Simple Slow Cooker Potato Soup |
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Prep Time: 25 Minutes Cook Time: 480 Minutes |
Ready In: 505 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Searching through some of the marvelous slow cooker Potato Soup / Chowder recipes here, I had three criteria: to used up the potatoes from our CSA share, use ingredients I had on hand, and appeal to my wife and me. Starting with stacylu's Crock-Pot Potato Chowder ( /recipe/crock-pot-potato-chowder-50144) as a base, then using a few of Battle in Seattle's Baked Potato Soup ( /recipe/baked-potato-soup-289260) seasoning sensibilities, I revised quantities and worked out a flavor profile to suit us. Here is my final product which I call Simple Slow Cooker Potato Soup. Ingredients:
12 -18 yukon gold potatoes, diced |
3/4-1 cup onion, diced |
2 tablespoons onion powder |
32 ounces low sodium vegetable broth |
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed low-sodium cream of celery soup |
2 1/2-3 slices turkey bacon, uncured, diced |
3 -4 garlic cloves |
2 tablespoons garlic powder |
1/2-3/4 teaspoon black pepper |
4 -5 ounces whipped cream cheese |
Directions:
1. Spray the slow cooker, at least 4 quarts in size, with non-stick spray.
2. Place all the ingredients, except the cream cheese, into the slow cooker.
3. Mix thoroughly before starting the slow cooker.
4. Cook on low for 8 - 9 hours.
5. Blend the final product. (I use a hand blender.).
6. Fold in the cream cheese just before serving.
7. Note: I did not peel the potatoes, liking the nutrition of the skin, not minding the darker flecks in the soup.
8. Note: I add no salt, since there was plenty of sodium from the condensed soup, broth, and turkey bacon, even with the low sodium varieties.
9. Note: I did not prepare the turkey bacon except to dice it, and I used UNCURED because that is how the turkey bacon we get at our supermarket comes.
10. Note: 12 potatoes makes a much thinner soup whereas 18 makes a stew with a mashed potato-like consistency.
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