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    Home / Recipes / Main Dishes / Vegetarian (or Vegetarian Option) Recipes

    Baked Potato Soup

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    Composite image: Top photo is baked potato soup topped with shredded cheddar cheese and chopped bacon. Bottom photo is chopped potatoes in a bowl of baked potato soup. Text; Baked Potato Soup - Add Salt & Serve logo
    Composite image: Top photo is a potato masher in a bowl of baked potato soup. Bottom image is baked potato soup topped with shredded cheddar cheese and chopped bacon. Text: Loaded Baked Potato Soup - Add Salt & Serve logo

    Baked Potato Soup is one of our most requested recipes - it's creamy and rich with the perfect balance of flavors. To use it as planned leftovers, have baked potatoes during the week and simmer a pot of this satisfying soup on the weekend.

    Baked potato soup topped with shredded cheddar cheese and chopped bacon.

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    • ⏲️ Time needed
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🍲 Vegetarian option
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    ⏲️ Time needed

    Since this recipe starts with potatoes that are already baked (it's perfect for using leftovers), it only takes about 35 minutes to make.

    🥘 Ingredients

    • baked & cooled baking potatoes
    • butter
    • all-purpose flour
    • milk
    • salt & pepper
    • chopped green onions
    • cooked and crumbled turkey bacon
    • shredded cheddar cheese
    • sour cream

    🍲 Vegetarian option

    Omit the turkey bacon for a vegetarian version.

    📋 Instructions

    Start with 4 large baked potatoes, cooled. I had small potatoes, so I used about 10 potatoes.

    The recipe calls for scooping out the insides and discarding the peels, but I have long since abandoned peeling potatoes for anything. I used to always do it, but the peels are healthy so I include them in mashed potatoes, soups, potato salads, and just about everything else. Feel free to scoop out the insides and discard the skins if you wish.

    several baked potatoes

    Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add flour, stirring until smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.

    A whisk and a bowl of baked potato soup.

    Gradually add milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is thick and bubbly. (This will take some time.) When the soup is nice and thick, add the potatoes, salt, and pepper.

    Chopped potatoes in a bowl of baked potato soup.

    I didn't have green onions when I was preparing this for photos, but I had a freezer full of sautéed onions and peppers, so I added about ½ cup of those. It's a flexible recipe so don't be afraid to make substitutions.

    Mash until the potatoes are the consistency that you like.

    Potato masher in a bowl of baked potato soup.

    Now the most important part - add 1 cup of cheddar cheese.

    A whisk mixing shredded cheddar cheese into a bowl of baked potato soup.

    Cheese makes everything better, and if a little bit of cheese is good, a lot is fantastic. But I digress...

    Cook until cheese is melted and soup is heated through. Stir in sour cream and heat through.

    A whisk mixing sour cream into a bowl of baked potato soup.

    Garnish with your choice of remaining green onions, bacon, and cheese before serving.

    Composite image: Top photo is a potato masher in a bowl of baked potato soup. Bottom image is baked potato soup topped with shredded cheddar cheese and chopped bacon. Text: Loaded Baked Potato Soup - Add Salt & Serve logo

    📖 Recipe

    Baked potato soup topped with shredded cheddar cheese and chopped bacon.

    Baked Potato Soup

    Baked Potato Soup is one of our most requested recipes – it’s creamy and rich with the perfect balance of flavors. To use it as planned leftovers, have baked potatoes during the week and simmer a pot of this satisfying soup on the weekend.
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 30 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Course Main Dish, Soup
    Cuisine American, Vegetarian
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories 770

    Ingredients
      

    • 4 large baking potatoes, baked and cooled
    • ⅔ cup butter
    • ⅔ cup all-purpose flour
    • 6 cups milk
    • 2 teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon pepper
    • 4 green onions, chopped and divided
    • 12 slices turkey bacon, cooked, crumbled, and divided
    • 1 ¼ cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
    • 8 ounces sour cream
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    Instructions

    • Cut potatoes in half lengthwise, scoop out pulp and set aside. Discard skins.
    • Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add flour, stirring until smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is thick and bubbly. (This will take some time.)
    • Add potato pulp, salt, pepper, 2 tablespoon green onions, ½ cup bacon, and 1 cup cheese. Cook until cheese is melted and soup is heated through. Stir in sour cream and cook until heated, mixing well.
    • Garnish with your choice of remaining green onions, bacon and cheese.

    Notes

    For the vegetarian version, omit the bacon.

    Nutrition per serving

    Calories: 770 calCarbohydrates: 51 gProtein: 27 gFat: 52 gSodium: 1885 mgFiber: 2 gSugar: 15 g
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    Posted by Mary Ann on October 4, 2011; Updated on September 16, 2021Filed Under: Soups and Stews, Stovetop Recipes, Vegetarian (or Vegetarian Option) Recipes

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    1. Chrissy

      October 05, 2011 at 11:10 am

      My all-time favorite soup recipe! Yum and well worth the time!

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