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Loaded Potato Soup

This recipe uses few ingredients and delivers so much flavor that the whole family will love
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings: 6 Servings
Course: dinner
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • * 6 strips bacon chopped
  • * 3 Tbsp butter
  • * 1 yellow onion diced
  • * 3 garlic cloves minced
  • * ⅓ cup flour
  • * 2 ½ lbs russet or gold potatoes diced about 4-5 potatoes
  • * 4 cups chicken broth
  • * 2 cups milk
  • * ½ tsp salt
  • * 1 tsp pepper
  • * ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • * ½ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
  • * Shredded cheddar cheese, chives, and additional sour cream (or greek yogurt) and bacon for topping optional

Equipment

  • Hand Blender or Stand Blender If you don't have a blender, a potato masher can work

Method
 

  1. In a large stock pot, cook bacon over medium heat. Once cooked, remove with slotted spoon or tongs and set aside, leaving bacon grease in the pot.
  2. Add butter and onions and saute until translucent. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute more.
  3. Add flour and stir. Add potatoes, chicken broth, milk, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Bring to a boil. Allow to boil for about 10 minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender, stirring occasionally.
  4. Reduce heat to low. Using an immersion blender, blend half the soup. (You can also carefully place half the soup in a blender and blend or simply mash some of the potatoes)
  5. Add sour cream and cooked bacon. Simmer for 10 minutes and serve with cheese and any topping you love!

Notes

*If you can't have flour, you can substitute any flour alternative or make a cornstarch slurry with 1 Tbsp cornstarch and 2 Tbsp water and add towards the end of the cooking process, 5 minutes before serving. However, you can skip the flour all together too.
*You can use either russet or gold potatoes for this recipe