Monday, November 16, 2009

The BEST Baked Potato Soup EVER!!!

6-8 potatoes, peeled & chopped
2 carrots, chopped
1/2 celery stalk, chopped
2 T - olive oil
3 cans - chicken broth
1/2 tsp - salt
1/4 tsp - pepper
2 - 8 oz blocks of cream cheese (I used no fat this time - but will definitely go with regular next time)
shredded cheese
bacon bits

Begin by covering the bottom of stock pot with oil. Add carrots & celery, saute 3-5 minutes. Add in potatoes and coat with broth. Add in salt & pepper. Simmer 20-30 minutes (or until potatoes are softened).

Remove from heat & strain liquid into a bowl. Blend cream cheese into liquid until smooth. Pour half of potato/veggie mix into liquid and blend. Add in rest of potatoes/veggies and continue to blend until fully incorporated. Return to stove, heat & serve.

**Serve topped with shredded cheese & bacon bits.

A special thanks to Jme for sharing this awesome recipe with me!!

YUM!!!!!!!!!

3 comments:

Dr. H. said...

My suggestion: use high-fat cream cheese for the "BEST Baked Potato Soup EVER"...

Boo for no-fat cream cheese..."no soup for you"

Laura said...

i think this is jnet's recipe too. :) we just had it last night at flock - so good!! but it's a very close second to my mom's cheesy potato soup (it's has cheese and bacon so it's hard to beat). i love having soup when it gets cold out!

Dee said...

Sounds so yummy!!! Now if we could just get the temp in California below 50 degrees so we can really enjoy it . . . . :-)