Baked Potato Soup
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 by Pam
I wanted to make a comforting dinner for friends who were coming for dinner. It was a beautiful but brisk day and I thought soup would be perfect. My friend, Kyle, was making a tossed salad with fresh greens, apples, sliced almonds and blue cheese. I found a baked potato soup recipe in The Best of Cooking Light cookbook that I just checked out from the library. This soup was fabulous. Totally creamy and rich tasting with a hint of sharp cheddar. The crunchy bacon along with the green onions gave a nice flavor as well as texture to the soup. It went perfectly with Kyle's salad and some fresh baked bread. The kids and adults all really enjoyed this soup and we gobbled up every last bite. - 4-5 baking potatoes (about 2 1/2 pounds)
- 2/3 cup all purpose flour
- 6 cups of 2% reduced fat milk
- 3/4 cup reduced fat extra sharp cheddar cheese, divided
- Salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
- 1 cup reduced fat sour cream (I used non fat)
- 1/2 cup green onions, chopped
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Pierce the potatoes with a fork; bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour or until tender. Cool. Peel potatoes; coarsely mash. Discard skins
Lightly spoon the flour in a large Dutch oven; gradually add the milk, stirring with a whisk until blended. Cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly (about 8 minutes). Add mashed potatoes, cheese, salt and pepper, stirring until cheese melts. Turn the heat to low. Stir in the sour cream and the green onions. Cook for 10 minutes or until thoroughly heated - DO NOT BOIL.
Toppings:
- 6 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
- Green onions, chopped
- Cheddar cheese, shredded
- Sour cream with chives
Ladle soup into serving bowls and top with bacon crumbles, green onion and shredded cheddar cheese. Enjoy!
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Oh yummy! I have been wanting to make soup for some time now. This looks just perfect!
Beautiful presentation! I love baked potato soup! I will have to try this one out!
Have a Happy Halloween!
Now that looks delish! I will have to give that a go.
I've never heard of using a baked potato in a soup before and I'm loving the idea of it! Those topping are seriously yummy too.
Me again! Nooo don't discard those potato skins! Fill each half skin with cheese and bake till crisp and bubbling!.....Sorry but I love potato skins!
I found you while surfing. I have forgotten how much I loved this soup. I rub the skins with oil and sprinkle with kosher salt before baking. I add all of them to the pot. It's my favorite part!
I love your presentation of the condiments. I am going to do this for company too.
What beautiful soup! This is just the soup I am making baked potato soup for Halloween, there's nothing better!
I have that cookbook. I'm going to have to pull it out and make this recipe!
That looks so soothing!
Looks great! I love the topping tray.
The toppings and soup looks delicious! And I will have come pumpkin cake for dessert please!
This is my all time favorite soup. I'd love to have a bowl right now. I have been looking for a good recipe Pam and I am going to try yours.
I love vichysoisse (cold potato soup), and yours looks delicious!
It's cold in NJ already, 35 degrees.
Soup's On!
Stacey
Man! That looks rich and creamy... would be perfect by itself.
I havent made potato soup in soo long, yours looks delicious as always!
Potato soup does it for me every time - this one looks delicious!
I love all of the toppings! A true crowd pleaser!
This is one of my favorite soups of all time. And it looks beautiful!!!! I wish I was one of your friends who came over on a lovely brisk day *sniff sniff*
Now that is a comfort food soup at it finest!! Looks so great and I love your garnish dish...
Potato soup was what I made a few nights ago when we had snowflakes in the air. I will have to try your recipe for the next batch. :-)
That soup is making my mouth water! YUM!
Again, potatoes...my favorite thing of all time! Thank you for this one.
I'm on a soup kick and potato was on my list. Yours looks incredibly delicious Pam.
I love this soup! I actually made this same recipe the other night!
I have that cookbook and I totally love it. I have a few Cooking Light cookbooks. :)
The soup looks awesome. Photographed really well!
This is beautiful! The Contrast in colors are so spot on! I was always afraid to attempt potato soup, I have had a love affair with blue cheese since I was a tot. This looks soooooo delish...
I can't believe that I had totally forgotten about this! I love this soup and beign a die hard potato/cheese/bacon lover, I am totally ashamed! ;o)
Thanks for bringing back GREAT memories!
This looks wonderful.
this looks SO good!!!!
Made it tonight for the In-Laws. They loved it! Thanks so much for sharing your delicious recipes!
when i got home from work yesterday to a heat-less apartment, this would've saved my mood entirely. too bad. :)
Sounds warm and delicious and completely comfort-foody :)!
Thank you for posting this, it sounds delicious!
Your friends are so lucky to have you feed them! This soup is right up my alley ... LOVE it. I really like your condiment presenation as well. Hope you had a great time!
There is something that happens to potatoes when they are baking that simply cannot be replicated in any other way. So tasty! Maybe it is the driving off of moisture that can be replace with more tasty liquids, like stock or butter. Anyway, it is well worth the effort.
wow, I've never seen baking potatoes! but this recipe is inspiring me to go find them:) I love your platters showing off your ingredients!
this is perfect for my event!!
this is a big comfort food for me. thanks for posting the recipe-i never knew how easy it could be to whip this stuff up! i'm definitely planning on making this for my room mates at school :)
Oh. My. Word. I just made a scaled down version for my lunch, and this soup is so good, I regret not making more!! I cheated and used chicken bacon, but it's still got that crunchy texture that is so good in contrast to the creamy soup.
Never thought I could make a creamy soup with a food processor/immersion blender and cream! lol Thank you SO much for posting this recipe. :)
I cooked potato soup for the first time last night. Not having all the ingredents or time, I changed a few things. I boiled my potates in garlic, salt and pepper and drained and tossed them in chopped sweet onions that I had sauted in butter. I also put the crunched bacon in the soup and stirred in at least a cup of medium chedder cheese. Delious! My family LOVED it!
Made this tonight for dinner, my roomates and I loved it!!