Potato Cheese Soup loaded with chunky potatoes, bacon, corn and two kinds of cheese. A hearty potato soup recipe to warm you up on a cold night. It’s comfort food at its best.
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I love Marie Calendars potato cheese soup, and I have never found a potato soup recipe that I thought was better until now. Judy at Judy’s Kitchen posted her recipe for Baked Potato Soup and it’s so delicious. It tastes better than Marie’s soup, and it’s much lower in fat!
🍲 Creamy one-pot soups are always a winner on chilly days!
Also included in this post is a Recipe Round Up. I’ve joined a fun group of bloggers to put together a roundup of recipes on the first day of every month. This month we’re sharing Comforting Soup Recipes.
I like to cook meatloaf and baked potatoes on Sunday and cook extra baked potatoes to make this soup later in the week. It works out great and make the soup so quick and easy to put together.
I changed up the recipe slightly. Judy’s recipe mashes some of the potatoes and adds it to the soup. I prefer the creaminess of the soup without the mashed potatoes. But either way works.
You can use fat-free half and half or regular half and half if you prefer a creamier soup. If you’re not familiar with half and half, it’s half milk and half cream.
If you don’t have time to bake the potatoes, I also have a Pressure Cooker Potato Cheese Soup recipe. It’s ready in just minutes when you make it in a pressure cooker / Instant Pot.
Either way you make it, everyone I know loves this potato soup. I’m sure your family will too.
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Baked Potato Soup
Ingredients
- 4 large baking potatoes
- 4 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 4 oz. Neufchatel cheese
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 14 oz. cans chicken broth
- 1 cup frozen corn
- ⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley
- 1 pint regular or fat-free half and half
- 6 slices crisp-cooked bacon crumbled
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Prick potatoes with a fork or knife. Bake in 400F oven for 1 hour or till potatoes are cooked through and soft inside; cool (I refrigeratored them for several days at this point).
- Remove skins and cut potatoes into chunks; set aside.
- In 2 or 3-quart heavy pot, saute the onions in butter over medium heat till transparent.
- Add the Neufchatel cheese and stir until melted. Add the flour, salt and pepper.
- Gradually add the chicken broth stirring continuously to make the mixture smooth.
- Add potatoes, corn, parsley, and red pepper flakes. Stir, cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 10-15 minutes to blend flavors.
- Add half and half, crumbled bacon, and cheese and just heat through but do not bring to a boil.
More Comfort Food Soup Recipes You Might Like:
Leftover Turkey Wild Rice Soup
Baked Potato Soup
Habanero Spicy Chicken Soup with Black Beans
Slow Cooker Vegetable Barley Soup
Slow Cooker Soup Beans & Ham
Southwest Chicken Quinoa Soup
Creamy Potato & Ham Soup
Chicken Pot Pie Noodle Soup
Bacon White Chicken Chili
Copycat Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana
Stovetop Taco Soup
Creamy Roasted Root Vegetable Soup
Talita
Yummmm!! This last week I tough to prepare a soup, I wanted so much. But with all this hot weather is almost impossible eat something hot like a soup. But I just can’t wait the winter to eat hot dishes, like this soup.
Arwen from Hoglet K
Yum, this sounds like a decadent soup with the cheese and bacon!
Jenny
Oh Barbara, I am wishing I had a bowl of that tasty looking soup right now, it looks so comforting! Congrats on all of your awards and prizes, you deserve every one!
MaryBeth
Lets start with I love you new chair, it looks so darn comfy. I too love this soup and your version looks fabulous.
Netts Nook
Hey Barbara thanks for the SHOUT OUT I need all of the help I can get. Nice chair>>>>> I use to love Marie Calenders soup I will have to try yours looks great.
Priscilla
Your soup looks soo goood. And what an amazing looking chair!
Jerri - Simply Sweet Home
Hey, you have some awards waiting for you over at my site!
Pam
Wow. Congrats on all of your awards and your prizes – you lucky girl. Your new chair looks comfy!
You just can’t beat baked potato soup…looks amazing.
Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella
I definitely trust your taste after the success we’ve had with your recipes! Must try and make this with the cold weather coming up! 🙂
The Bentley Family
Oh this sounds great! I am going to try this one for sure. I have a great recipe from America’s Test Kitchen but it is ALOT of work (especially with a little one). This one sounds quite a bit easier. Thank you!
Maria
The soup looks delicious!! Yahoo for all of your awards and prizes.
RecipeGirl
Yes, you definitely need to go to Vegas!! What a lucky streak you’re having. Keep it up!!
I’m so happy you found something wonderful w/ your gift card. Now you can think of me every time you sit 🙂
Elyse
Congrats on your awards!! I thought that Judy’s soup looked delicious, too, and yours looks just as delicious! Baked potato soup is such great comfort food!
Reeni♥
The soup sounds real good, especially with the Neufchatel cheese in it. Yay for your new chair, it looks so comfy, and the other goodies you won.
Cathy
Wow, this soup looks wonderful, Barbara! There is just nothing more comforting and soul warming on cold days than baked potato soup. I am going to make a big pot before it starts warming up around here! And congrats on your awards — so well deserved!
Love your new chair, too!
Megan
Perfect buy with that gift card. Congrats on the awards and wins. Good looking soup too!!!
Judy
Congrats on winning the contest and on all your awards. I love what you did to the soup. I use as little dairy products as possible because I’m sensitive to them, which is why I reduced them in my recipe. I love that you added corn. Thanks so much for trying it and for your wonderful changes.
Donna-FFW
Your computer chair is gorgeous. I bet its so comfortable! The soup looks awesome! love baked potato soup; have got to try this reipe with 2 rave reviews.
Sara
Nice chair! This looks like a great soup, I love baked potatoes and all their fixings.
HoneyB
Barbara, the soup looks delish! I have been wanting to try a baked potato soup and I now have the recipe to try!
You deserve all the awards and prizes you have won! I’m so happy you have a new computer chair!