Ultimate Crack Potato Soup

Level:
Easy

Total Time:
45 min

Yield:
6 servings

It’s winter and who doesn’t want a good-fashioned potato soup! Its addictive you will want to keep eating it all day.

It’s winter and who doesn’t want a good-fashioned potato soup! Its addictive you will want to keep eating it all day.

1/2 a pound of uncooked bacon cut into small bite-size pieces
3 Tablespoons Kerrygold garlic and herb butter salted
1 medium yellow onion chopped
3 large garlic cloves minced
⅓ cup all-purpose flour
2 ½ lbs gold potatoes peeled and diced into pieces no larger than 1” (this was about 6 Large potatoes
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 of the butter ranch or to taste 2 tablespoons
⅔ cup sour cream
1 cup Mexican cheese to taste
1 cup Kerrygold Irish cheddar to taste

Place bacon pieces in a large Dutch Oven or pot over medium heat and cook until bacon is cooked.
Remove bacon and set aside.
Leaving the bacon grease in the pot. Do not remove the yummy flavor.
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). Like a rue.
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 to simmer and remove approximately half of the soup to a blender (this will be hot!)
Puree in small pulses until smooth with an immersion blender. Until desired smoothness.
Allow soup to simmer for 15 minutes before serving if desired.
Return the soup to the pot and add sour cream and reserved bacon pieces, stir well.
Top with additional whatever sour cream, bacon, Mexican cheese, Kerrygold cheddar, or green onion. Eat and enjoy with friends!

Wow just wow!! New favorite soup!
We were inspired by https://sugarspunrun.com/creamy-potato-soup-recipe/#recipe check out Sam’s website.