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This baked potato soup is so easy to prepare and you probably won’t even tell a difference between Panera Bread’s version or this! 

One day, after finishing a plate of the loaded baked potato soup from Panera Bread and closely inspecting their version, I was inspired to recreate that delicious bowl of hot soup. I noticed only a few, yet incredibly well paired ingredients — bacon and potatoes! This super creamy, few ingredient potato soup, (literally only noticed potatoes, scallions/onions, what seemed to be bacon in a creamy white base) tasted incredible. If you want to replicate Panera Bread soup than this potato soup recipe is a must try!

Baked Potato Soup

Ingredients for Baked Potato Soup Panera Bread Copycat Recipe:

  • 7 russet potatoes, diced
  • 5 1/2 cups chicken stock
  • 2 onions, diced
  • 6 tbsp butter
  • 6 heaping tbsp flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp ground mustard
  • 5 oz cream cheese, diced
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 3 tbsp bacon bits
  • green onions (garnish)

Ingredients for Baked Potato Soup Panera Bread Copycat Recipe:

How to make Baked Potato Soup Panera Bread Copycat Recipe:

1. In a medium pot boil chicken stock and potatoes for 15 min.

Note: I used chicken bullion & water for the stock. 

2. Meanwhile in a separate large pot, sauté onions in butter until tender. Then stir in the flour and seasonings.

How to make Baked Potato Soup Panera Bread Step 1How to make Baked Potato Soup Panera Bread Step 2

3. Add in the cream cheese and as soon as the cheese starts melting, slowly whisk in the milk.

How to make Baked Potato Soup Panera Bread Step 3

How to make Baked Potato Soup Panera Bread Step 4

4. Once the mixture is smooth and bubbly, ladle in the potatoes with the stock until you’ve reached the desired consistency.

How to make Baked Potato Soup Panera Bread Step 5

5. Stir in the bacon bits and garnish with scallions. Serve.

How to make Baked Potato Soup Panera Bread Step 6

Easy Potato Soup

Baked Potato Soup - Panera Bread Copycat Recipe

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 10
Author: Alyona's Cooking
This baked potato soup is so easy to prepare and you probably won't even tell a difference between Panera Bread's version or this! 

Ingredients

Baked Potato Soup:

  • 7 russet potatoes diced
  • 5 1/2 cups chicken stock
  • 2 onions diced
  • 6 tbsp butter
  • 6 tbsp flour heaping
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper ground
  • 1/4 tsp ground mustard
  • 5 oz cream cheese diced
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 3 tbsp bacon bits
  • green onions garnish

Instructions

How to make Baked Potato Soup:

  • In a medium pot boil chicken stock and potatoes for 15 min.
  • Meanwhile in a separate large pot, sauté onions in butter until tender. Then stir in the flour and seasonings.
  • Add in the cream cheese and as soon as the cheese starts melting, slowly whisk in the milk.
  • Once the mixture is smooth and bubbly, ladle in the potatoes with the stock until you've reached the desired consistency.
  • Stir in the bacon bits and garnish with scallions. Serve.

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 332kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 9gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 414mgPotassium: 865mgFiber: 2gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 465IUVitamin C: 10.4mgCalcium: 88mgIron: 1.9mg

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Elle Gee
Elle Gee
4 months ago

This is an amazing recipe! The only change that I made was to sauté half a pound of diced bacon and use 4 T of the bacon fat and only 2 T of butter to sweat the chopped onions. I weighed 6 T of flour and my spoon yielded 80 gr. The cream cheese seems to be a magical way to achieve terrific creaminess. This could be a superb base for chicken pot pie, corn, ham or clam chowder. Total keeper!

Janet
Janet
6 months ago

Can you make this in a crockpot? If not can it be transferred and reheated in a crockpot? Would love to take this to a party!

Kadie Chapman
Kadie Chapman
Reply to  Alyona Demyanchuk
4 months ago

I haven’t made it yet but I am in a few hrs and I rate 5 stars because I am literally already drooling over it hehehe

Steve Pfeifer
Steve Pfeifer
1 year ago

My wife and I just made this tonight. This was better than Panera’s or any other potato soup we’ve had!

Rae
Rae
1 year ago

Can you freeze this. Love the soup!

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