Creamy Potato Soup (Crock Pot Recipe)

This Slow Cooker Potato Soup is made with hash browns, bacon, shredded cheese, cream cheese, and heavy cream to create a hearty thick soup! Prep this delicious slow cooker recipe in just 20 minutes!

Creamy Crockpot Potato Soup with Hash Browns

Grab your favorite oversized soup bowl and fill it up with this Slow Cooker Potato Soup! Each bite fills you with cozy, delicious flavors that will have you making your way back for a second bowl!

This delicious and easy soup recipe requires minimal hands-on time! All you have to do is pre-cook the bacon and then dump the ingredients into the slow cooker, stirring occasionally!

This makes it a great choice when you need a tasty meal that you don’t have to babysit in the kitchen!

Crockpot Loaded Potato Soup Ingredients

• bacon – Though if you prefer ham, you can use that instead. To do so, add between 1 and 2 cups of small, diced ham pieces when the recipe calls to add the bacon.
• frozen hash brown cubes – This recipe uses frozen diced hash brown potatoes, but if you prefer to use fresh potatoes, I recommend going with Russets.
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• seasoning salt
• ground black pepper
• chicken broth
• cream of chicken soup
• shredded cheddar cheese
• cream cheese
• heavy cream – While heavy cream is best, you can swap it out for an equal amount of whole milk, evaporated milk, or coconut milk.

Choose The Consistency Of Your Soup

Some like a thick, hearty soup, while others prefer a ‘soupy’ soup! Since I’m someone who prefers a big ‘ole hearty bowl of thick soup, you’ll find that this recipe delivers just that! In fact, it’s really probably more of a Potato Chowder than a soup.

This recipe calls for double the number of frozen hash browns that a typical potato soup recipe. But to me, this creates the perfect ratio between potato and liquid!

Don’t worry; if you prefer a ‘soupy’ soup, you can still achieve that desired consistency with this recipe! Just use 32 ounces of hash browns, 4 cups of broth, and 1 can of cream of chicken soup.

To me, quick and easy recipes like this soup that can be easily tailored to fit someone’s specific preference are the best!

How to Make Crockpot Loaded Potato Soup

1. Preparing The Bacon – When prepping this soup, the bacon does have to be cooked first! Once it’s cooked and cooled, crumble it up and reserve a quarter of it to use later as a topping!

2. Slow Cook – Add all of the ingredients except for the cheese and cream to a crockpot and cook. Before adding in the remaining ingredients, you want to check for doneness! To do so, use a fork to check the potatoes; if they’re fork-tender, you can move on. If they’re not yet tender, you want to give them a little more time!

3. Creamy Consistency – Finishing off the recipe are the ingredients that thicken up the soup and give it that creamy texture! The shredded cheese, cream cheese, and heavy cream are added last. Once the cheeses have all melted, you’re ready to serve and enjoy!

How To Serve Potato Soup

Every good bowl of soup comes with lots of tasty toppings! Set out garnishes so everyone can top their bowl of soup off exactly how they like! We love ours with extra crumbles of bacon, additional shredded cheese, chives or green onions, crackers, and sour cream!

How to Store Slow Cooker Potato Soup

Transfer any leftover potato soup into an airtight container with a tight lid or tightly wrap the dish. Then, store the leftovers in the fridge to enjoy for up to 5 days.

I actually really prefer this soup as leftovers! I love the taste of it once it thickens up with an enhanced flavor after it’s chilled for a day or two.

How to Reheat Slow Cooker Potato Soup

You can reheat leftovers on the stovetop in a saucepan or in the microwave with a microwave-safe bowl. Or, if you have a lot left, throw it back in the slow cooker!

More Delicious Soup Recipes:

• Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup – Shredded chicken, wild rice blend, and fresh vegetables!
• Incredible Lasagna Soup – Made with just 10 minutes of hands-on prep!
• Easy Roasted Tomato Soup Recipe – Nostalgic warmth made right at home!
• French Onion Soup – Topped with crusty French Bread and melted Gruyere cheese!
• Sweet Potato Soup – Creamy soup that’s made right on the stovetop!