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The Ultimate Chunky Potato Soup

September 29, 2019 By Lee-Ann 1 Comment

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My ultimate Chunky Potato Soup – an easy, one-pot potato soup, loaded with crispy bacon and cheddar cheese. A total comfort food meal-in-bowl!

This simple potato soup is a bowl full of comfort that you can eat on your lap with a spoon. And who doesn’t like their comfort by the spoonful? Plus it covers so many of my comfort food must-haves: potatoes, bacon, cheese, potatoes.

And yes I mentioned potatoes twice, I like them that much!

This hearty potato soup has a creamy texture from blending the cooked potatoes without needing any cream, and you can make the finished soup as chunky as you like by controlling the amount you blend it.

potato soup in while bowl topped with bacon cheese and chives

Ingredients needed to make this chunky potato soup

  • Potatoes – diced (I used sebago)
  • Bacon – chopped
  • Onion – diced
  • Chicken stock
  • Milk (I used full fat)
  • Fresh garlic cloves – minced/crushed
  • Sour cream (I used light)
  • Sharp cheddar cheese – grated
  • Fresh parmesan cheese – grated
  • Salt & pepper to taste

See recipe below for amounts and details instructions.

How to make chunky potato soup

  • Take a large heavy-based pot, and add chopped bacon – see Image 1.
  • Fry bacon until starting to crisp – Image 2 – then remove bacon from the pot and set aside, leaving the bacon grease in the pot.

process shot showing how to make chunky potato soup

  • Add onion to the pot – see Image 3.
  • Fry until soft – see Image 4.

process shot showing how to make potato soup

  • Add garlic and fry for another minute – see Image 5.
  • Add potatoes – see Image 6.

process shot showing how to make potato soup

  • Then add milk and chicken stock – see Image 7 – then simmer until potato is soft.
  • Using an immersion/stick blender, blend soup to desired consistency – see Image 8.

process shot showing how to make potato soup

  • Add bacon, cheddar, parmesan, and sour cream and stir to combine – see Image 9.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste – see Image 10 – and serve immediately with desired toppings.

process shot showing how to make potato bacon soup

Suggested toppings to load up your potato soup

I like to top my soup with finely chopped chives, grated cheddar cheese, more crispy bacon plus a little sour cream. 

Other suggestions include finely sliced shallots (green onions/scallions), greek yoghurt, grated parmesan cheese, or croutons (yum!!!).

What about serving your potato soup in a bread bowl

This one-pot soup would be the perfect soup to serve in a bread bowl! See my recipe here for a simple bread bowl (a cheat using store-bought rolls!) that tastes like garlic bread!

My top tips for making this soup

  • The extra flavour in this potato soup comes from frying the bacon. The fat that renders out as you fry the bacon is packed with flavour, so we want to use it. Another source of flavour are those yummy brown bits that get stuck to the bottom of the pot when you fry up the bacon, these are gold! Make sure you scrape those up and incorporate them when you add the milk and stock.
  • The exact simmer time for the potatoes to be tender will depend on their size.
  • As far as garnishes go, I like to have extra as I eat. For example, if you are going to garnish your soup before you serve it, I suggested serving extra of the garnishes on the table as well. This way everyone can add extra as they go.

Just picture it – it’s a chilly night and you are sitting on the couch, rugged up all nice and cosy in your pj’s and binging your latest Netflix obsession and slurping up a steaming bowl of this chunky potato soup…gosh I wish it wasn’t coming into summer here in Australia! 

Lee-Ann x

Other recipes you may like

Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup –  more quick one-pot comfort food! Leftover chicken, fast cooking veg and NO cream means a lightened-up version that is ready in 35 mins!

Cauliflower Parmesan Soup – smooth and silky one-pot cauliflower soup without cream!

Mini Potato Stacks – muffin pan potato au gratin stacks. These little gems are like mini individual serves of au gratin potatoes!

Extra Crispy Potatoes – crispy and crunchy baked potatoes, glass-like on the outside but fluffy in the middle.

potato soup in while bowl topped with bacon cheese and chives
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Chunky Potato Soup

My Ultimate Chunky Potato Soup - an easy, one-pot potato soup, loaded with crispy bacon and cheddar cheese.
Course Soup, Main Course
Cuisine Modern Australian
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 337kcal
Author Lee-Ann Grace | Chef Not Required

Ingredients

  • 600 g potatoes 1.3lbs (I used sebago) diced
  • 3 streaky bacon rashers chopped (plus extra to serve)
  • 1 medium brown onion chopped
  • 2 cups chicken stock 500ml
  • 2 cups milk 500ml (I used full fat)
  • 2 garlic cloves crushed/minced
  • 80 g sharp cheddar cheese grated (approx 1 cup) plus extra to serve
  • 30 g fresh parmesan cheese grated (approx ½ cup)
  • ⅓ cup sour cream (I used light) plus extra to serve
  • salt and pepper to taste

Suggested Toppings to Serve

  • Finely chopped chives
  • Extra bacon, grated cheddar cheese & sour cream

Instructions

  • In a large, heavy-based pot fry the chopped bacon (3 rashers plus extra to serve) over medium heat until it starts to crisp. Remove bacon from the pot and set aside, leaving the bacon grease in the pot.
  • Add onion (1 medium) to the same pot and fry until soft (if there isn't enough fat from the bacon add a little butter). Then add crushed/minced garlic (2 cloves) and fry for another minute.
  • Add potatoes (600 g / 1.3 lbs), milk (2 cups / 500 ml) and chicken stock (2 cups / 500 ml) then bring to a simmer, making sure you scrape up all those little brown bits on the bottom of the pot. That's all flavour! Simmer partially covered for 15 minutes, or until potatoes are soft.
  • Remove pot from the heat, then use immersion/stick blender to blend the soup to your desired consistency.
  • Add reserved bacon (leaving aside any for garnish), cheddar (80 g / approx 1 cup), parmesan (30 g / approx ½ cup), and sour cream (⅓ cup) and stir to combine. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately with desired toppings.

Notes

  • The extra flavour in this potato soup comes from frying the bacon. The fat that renders out as you fry the bacon is packed with flavour, so we want to use it. Another source of flavour are those yummy brown bits that get stuck to the bottom of the pot when you fry up the bacon, these are gold! Make sure you scrape those up and incorporate them when you add the milk and stock.
  • The exact simmer time for the potatoes to be tender will depend on their size. 
  • As far as garnishes go, I like to have extra as I eat. For example, if you are going to garnish your soup before you serve it, I suggested serving extra of the garnishes on the table as well. This way everyone can add extra as they go.
*Please note that the amount of calories per serve is provided as a guide only, as ingredients and cooking methods can vary greatly*

Nutrition

Calories: 337kcal
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