-high heat. Add the celery and onions and saute until the veggies begin to soften, about 2 minutes. Add the potatoes and toss with a good pinch of salt. Add the chicken stock and simmer until the potatoes soften, about 20 minutes. Then add the milk and butter, and stir until the butter melts.
• At this point you have a few options. If you have an immersion blender, simply stick the wand in the pot and give it a few whizzes, blending some of the soup until it's nice and creamy. You'll still want a good amount of potato chunks in the soup, so don't go overboard, like I tend to do.
• You can also scoop out about 2 cups of the soup and transfer it to a blender or food processor. Blend until creamy and transfer it back to the soup pot.
• Or, you can simply mash a few of the potatoes with a potato masher, leaving it on the slightly chunkier side. It's up to you!
• After you've creamified it, give it another taste and add plenty of salt and pepper if needed.
• Scoop out a little for the kids and keep it simple for them with shredded Cheddar and a kiss of chives! (Chives are optional, of course.) As for you, adult faces, load up your bowls with plenty of chopped bacon, Cheddar, little dollops of sour cream, sliced jalapenos and chives!

Steps:

• In a dutch oven or large kettle over medium heat, cook the bacon until crisp.
• Remove bacon drippings into a cup.
• Put 2 Tablespoons of bacon drippings back into the pan along witht the butter, chopped onions and celery.
• Cook, stirring, until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in the sliced green onions and flour until blended.
• Stir in the chicken broth; cover and continue cooking, rfrequently, until the mixture is thickened and vegetables are very tender.
• Stir in 1/2&1/2, diced potatoes, salt, pepper, and cheese.
• Continue cooking until cheese is melted.
• Blend about 1/3 of the soup in batches until smooth.
• Add the blended soup back into the pot and add sour cream.
• Cook, stirring constantly, (don't walk away at all) until soup is hot.
• Serve the soup garnished with bacon and extra sliced green onions, if desired.

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.

Steps:

• Bake potatoes at 350 degrees for 65-75 minutes or until tender; cool completely.
• Peel and cube potatoes.
• In a large saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth.
• Gradually add milk.
• Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Remove from the heat; whisk in sour cream.
• Add potatoes and green onions; mix well.
• Ladle into serving bowls; top with bacon and cheddar cheese.
• Enjoy.

Steps:

• Add potatoes and onions to boiling water.
• Cook about 15-20 minutes until done.
• Drain and return to pot.
• Lightly mash, leaving it as chunky as you like.
• (I prefer mine fairly smooth with small pieces here and there.) Return pan to medium low heat and add butter, cream cheese and milk, stirring until butter and cream cheese melt.
• Add all other ingredients and cook, stirring occasionally until parmesan cheese is melted.
• Adjust salt and pepper.
• If soup is too thick add more milk and if it is too thin add more cheese.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan cook bacon until crisp. Set bacon aside, along with 3 tablespoons of bacon drippings.
• Add potatoes, onion, carrot and celery to drippings. Add enough water to cover vegetables and cook over low heat until tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in milk, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.
• In separate bowl, stir together sour cream, flour and paprika. Gradually stir 1 cup of hot soup mixture into sour cream mixture.
• Pour sour cream mixture into soup mixture. Cook until small bubbles break soups service. Top with chopped bacon pieces.

Steps:

• Scrub and pierce potatoes. Bake at 400° for 50-60 minutes or until tender., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels with a slotted spoon; drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings. Set aside bacon., Saute onion in drippings until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minutes longer. Stir in the broth, soup and evaporated milk. Bring to a gentle boil. Remove pulp from potatoes; stir into soup mixture. Discard potato shells., Cool slightly. In a blender, process half of the soup until smooth. Return to pan. Add the process cheese, 2% milk, butter, basil and pepper; cook and stir until cheese is melted. Sprinkle servings with cheddar cheese and bacon.

Steps:

• Place the potatoes in a pot with chicken broth, onions, garlic and celery; bring to a boil and simmer until veggies are tender (about 20 minutes).
• Remove from the stove and cool slightly (or you can refrigerate to puree later) using an electric mixer or a food processor blend until a smooth (leaving a few chunks of potatoes is fine!).
• Add in 1 cup milk or half and half, Parmesan cheese and bouillon cubes or packets, then place back on the stove to heat slowly.
• In a medium bowl whisk the 1-1/2 cups sour cream with the flour until blended.
• Pour 1/3 of the heated potato/milk mixture into the sour cream; mix then pour it back into the remainder of the soup; stir to combine, then heat on top of the stove.
• Season with salt and pepper and cayenne pepper (if using) then ladle into bowls.
• Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and chopped green onions.
• Delicious!

Steps:

• Start boiling potatoes.
• In a soup pot, saute the onions and celery over medium heat for about 5-8 minutes, until it is soft.
• Add the garlic and cook for another 2 or 3 minutes.
• Add the flour and stir constantly for a minute.
• Stir in the milk and vegetable broth; bring to a slow simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Add paprika and season with salt and pepper.
• By this time, your potatoes should be done - you don't want them to be falling apart, but just fork-tender. Drain the potatoes and divide in half.
• Mash half of the potatoes and stir them into the soup. Simmer for another five minutes.
• Add the remaining potato chunks, and adjust seasonings to taste - I added a bit more pepper and another dash of smoked paprika.
• Serve with whatever toppings you like - bacon, fried onions, grated cheese, scallions, etc.