Slow Cooker Potato-Bacon Soup

This was such a delicious, creamy, cheesy, hearty, cozy dish! Easy to tweak seasoning at the end if desired (we added more garlic powder).

3.10.20 The timing is W-A-A-Y off on this recipe. I used the slow cooker feature on my Instant Pot®, checked at 2 hours, and the potatoes were not only cooked, but actually overcooked. No whisking the potatoes was required because the potatoes already were turning to mush. Granted, maybe I cubed my potatoes smaller than others, but I’d recommend that you start checking for doneness at about 1-1/2 hours. Cooking that many strips of bacon leaves you with a LOT of bacon fat (too much IMO), so I removed all but about 2 tablespoons to brown the onions. Also, it really needed a pretty good dose of salt and pepper, was fairly bland. I didn’t have Cheddar-Monterey Jack blend, but I did have each type of cheese, so I just shredded the two of them (worked fine), melted beautifully after a couple stirs. And I used fat free half-and-half which was what I had on hand. So a few tweaks along the way, but this turned out to be a creamy, tasty potato soup that I would make again with the changes above.

So rich & yummy! And, EASY! Whole family absolutely loved it. Definitely will make this recipe again.

this was very good soup. mine didn't thicken as well as I like so I added instant potatoes to thicken the way my family likes it but that was the only thing I did differently. YYUMMY

Love it, good taste, nice flavors the potatoes were a little soft but still enjoyed it we need a little more crushed bacon for the topper and the green onions make it a good finish. Along with sourdough bread and butter topped it off to a fine meal

A family favorite now

My family loved this recipe, so comforting on a cold winter night! My only change was to use chicken stock in place of the vegetable broth! Such a filling soup served with a slice of crusty bread!

This was good. I made exactly as recipe is shown and my kids and husband enjoyed it.