Loaded Baked Potato Soup is one of the best comfort food soups for a cold winter night! It doesn’t get more comforting than this easy baked potato soup recipe. This creamy hearty potato soup is loaded with bacon, potatoes, cheese, sour cream, and so much more. This soup warms the soul.
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Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Baked potato soup is a super warm and filling soup that’s just perfect for cold nights. This recipe is so comforting and delicious!
This Loaded Baked Potato Soup is really getting me through this winter. It’s so warm and hearty, and I can’t get enough of it. It’s super creamy and filled with all the best ingredients, just like a baked potato! Something about eating it in soup form just makes it more comforting.
This easy Baked Potato Soup recipe is everything I want from comfort food this time of year. Creamy, dreamy, hot, AMAZING!
I have lots and lots of soups on this blog, ranging from Creamy White Chicken Chili to Skinny Chicken Tortilla Soup. I love them all, and this one fits right into the mix. An instant winner! This is the type of soup recipe I’ll make again and again.
Top of this baked potato soup with bacon, cheese, sour cream, and more; just like a baked potato!
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Easy Baked Potato Soup
This Loaded Baked Potato Soup has everything you’d expect from…loaded baked potatoes. Bacon, sour cream, cheese, onions, everything! It’s nothing ground breaking but dang is it delicious.
You don’t mess with amazing flavors if you don’t have to. People have loved these flavors for years and years for good reason. I know you’ll love this as much as we do!
If you love a perfect baked potato, loaded to the nines, you’ll love this easy soup recipe! Don’t forget the toppings!
Best Baked Potato Soup Toppings
- Shredded Cheese
- Bacon Bits
- Green Onions
- Crushed Crackers
- Sour Cream
- Jalapenos
- Cilantro
- Shredded Chicken
Just pretend it’s a baked potato and go crazy with those toppings!
How to Make Loaded Baked Potato Soup
- Heat oven to 425°F. Clean the baking potatoes and pierce each with a fork. Cover in foil and bake for 1 hour or until tender when pierced with a fork. Remove from the oven and cool to touch. Peel the potatoes. Roughly mash two of the potatoes, and dice the other two potatoes. Set the potatoes aside.
- While the potatoes cook, place the sliced bacon in a large skillet and turn the heat to medium-high. Cook the bacon until just crisp and transfer to a paper-towel lined plate. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease and save the rest for later use. (Be sure to refrigerate the excess bacon grease, if any.)
- Add 4 tablespoons butter to the bacon grease and turn the heat to low. When grease/butter mixture is just hot, add the diced carrots and cook (covered) for 3 minutes. Cover and stir every 1 minute. Add the onions, cover and cook for and additional 3 minutes, stirring every minute.
- When the carrots are tender, turn the heat to low, remove the lid and add the minced garlic. Cook 1 more minute.
- Sprinkle the sautéed vegetables with the flour, stir and cook over low heat 1 minute. Stir constantly.
- Add the milk and vegetable broth while stirring/whisking continuously.
- Turn heat to medium, and whisk continuously while adding the milk and vegetable stock. Cook and whisk until the mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook until mixture thickens, 10-20 minutes.
- Stir in the potatoes, cheese and sour cream. Taste, then season with salt & black pepper.
Be sure to watch the video to see the step by step process of this loaded baked potato soup recipe. It’s SO good and SO easy to make.
Can you reheat Baked Potato Soup?
Yes! This tasty soup recipe reheats beautifully, making it a staple in our house!
Can I freeze soup with potatoes in it?
You can! If you plan to make this soup in order to freeze it, I recommend leaving the creamy ingredients out until reheating. So make it according to instructions, leaving out the milk, cheese, and sour cream, freeze, and then add those ingredients after thawing.
The potatoes may get a bit grainy, but they’ll be fine. You can always use an immersion blender to blend them up when reheating and make an all-over creamy and thick soup.
How do you thicken potato soup?
This Loaded Baked Potato Soup is pretty thick already, but if you find yourself needing to make it even thicker, you can use cornstarch or flour.
Whisk a few tablespoons of either separately into some broth and then pour into the main soup pot and whisk to combine. Easy peasy!
Are potatoes a starch or a carb?
BOTH! Potatoes are a starch and starches are a carbohydrate…so potatoes are a complex carb! I get that question a lot. I guess the answer is pretty straight forward!
