The first word that came to my mind when Derek walked in the door from work was: Redic! I felt like I was eating a Loaded Baked Potato Soup from Chilli's. No lie. It was that good. I couldn't even wait for him to get home from work before we started eating. Brigham even loved it, and I can hardly get him to eat a thing! The garnishments are a must!
Slow Cooker Potato Soup
- 5 pounds russet potatoes. Wash them, but do not peel. Cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
- 1 diced medium yellow onion
- 10 cloves of garlic, minced or 5 teaspoon's of jarred Garlic. *I used jarred.
- 64 ounces (8 cups) chicken stock or broth. *I had to ask my friend Renae how I would buy this. She kindly told me that I could buy it in a can, or just use Chicken Bouillon cubes and make my own. Who knew those cube things in my cupboard made broth?! I always just thought they were used for flavoring in recipes :)
- 16 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon seasoned salt *I used Lawry's
- Garnishes: Crumbled Bacon, Shredded Cheddar & Green Onions
2. Cook on high for 6 hours or low for 10 hours.
3. Add the softened cream cheese & puree about 1/3 of the soup. *I used my upright blender and put both cream cheeses into the blender with 1/3 of the soup mixture. It blended up nicely!
4. Add puree mixture back in the slow cooker & stir well. Top with garnishes!
At first I thought a whole medium sized onion would be too much, but I didn't think it was too 'onion-y' at all!
The blender still works! It hadn't been used in 5+ years.
Oh. My. Goodness. So delicious!
Brigham was so crabby today, but Boston managed to get him to stop crying/screaming for a few minutes while I got all the goodies in the slow cooker! Brigs loves playing 'Where's Brother!?'
They just giggled at each other!
And after a few minutes of the game, he was back to crying/screaming. He perked up after I fed him the soup though :)
LOL - loved that you included how you asked about chicken bullion. didn't know you were making that when you text! glad i could help. this soup looks SO good! might have to add it to the march menu.
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