Cheddar Potato Soup
My crew loves soup. They would eat it just about every day. It is my go to meal when we are running late or need to take a crock pot with us to the ski lodge or on a field trip.
Cheddar Potato Soup is the favorite of two of the girls. One loves more potatoes while the other always wants more cheese. I have been known to place an extra bowl of cheese and a warmed dish of potatoes on the counter with the soup so everyone can make their bowl just the way they want. Me? I like several shakes of red pepper sauce and a spoonful of green onions.
This soup is so simple. Once you tweak it to fit your family…I am sure it will be on your most asked for list too!
Ingredients:
1 Yellow Onion – diced
2 Stalks Celery – diced
5 Baby Carrots – thinly sliced
2 Tablespoons Butter
1 Bag Instant Potatoes (or 2 cups of leftover mashed potatoes)
2 cans Potatoes – diced
4 cups Water
2 cups Half and Half or Heavy Cream
3 cups Shredded Cheddar
4-6 shakes of Hot Sauce (Optional)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Place onion, celery, carrots and butter in a large skillet and cook over medium heat until vegetables start to get tender.
2. In a large stock pot, bring water to a boil.
3. Reduce heat to low and stir in Instant Potatoes, canned potatoes and cooked vegetables.
4. Stir in Half and Half and Shredded Cheese just before serving (do not boil once milk has been added to soup)
5. Salt and Pepper to taste
6. Add in any of the optional items
Notes:
1. Leftover mashed potatoes work great as the base for this soup
2. Fresh potatoes can be used instead of canned, just plan on cooking them with the vegetables
3. For more protein, toss in leftover diced meat
Looking for other ways to use instant or leftover potatoes? Check out our recipes for: Mashed Potato Bacon Bombs, Mashed Potato Puffs, and Potato Corn Chowder.
Thanks so much for the Delicious Recipe on Cheddar Potato Soup! This sounds wonderful! I made your Potato Soup the other week and it was soooo good! Everyone loved it! Now I want to try this one with the cheese in it! I’m sure it will go over just as well as the other potato soup recipe that you shared did! Thanks again so very much! Michele 🙂
I would say that this is my favorite recipe but my hubby makes a killer Cheddar Potato Leek soup. However, I will tell him the tip about using instant mash potatoes to thicken it with. One year for Christmas we called his soup the “Cheddar Loaded Baked Potato Bacon Leek Soup”.
As much as I love to cook, I can no longer stand on my legs long enough to cook due to my illnesses so Cooking was thrusted upon my poor hubby. But he has taken to it rather well. He gets tips from our nephew in law who is a Chef.
So I will try to get him to try this version :o)
Thanks for the advice to hold the cream in a crock pot until ready to serve and I also like how you let them fix their own WITH THE EXTRAS ON THE SIDE AND THE GREEN ONIONS, VERY NICE ON A COLD DAY.
My little ones like to “make their own” and with a large family you can count on someone not liking something on the table at every meal! This reduces the drama and I am all about avoiding drama!
Perfect soup for a cold winter day in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Thank you for sharing!
I think this would be great to eat on a cold day.Thanks for the recipe I love potatoe soup.
I love soup and this Cheddar Potato sounds so good. This recipe reminds me of a restaurant that serves something like this. My family will love this.
This looks amazing! I pinned it to my board. I have so many potatoes right now I’m going to make this.
This recipe is a great way to use those leftover mashed potatoes. I get tired of potato patties. The soup looks delicious.
That’s a great idea 🙂
This looks so yummy, and easy too! Thanks for sharing!
POTATO SOUP IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SOUPS. I ALSO LOVE CHEDDAR CHEESE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY EASY AND QUICK RECIPE. WILL BE ON MY MENU THIS WEEK FOR SURE.
This recipe looks delicious. As the temperature drops my family loves soup and it is a quick and easy meal on those busy nights. I have all the ingredients in the house. Looking forward to trying it.
This looks so yummy. Pinning for later. Soups are a staple for me this time of year!
This sounds yummy and would be great with he cold weather.
Thank you for the recipe. When I was younger my mom made the best potatoe soup. She is gone now and I miss her making it.
I use the left over baked potatoes from the restaurant I work at and they also work real well. I add long green chili and they give it a little zip and a wonderful flavor.
Happy Holidays!!
Sharon
this looks so good , i think i will make me some on christmas day…
I bet my kids would like this. It has everything they like in it.
I have never had hot sauce in my potato soup and think that would be a little too much for me. I’ll try this with real potatoes and not hot sauce. TFS.
My son would like this soup. I think my husband would like it too. It would be thick enough for him.
Looks delicious. I can’t wait to try making it.
I love this recipe…my leftover ham will be perfect in this! Thanks for the recipe!
Oh yum, a stick to your ribs, comfort food. This is the time of year for it and I love that you use instant potatoes, makes the recipe that much easier.
Looks really tasty! I know my mom would love this.
This recipe sounds delicious
This soup looks so yummy! I’ve been making a lot of homemade soups lately, so I’ve got to give your recipe a try! Thanks for sharing!
This recipe sounds delicious and looks super easy to make. Looking forward to trying it.
This recipe sounds good. I’ve only tried potato soup once. It came from a can and tasted like paste. I’m sure it is not supposed to.
This soup sounds delicious! I am looking forward to making it on a cold Michigan day!
I sent this to my mom who love potato soup and a sandwich throughout the cold winter months.
This sounds delicious! I have to try it!
Wow that looks really good, that would be really good if you poured it in a bread bowl kinda like they dow with the clam chowder bowls. Thanks for the recipe
wow the soup recipe is so awesome and i love potatoes its one of my favorite vegetables and i can make anything form potato as a snack too. i love the creamy texture of the soup and its really healthy.
This sounds and looks really good. It sounds very easy to make.
What a great recipe to fight the winter chill! I pinned for later. Definitely going to give this a try!
This is my favorite kind of soup. I’ve never used hot sauce in mine. That sounds interesting. I do add a little crumbled bacon and a dab of sour cream to mine.
Do you think this recipie would work in a slowcooker? It looks amazing!
Yes it will but you should wait to add cream until you are ready to serve.
Homemade cheddar potato soup is one of my all time favorite winter comfort foods! 🙂 I have never though about adding hot sauce though… I’ll definitely have to give that a try next time!!