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Bacon Mushroom Baked Potato Soup

by Ann
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Bacon Mushroom Baked Potato Soup ~ Sumptuous Spoonfuls #mushroom #potato #soup #recipe

This is a much healthier version than many potato soup recipes you may chance upon–it has that comforting, baked potato flavor with the juicy, earthy tone of mushroom and a nice, creamy texture with a bit of smoky bacon and a bit of real sharp cheddar cheese … totally intended to make you smile. It worked for me!


I was getting ready for this month’s healthy cooking class and the theme that we chose for this month (a couple weeks ago, back when we had sub-zero temps) was comfort food. Just the words “comfort food” ALWAYS bring up memories of baked potato soup. I have an easy fail-safe recipe that  I tweaked from Cooking Light that I’ve been using for years, over and over again, and we seriously love it, but I decided perhaps it’s time to try a new twist this time. How about adding some sauteed mushrooms? Hmm … I decided to change up the method a bit and use the mushrooms (and other veggies) as the thickening agent in the soup INSTEAD of flour. This would be a great solution for my gluten free friends, yes?

Well, it worked beautifully. When I finished blending the mushroom mixture, I was tempted to stop right there, it tasted so good. I may have to go back and repeat this process for  a cream of mushroom soup, but I pressed on and added the milk and potatoes and oh yes, that was good.

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Bacon Mushroom Baked Potato Soup ~ Sumptuous Spoonfuls #mushroom #potato #soup #recipe

Bacon Mushroom Baked Potato Soup

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield: 2 - 3 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 3 thin slices of lean bacon
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped mushrooms
  • 1/3 cup chopped onion
  • 1/3 cup chopped celery
  • 1/3 cup chopped carrot
  • 3 cloves garlic, peeled & chopped
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 small bay leaf
  • 2 oz. Greek cream cheese (or Neufchatel)
  • 11 1/2 cups of baked potato flesh (23 potatoes)
  • 1 cup low fat milk
  • 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese

For the top: extra shredded cheese, snipped green onions or chives and the cooked bacon


Instructions

  1. Put your potatoes in the oven at 350 F. to bake until soft and tender when poked with a fork. I like to wet mine and sprinkle them with salt, then place directly on the oven rack to bake. It’ll take about an hour.
  2. Meanwhile, heat a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the bacon, stir and cook until it’s crisp. Remove the bacon from the pan and chop or crumble it.
  3. Pour any excess bacon fat out of the pan leaving just a thin film on the bottom of the pan, then add the mushrooms, onion, celery, carrot and garlic. Saute for several minutes or until the onion is soft & translucent.
  4. Add the broth and bay leaf, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook uncovered for about 10 – 15 minutes or until all the veggies are very tender. Remove the bay leaf and pour the soup into a blender. Add the cream cheese and blend until smooth.
  5. When the potatoes are done, remove them from the oven and scoop out the flesh. Put the potato flesh in a bowl and mash roughly with a fork. Leave some chunks if you want chunky potato soup.
  6. Pour the blended mushroom mixture back into the pan and stir in the milk and potatoes. Heat over medium low heat until hot, then stir in the cheddar cheese. Stir until melted.
  7. Pour into bowls and top with shredded cheese, snipped green onions and some of the bacon.

Notes

You can also bake the potatoes ahead of time and store them in a bag in the fridge, or scoop out the flesh and roughly mash and store in a container until time to make the soup.

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Bacon Mushroom Baked Potato Soup ~ Sumptuous Spoonfuls #mushroom #potato #soup #recipe

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8 comments

swathi February 2, 2015 - 1:31 pm

Lovely soup, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning and featuring in this week’s hop.

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plasterer bristol August 20, 2015 - 11:22 am

This sounds lovely. Going to give this a go. thanks for sharing this recipe.

Simon

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Ann August 20, 2015 - 7:24 pm

I remember it well … I think you will love it, Simon! Thank you.

Ann

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Deb January 12, 2021 - 6:34 pm

Delishous!!! Even my daughter that hates mushrooms loves this. I have made it by boiling the potatoes right along with the veggies, if I don’t have any baked potato handy, and turns out just as good!

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Joshua Kelly September 9, 2021 - 3:20 am

So I have a mushroom and onion soup recipe that I combined with a baked potato recipe. It’s basically your recipe minus the fact I don’t add carrots and I do add some rosemary. Anyways love the recipe and just wanted to say if you want to thicken with out flout use a starchy potato and cook it I the soup

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Ann September 9, 2021 - 8:43 pm

Great idea, Joshua! Thanks for commenting. 🙂

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