This creamy, delicious Crock Pot Potato Soup is not only simple to make but it gets better as it slowly cooks. Topped with cheese and bacon!
THE BEST CROCK POT POTATO SOUP RECIPE
This recipe for slow cooker potato soup has been a favorite of ours for years. I have tried making it so many other ways but I always come back to this recipe. It never fails me!
TIPS FOR MAKING THIS EASY SLOW COOKER SOUP:
- We usually eat this with a small side salad and some sort of crusty bread to dip into the soup.
- Red skin, russet or Yukon gold potatoes can be used in this recipe.
- For a touch more creaminess, try adding abut ½ a block (4 ounces) of cream cheese.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
potatoes
diced onion
garlic
celery
chicken broth
salt & pepper
half and half
garnish: shredded cheddar cheese, cooked and crumbled bacon, sliced green onions
diced onion
garlic
celery
chicken broth
salt & pepper
half and half
garnish: shredded cheddar cheese, cooked and crumbled bacon, sliced green onions
HOW TO MAKE SLOW COOKER POTATO SOUP:
Layer diced potatoes in a lightly greased 5-quart slow cooker. Top with chopped onion, garlic and celery. Add chicken broth, salt and pepper. Broth will not completely cover potatoes. Cover and cook on low setting for 8 hours or until potatoes are tender. Mash mixture with a potato masher. I don't mash it completely because I still wanted some visible potato chunks in there.
Stir in half and half. Cover and cook on high setting 20 more minutes, or until mixture is thoroughly heated.
Ladle into bowls and garnish with bacon, cheese and green onion. Serves 8.
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CROCK POT POTATO SOUP
This creamy, delicious Crock Pot Potato Soup is not only simple to make but it gets better as it slowly cooks. Topped with cheese and bacon!
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Servings: 4
Calories: 434kcal
Ingredients
- 4 lbs potatoes, peeled and diced
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 stalks celery, finely diced
- 2 (14 oz) cans chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups half and half
- garnish: shredded cheddar cheese, cooked and crumbled bacon, sliced green onions
Instructions
- Put diced potatoes into the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker.
- Top diced potatoes with chopped onion, garlic and celery.
- Add chicken broth, salt and pepper. Broth will not completely cover potatoes.
- Cover and cook on low setting for 8 hours or until potatoes are tender.
- Mash mixture with a potato masher. (Don't mash completely, leave some potato chunks.)
- Stir in half and half.
- Cover and cook on high setting 20 more minutes, or until mixture is thoroughly heated.
- Ladle into bowls and garnish with your favorite toppings.
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Notes
- We usually eat this with a small side salad and some sort of crusty bread to dip into the soup.
- Red skin, russet or Yukon gold potatoes can be used in this recipe.
- For a touch more creaminess, try adding abut ½ a block (4 ounces) of cream cheese.
Nutrition
Calories: 434kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 1276mg | Potassium: 2111mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 520IU | Vitamin C: 55.4mg | Calcium: 278mg | Iron: 14.8mg
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Originally published: September 2011
Updated & republished: November 2020
I'm so glad that you're posting recipes from Gooseberry Patch, one of my favorite cookbooks!! (I have a most of their fall/Christmas ones.)
I love the idea of crockpot potato soup. I've never tried doing that before, but now with this recipe, I will!
Thank you! 🙂
Leslie
That looks wonderful! I love the idea of a crockpot potato soup. This is going on my must-try list for fall 🙂
Yum!! Potato soup is one of my faves! Yours looks delicious and I really love that you made it in a slow cooker!!
Wow I love how easy this is to make a delicious soup! Love potato soup in the cold months. I'm definitely trying this one out! Thanks!
Yummy!
Potatoe soup is my FAV!! When it turns cold I will be making this easy recipe for sure. I already printed it out. Thanks for sharing. Come check me out when you get a chance.
This soup looks so good, and it's made in a slow cooker. How easy is that! This soup will be perfect fora crisp fall football afternoon.
yummmm!!!!
I love potato soup and I absolutely love this variation of it!!!!
Oh what perfect timing...just today I was thinking about looking for a potato soup recipe for my slow cooker. I am so happy to have found this post! Our area is expecting some cooler temps later this week with rain so I think this will be on my menu plan for one of those evenings. Thanks for sharing!
Jennifer
Made this for dinner tonight after seeing it on my facebook wall this morning! It was amazing!!! I added one package of cubed ham to it as well and served it with a wonderful lettuce salad. My daughter said it was just like Bennigans, her favorite, so that was a huge compliment. Its worth making and I'm sure will now be one of our faves! Thanks!
I love slow cooker meals! This looks fabulous and perfect for the fall.
This looks fantastic! Can't wait to give it a try!
Yum! As soon as the weather starts cooling down...soup will be on at my house...a lot!!
I think you may have just found us dinner for tomorrow night. This looks fantastic. There's nothing like crock pot cooking, is there. I love potato anything, soup, fries, chips, baked. This is perfect for us. I'm so glad you're going through this cookbook.
I think I know what we're having for dinner tomorrow... lol! With all the insane amounts of rain we've been getting I've got soup on the mind! Looks so good and easy!
Thanks for reviewing recipes from The Big Book of Home Cooking by Gooseberry Patch! The Loaded Potato Soup recipe is one I will definitely try because I love potato soup, and the store-bought ones aren't very good. Would love to win the cookbook, too!
The gloomy day we are having would be brightened with a bowl of this soup.
MMM Potato Soup is my favorite!
Totally yummy! My husband loves potato soup and now I can rock it in the crock!
It's finally cooling off here, and this sounds like a perfect easy and delicious meal. Yum 🙂
What a wonderful idea to make it in the slow cooker! Delicious looking soup 🙂
This looks wonderful!
Thank you for sharing 😀
That looks fantastic. The perfect recipe to make this fall. Come over and visit. We have a fantastic apple chutney.
I love using my slow cooker and I really love a good soup so I have printed this recipe and will be making it this fall.