Easy Potato Soup Recipe With Cream Cheese

Carefully place half of the soup in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth be careful not to overfill the blender.

Easy potato soup recipe with cream cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste. I like my soup kind of chunky. Step 2 once tender mash soup with a potato masher and add butter and cream. Smash a few of the potatoes to release their starch for thickening.

Ingredients 3 tablespoons butter 1 2 cup minced onion 3 4 garlic cloves minced 1 teaspoon season salt 1 2 teaspoon pepper 8 cups chicken broth 7 8 cups peeled and diced potatoes 2 bay leaves 12 ounces cream cheese softened and cubed cooked crumbled bacon shredded cheese and chopped green onion. Reduce to low heat. Boil on medium heat until potatoes are tender. In a large stock pot add water potatoes onion celery and season with salt and pepper.

Add sharp cheddar cheese salt and pepper. Easy potato cheese soup potatoes onion celery and seasonings are cooked until soft. Creamy cheese soup and cream are stirred in creating this smooth mellow soup. Bring to a boil cover and simmer until potatoes and vegetables are tender.

Combine broth potatoes and spices. Cover and cook over low heat for 6 8 hours or until potatoes are tender smash the potatoes puree or use a stick blender to break down the potatoes to thicken the soup to your liking add cream cheese cubes and stir to combine cook on high for 30 minutes or until cheese melts. You may want to do this in batches add the blended mixture back to the soup pot and stir in shredded cheese and cooked bacon. Add 2 cups of diced cooked vegetables peas corn carrots beans broccoli etc and a chopped smoked sausage after the soup is pureed or garnish the soup with a little sour cream cooked crumbled bacon grated cheddar cheese or chopped chives.

Ingredients 6 cups water 7 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules 2 packages 8 ounces each cream cheese cubed 1 package 30 ounces frozen cubed hash brown potatoes thawed 1 1 2 cups cubed fully cooked ham 1 2 cup chopped onion 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon dill weed.