ReviewMyFood: Crock Pot Potato Soup (Pinterest)

My Daughter is allergic to dairy and corn.
I Love to make soup.
Those two statements do not mix well.

When THIS recipe for Potato Soup from MamaLovesFood showed up on my Pinterest feed, two things piqued my curiosity: CROCK POT and NO HEAVY CREAM. YAY! there is 8 ounces of cream cheese in this soup. but it makes a large crock pot FULL of soup, so it works out to be very little dairy.

I have made it twice. A couple things stand out in my mind about it, both positive and negative.

Negatives first, because that's how I roll:
Dicing 5 lbs of potatoes is NOT FUN. at ALLLLLLLLL. boo. It takes a while. I like crock pot cooking to be quick, and easy. This is easy, but kinda tedious. I had used 4 potatoes from my 5lb for my Fish and Potato Casserole so I substituted those missing potatoes with some hashbrowns I had in the freezer. I figured 1 potato would be 1 cup equivalent shredded potato, so I used 4 cups of hashbrowns. Don't quote me on those measurements. =)

Mincing 10 cloves of garlic. Really? Yummy, but annoying! A garlic press is a must. Please don't use garlic from a jar. Dried minces garlic is better than garlic in a jar. It can be found at any bulk food store.

I want an Immersion Blender. Evidently, I am a messy ladle-er. If you do not have an immersion blender you must ladle 1/2 or more of this soup into your food processor or blender to blend with the cream cheese and make the soup creamy so you have more than just chunks of potatoes and onions in broth. so yeah... soup everywhere. Perhaps you are a clean ladle-er and you will not have this problem. =)

Positives:
well, after you dice a truckload of potatoes and get everything going, you walk away for 6 to 8 hours, YAY!

Things I did differently (mostly out of laziness):
It was early morning when I put this recipe together, I was not in a mincing garlic mood, so I had some dried minced garlic in the pantry. I just sprinkled a bunch of it over the top.
 My Sister in Law and her Husband were coming for dinner. She is a Vegetarian. At first, before I remembered her Vegetarian-ness, I was going to substitute the chicken broth with 8 of these.

One chicken boullion cube makes one cup of chicken broth. As I was peeling the paper off the first cube, it struck me, "What am I doing!". So I re-wrapped it and stuck this back in the pantry. Thankfully I had vegetable broth frozen from a month ago when I had the urge to make some. I thawed it quickly, in the freezer bag, in a sink full of hot water and poured it over the onions, potatoes, garlic and seasoning.

I strongly believe that anybody can make good food. Think about what flavors complement each other and you can change up any recipe you have!


This recipe makes a LOT of soup, feel free to halve it. It makes enough to feed 12 people, easily.

You don't need many ingredients, just:
5lbs of Potatoes,
1 large Onion,
1 Tbsp Seasoned Salt,
10 cloves of Garlic, minced.
8 cups, (64 ounces) of Chicken Broth, or Vegetable Broth, if you are Vegetarian.
and 8 ounces of Cream Cheese.
Then some shredded Cheddar, chopped Bacon, or Chives and whatever else you like to top your soup with.

Directions:
Wash your potatoes and dice into 1 inch (or so) cubes. Do not peel the potatoes. Put diced potatoes in your large crock pot.
Dice your onion. (HERE is an AWESOME tutorial on how to dice an onion. It just might change your life.) Add it to the potatoes.
Sprinkle your 1Tbsp seasoned salt over top.
Pour 8 cups of chicken broth, (or vegetable broth) over top.

Cook on High for 6 hours or Low for between 8 and 10 hours. Mine was done in 8 hours, and looked like this.

Blend Half or a bit more of the mixture in your food processor, or with your immersion blender with the cream cheese. Mix soup all together and serve when you're ready!

This soup freezes well. It also makes a great, "Hey, you just had a baby!" meal, or a meal for someone who has lost a loved one.

This is delicious. Make it my way or MamaLovesFood's way. A big "Thank You!" to the person who first posted this on Pinterest. It may not be as easy as we like slow cooker recipe's to be, but it is for sure worth making for your family and friends.

Thanks! FeedMyFood!

Momma.

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