Simple Way to Prepare Ultimate Creamy Loaded Potato Soup

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, creamy loaded potato soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Creamy Loaded Potato Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Creamy Loaded Potato Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy loaded potato soup using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Loaded Potato Soup:

1. Make ready 1/2 pound bacon cut in bite size pieces
2. Get 1 large onion diced
3. Get 3 cloves garlic, minced
4. Get 6 tablespoon butter
5. Make ready 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
6. Make ready 2 cups whole milk
7. Make ready 2/3 cup sour cream
8. Prepare 1/2 cup heavy cream
9. Prepare 5 large potatoes cut into small cubes. Less than an inch
10. Get 2 cups Cheddar cheese shredded
11. Make ready Fresh or dried chives, optional
12. Get 4 cups chicken broth
13. Take Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions to make Creamy Loaded Potato Soup:

1. Cut bacon into bite size pieces and fry until crispy.
2. Use the rendered bacon dripping to cook the diced onion until translucent.
3. Add garlic and stir intil fragrant. Remove from heat.
4. In dutch oven or stock pot, add the chicken broth, diced potatoes, onion, garlic.
5. Bring to a soft boil and cook until potatoes are fork tender.Lower heat to simmer.
6. Put 6 tablespoons of butter in skillet and melt. Add 1/3 cup flour and stir until smooth. Cook about 3 minutes to get rid of raw flour taste.
7. Add the whole milk to the rue mixture. Cook until thick and bubbly.
8. Add the rue to the simmering pot with broth. Stir and simmer until slightly thickened.
9. Add the sour cream, heavy cream, cheese and bacon pieces. Save some bacon for garnish.
10. Heat but do not boil. Serve with extra dollop of sour cream, cheese and bacon.
11. I like chives in mine but its optional. Salt and pepper to taste.
12. You can mash the potatoes or puree half and have a less chunky soup if you like. Plus it thickens soup more. If you like it thicker, add some instant potatoes to your thickness of choice.

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