Crock Pot Potato Soup (+Video)
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!
AN EASY, CREAMY POTATO SOUP RECIPE
This recipe for homemade slow cooker potato soup has been a favorite of ours for years. It’s a simple recipe with simple ingredients. Let the slow cooker do some of the work for you and come home to a warm meal and comforting smells!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
We usually eat this with a small side salad and some sort of crusty bread to dip into the soup. My favorite bread is my rustic dutch oven bread.
Russet potatoes are generally the way to go. You can however use red skin or Yukon gold; however, they are lest starchy and may not thicken up the soup as well as you may want.
If you like a thinner potato soup, simply stir in more chicken broth, milk or half and half until you’ve reached your desired consistency.
The easiest way to thicken potato soup is to add a bit of instant mashed potatoes. Start with a little then stir it in. Give it a few minutes to plump up then add more as necessary. You can also use a cornstarch slurry. Whisk together about 3 Tablespoons of cornstarch with 3 Tablespoons of water. Add this to the potato soup, turn it up to high and it will begin to thicken.
A BLT tastes great with potato soup. Perhaps a grilled cheese or even a ham and cheese sandwich!
It is not recommended as potato soup tends to not reheat well since the potatoes continue to soak up the liquid they are in and can often be grainy when thawed and reheated. In addition, soups with dairy in them can lose their creamy consistency.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
- potatoes
- diced onion
- garlic
- celery
- chicken broth
- salt and pepper
- half and half
- toppings: 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, salt and pepper.
Pour in chicken broth. 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 want 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 (+Video)
Ingredients
- 4 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and diced
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 stalks celery, finely diced
- 2 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth (or one 28 ounce carton)
- 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.
Video
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 1/2 a block (4 ounces) of cream cheese.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
Originally published: September 2011
Updated & republished: January 2023
This looks wonderful!
Thank you for sharing 😀
What a wonderful idea to make it in the slow cooker! Delicious looking soup 🙂
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.
That looks fantastic. The perfect recipe to make this fall. Come over and visit. We have a fantastic apple chutney.
MMM Potato Soup is my favorite!
The gloomy day we are having would be brightened with a bowl of this soup.
It's finally cooling off here, and this sounds like a perfect easy and delicious meal. Yum 🙂
Totally yummy! My husband loves potato soup and now I can rock it in the crock!
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!
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!
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.
Yum! As soon as the weather starts cooling down…soup will be on at my house…a lot!!
This looks fantastic! Can't wait to give it a try!
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!
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
I love potato soup and I absolutely love this variation of it!!!!
yummmm!!!!
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.
I love slow cooker meals! This looks fabulous and perfect for the fall.
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.
Yummy!
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!
Yum!! Potato soup is one of my faves! Yours looks delicious and I really love that you made it in a slow cooker!!
That looks wonderful! I love the idea of a crockpot potato soup. This is going on my must-try list for fall 🙂
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