Soup
Ultimate Crack Potato Soup
| Level: Easy |
Total Time: 1 hour |
Yield: 8 servings |
This potato soup is so good, its a great hearty filling soup for any chilly fall or winter day! Takes a bit to put together, but well worth it!
Ultimate Crack Potato Soup
Print RecipeThis soup takes a while to put together, but I hope it will become one of your favorites, as it is ours!
Equipment
- Large Dutch oven or pot
- Blender or Immersion blender
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound Uncooked bacon cut into small bite-size pieces
- 3 Tablespoons Kerrygold garlic and herb butter salted
- 1 Medium yellow onion chopped
- 3 Garlic cloves minced
- ⅓ cup All-purpose flour
- 2 ½ lbs gold potatoes peeled (about 6 Large potatoes) diced into pieces no larger than 1”
- 6 cups Chicken stock using 2.5 tablespoons of Better Than Bouillon® Organic Roasted Chicken Base
- 2 cups Milk
- ⅔ cup Half and half
- Salt to taste
- Ground pepper to taste
- 1 packet Butter ranch or to taste 2 tablespoons
- ⅔ cup Sour cream
- 1 cup Mexican cheese to taste
- 1 cup Kerrygold Irish cheddar to taste
Instructions
- Place bacon pieces in a large Dutch Oven or pot over medium heat and cook until bacon is cooked.
- Remove bacon to paper towel and set aside; leave bacon grease in the pot.
- Add butter and finely chopped onion and cook over medium heat until onions are tender (3-5 minutes).
- Then add garlic and cook until fragrant (this is quick about 30 seconds).
- Sprinkle the flour over the ingredients in the pot and stir until smooth (use whisk if needed).
- Add diced potatoes to the pot along with chicken bouillon, milk, heavy cream, salt, pepper, and dry ranch seasoning. Stir well.
- Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork (about 10 minutes).
- Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove approximately half of the soup at a time to a blender (this will be hot!) and blend till smooth. Or use an immersion blender to puree in small pulses until desired smoothness.
- Return the soup to the pot and add sour cream and reserved bacon pieces, stir well.
- Top with additional sour cream, bacon, Mexican cheese, Kerrygold cheddar, or green onion. Eat and enjoy with friends!
Notes
- Wow just wow!! New favorite soup!
- This recipe was adapted from Sugar Spun Run website for creamy-potato-soup-recipe.