More Soup Recipes perfect for a cold night:
- Hash Brown Potato Cheese Soup
- Broccoli Cheese Soup
- Crock Pot Potato Soup
- Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Chicken Pot Pie Soup
- Pesto Chicken Tortellini Soup
- Creamy Chicken Soup
- Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
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Loaded Baked Potato Soup
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Ingredients
- 4 large baking potatoes Yukon Gold or Russet
- 8 strips bacon cut into 1/4” strips & cooked crisp
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 carrots peeled & diced, optional
- 1 sweet yellow onion or yellow onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon favorite herb blend basil, thyme, rosemary, red pepper flakes
- 6 cups milk
- 2 cups vegetable or chicken stock
- 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 8 ounces sour cream
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
Optional Garnishes
- Shredded cheddar cheese
- Crumbled cooked bacon
- Sliced green onions
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425°F. Clean the baking potatoes and pierce each with a fork. Cover in foil and bake for 1 hour or until tender when pierced with a fork. Remove from the oven and cool to touch. Peel the potatoes. Roughly mash two of the potatoes, and dice the other two potatoes. Set the potatoes aside.4 large baking potatoes
- While the potatoes cook, place the sliced bacon in a large skillet and turn the heat to medium-high. Cook the bacon until just crisp and transfer to a paper-towel lined plate. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease and save the rest for later use. (Be sure to refrigerate the excess bacon grease, if any.)8 strips bacon
- Add 4 tablespoons butter to the bacon grease and turn the heat to low. When grease/butter mixture is just hot, add the diced carrots and cook (covered) for 3 minutes. Cover and stir every 1 minute. Add the onions, cover and cook for and additional 3 minutes, stirring every minute.4 tablespoons butter, 2 carrots, 1 sweet yellow onion or yellow onion
- When the carrots are tender, turn the heat to low, remove the lid and add the minced garlic. Cook 1 more minute.2 cloves garlic
- Sprinkle the sautéed vegetables with the flour, stir and cook over low heat 1 minute. Stir constantly.5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Add the herbs while stirring/whisking continuously.1 teaspoon favorite herb blend
- Turn heat to medium, and whisk continuously while adding the milk and vegetable stock. Cook and whisk until the mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook until mixture thickens, 10-20 minutes.6 cups milk, 2 cups vegetable or chicken stock
- Stir in the potatoes, cheese and sour cream. Taste, then season with salt & black pepper.2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese, 8 ounces sour cream, ½ teaspoon kosher salt, ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Garnish with your favorite baked potato toppings:
- Crispy bacon, extra cheese, butter, sliced green onions, crushed crackers, cooked sausage, sour cream, Greek yogurt, chopped jalapenos, chopped cilantro, cooked cubed chicken, cooked ground beef.Shredded cheddar cheese, Crumbled cooked bacon, Sliced green onions
- Serve immediately.
- Enjoy!
- Note: If soup becomes too thick, add more vegetable stock. If it is too thin, cook until it becomes the desired consistency.
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Nutrition Information
Another question- where do the other 2 tbsp butter go? It calls for 4 tbsp for the roux, but never mentions the other two.
It never says what to do with the herbs, or what exactly they are. Is it a blend of all of those or a pick & choose 1 or more? Would they be added while the soup is cooking/thickening, after adding the milk and broth?
Also, the word “salt” is missing after kosher in the ingredients list.
Hi, sorry for the confusion! The herbs should be added in step 6!
it says 4tbsp butter divided 2 tbsp and 4 tbsp…might want to correct the recipe, is it 4 tbsp or 6 tbsp
THANK YOU! I fixed the recipe :) :)
Another Great recipe! My Family loved this soup, I made a few adjustments for items that I didn’t have and it still turned out great. This was the second recipe I made from this site and both have been winners.
YAY! So thrilled to hear that. Thanks for letting me know <3
potato soup is awesome. One of my favorite winter comfort foods. Or summer comfort foods. really any time. i know it’s not new, but it sure is good! I like to use ham in mine, but of course bacon is awesome too :-)
my boyfriend is also supposed to read my posts, and i know he doesn’t because i mention him all the time and he never says anything! guess that means i can say anything i want about him.
Ham is such a great addition!!
Such an easy recipe to make and so satisfying. We will definitely have to make this again.
SO happy to hear that!
Is that calorie count correct? Over 2,000 calories for one serving? Or is that for the whole recipe? If you’re on a 2,000 calorie diet everyday it’s a little too high. Plus all your calories would be complete in one meal.
Hi Lynn- The calories aren’t always correct on these counters. It’s an app and doesn’t always understand the ingredients that I plug in. I haven’t done a piece by piece breakdown of my recipes but just add the counter as an estimate. This soup is definitely on the creamier and heavier side though :)