Cooking with Recip-Ease

This recipe is great for those weeks when you know you will be too busy to make lunches for work or school. This makes a ton of soup, but the plus is that you will have meals planned for the week. My CrockPot broke so I cooked this on a giant pot - which surprisingly worked really well. The bacon and onion for garnish are optional, but really make the soup. I couldn't believe how well the cream cheese improved the texture of the soup. Enjoy!!


I got this recipe from a woman who made only CrockPot recipes for a year. Her blog is amazing, so I have included a link. Be sure to check it out.


Source: http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2009/06/crockpot-baked-potato-soup-recipe.html

Baked Potato Soup

• 5 lbs potatoes, peeled and diced in 1 to 2-inch chunks
• 1 teeny onion, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper
• 2 quarts chicken broth
• 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, to add at the end
• crumbled bacon and green onion or chives as garnish (optional)

Steps: 

Use a 6 quart or larger slow cooker. Peel and dice the potatoes, and put them into the stoneware. Add onion and garlic. Sprinkle in the seasonings, and pour in the broth. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours, or on high for 4. The potatoes should be fork-tender. You can use a potato masher to mash the potatoes in the soup, or a hand-held immersible blender. I suppose you can also leave the potatoes in chunks, if you really wanted, but I wanted a smooth soup.

After smashing the potatoes, crumble in both packages of cream cheese, and put the lid back on. Cook on high for about 30 minutes, or until the cream cheese is completely dissolved. Stir a few times during the 30 minutes.

Garnish with crumbled bacon, green onion or chives, and I'd assume cheddar cheese would be just delightful.