This Loaded Creamy Potato Soup is full of tender potatoes in a silky smooth soup, topped with shredded cheese, bacon, and green onions.
So despite the fact that it was a balmy 66 degrees yesterday here in Denver, I still think it’s winter. It is January, after all. And January in Denver requires soup. It just does, no matter what the thermometer says.
I made this soup for my book club yesterday. We had it along with these Easy Home Made Breadsticks, some Banana Bread (sans the chocolate, but with walnuts instead), and home made flower chocolates (which will make their debut on the blog soon!) The book we read was Unbreakable by Laura Hillenbrand. It is about one man’s survival on a raft in the Pacific and then in a Japanese prisoner of war camps during World War II. I have read books about World War II before, but none of them affected me as deeply as this one. I found myself weeping as a read it, and then crying again during book club yesterday. (I am a huge cry baby!) I guess it affected me so much because I lived in Japan and love the Japanese people. To see such a horrible side of the people that I love was devastating! But it is heartening to think of the wonderful relationship that our country has with Japan now, and how much we both love and admire each other.
This soup was gone by the time I started sharing my feelings, so I didn’t cry into it 🙂 Which is great, because it has the perfect amount of salt already. It uses the same base as my Cream of Broccoli Soup. All you do is swap out the broccoli for some boiled potatoes, and voila! You have this wonderful, warm creamy potato soup.
But wait! We’re not done! Although the soup is fantastic by itself, it is made even better by the addition of shredded cheese, bacon, and green onions. Just pile as much on top as you want! I put the cheese, green onions, and bacon in separate bowls and just let everybody add their own.
So if you happen to live in a part of the country where it’s ACTUALLY winter (hello Texas and Florida!) make this Loaded Creamy Potato Soup for dinner tonight. It will make you not mind the cold so much.
This Loaded Creamy Potato Soup is full of tender potatoes in a silky smooth soup, topped with shredded cheese, bacon, and green onions.
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 6 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups milk
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 2-3 medium-sized potatoes, diced into 1/2" cubes
In a medium-sized pot on the stove over high heat, boil diced potatoes for about 10 minutes, or until fork-tender.
While potatoes are boiling, add butter, flour, and salt to another medium-sized pot over medium-low heat. Cook and stir until the butter is melted and the flour has been all mixed in to form a thick paste.
Add one cup of the milk and whisk with the butter/flour mixture until all the lumps disappear. Add the other three cups of milk and turn the heat up to medium-high. Stir continually, scraping the bottom, until the soup begins to thicken.
Once the soup has thickened slightly, drain the boiled potatoes and carefully add them to the soup. (I often use a ladle to gently transfer the boiled potatoes to the soup).
Serve in individual bowls with desired amount of cheddar cheese, bacon, and green onions sprinkled on top.
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This is EXACTLY what I need on this cold day! Looks delicious!!
This soup makes me want to cuddle up in front of a fireplace with a good book and big bowl!
This is pretty much the base for delicious clam chowder. A couple of differences – cook the potatoes along with a bit of onion and celery, in clam juice and enough water to just cover them. When done add all, including liquid, to the butter/flour/milk base (since you adding the liquid as well as the veggies you may want to add a bit less milk to the base). Then add the clams (I use 2 cans of clams, minced and/or chopped) and about 2 Tbsp of vinegar. Delicious!
Hey I didn’t realize you are in Denver, I’m east of Denver. And yes our weather is insane!!! However, I would take a nice hot bowl of this soup on this cold day!
Hey, where exactly do you live? I’m in Southeast Denver (Aurora).
It’s been so, so, so cold here in Texas recently, and this soup sounds like the perfect meal for the whole family! You can never go wrong with a creamy potato soup!