Cheesy Potato Soup in the Slow Cooker
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Soup week continues with a delicious Cheesy Potato Soup that is made the slow cooker. A while back, I posted another version that got it’s creaminess from some cream cheese. It is very rare that you can find a deliciously creamy soup that you can make in the crock pot. If you are a fan of the version I posted a while ago, you are gonna LOVE this version that I discovered at Pillsbury.com.
This recipe does start off in a skillet. You need to cook up some bacon to top the soup with. Then you cook the onion in the bacon grease. You know any soup that starts off with onion cooked in bacon fat is gonna be good.
Then you add the onion, broth, and celery along with some diced potatoes to the slow cooker and let it do the work. Thirty minutes before eating the soup, you add a mixture of half and half and flour. Let this cheesy potato soup in the slow cooker to cook for 30 minutes on high. Stir in some cheese and serve it up with some bacon and green onion sprinkled on top. YUM!
Cheesy Potato Soup in the Slow Cooker
Real Mom Kitchen
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 ½ cups chopped onion
- 5 cups diced peeled russet potatoes about 5 medium
- 1 medium stalk celery chopped (1/2 cup)
- 1 carton 32 oz chicken broth (4 cups)
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- ½ cup flour
- 1 ½ cups half-and-half I used half skim milk and half whipping cream
- 1 bag 8 oz shredded American and Cheddar cheese blend or 1 cup Velveeta and 1 cup cheddar
- diced green onion for garnish
Instructions
- In 12-inch skillet, cook bacon over medium heat, turning occasionally, until browned and crispy. Remove from skillet, reserving fat in skillet. Drain bacon on paper towel, then refrigerate. In same skillet, cook onion in bacon fat over medium heat 4 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender.
- Spray 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In cooker, mix onion, potatoes, celery, broth, salt and pepper.
- Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 to 7 hours.
- In small bowl, beat flour and half-and-half with wire whisk until well blended; stir into soup. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook about 30 minutes longer or until thickened. Stir in cheese until well melted. Crumble bacon; sprinkle over soup along with green onion. Serves 6.
This is the original photo from this post. The above photo was updated in January 2019.