How to Make Delicious Easy Loaded Potato Soup

Easy Loaded Potato Soup. This recipe for potato soup includes bacon, onion, ham, sour cream, cheddar cheese, green onions—and plenty of potatoes, of course. Use a high-starch variety of baking potato, also known as a russet, for this recipe, to ensure that your loaded potato soup has a hearty body and a creamy texture. Easy Cheesy Loaded Potato Soup has all your favorite potato toppings in a warm, satisfying bowl.

When done, the tip of a paring knife should go through the potatoes easily. In a large stock pot, place butter over medium-low heat. Once melted, add flour and whisk until smooth. You can cook Easy Loaded Potato Soup using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Easy Loaded Potato Soup

1. It's 1 packages of Frozen Oreida Cut Russet Potatoes.
2. It's 4 cup of Milk.
3. It's 1/4 cup of Flour.
4. It's 1/2 stick of Butter.
5. It's 5 slice of Bacon.
6. It's 8 oz of Sour Cream.
7. It's 1/4 cup of Green Onions.
8. It's 1/2 cup of Shredded Cheese.
9. You need 1 of Salt & Pepper.

Add milk one cup at a time and whisk continuously. Set a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. When cool, crumble and set aside for garnish. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat.

Easy Loaded Potato Soup step by step

1. Measure, chop and set aside your ingredients.
2. In a skillet cook the bacon and place on paper towel saving the bacon grease.
3. In a med. sized stock pot or sauce pan, pour in bacon grease and butter heating to medium.
4. Whisk in the flour to brown, cooking the flour for about 1.5 mintues.
5. You should now have a nice base/roux to start slowly adding your milk into.
6. Slowly add in your milk as the base thickens cooking for about 2 minutes, then add your potatoes and green onions and bring mixture to boil.
7. Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes stirring constantly to prevent sticking.
8. Once the potatoes have become tender, add the sour cream, shredded cheese, salt & pepper and continue to let the pot simmer until the desired thickness of your soup is reached. You can add more milk to lighten the consistency.
9. Add a few pieces of crumbled bacon to the soup just before serving.
10. Once the bowls are filled, garnish with additional bacon crumbles, green onions and shredded cheese. ENJOY!.

Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate; set aside. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate and let cool, then crumble. Try this cheesy baked potato soup loaded with sour cream, bacon and cheddar cheese. You'll be surprised at the taste of this rich and cheesy easy potato soup. It really is the best potato soup recipe, ever.