Baked Potato Soup - Panera Bread Copycat Recipe
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
- 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