Creamy Loaded Potato Soup

This creamy loaded potato soup is made with Yukon gold potatoes, bone broth, and bacon. It is comforting, nourishing, and absolutely delicious. The recipe is gluten free, dairy free, paleo, and Whole30.

Course Soup

Cuisine American

Keyword Creamy Loaded Potato Soup

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 45

Servings

Calories 351kcal

Author Monica Le

Ingredients

6 bacon strips sliced into thin strips, split in two
1 small yellow onion diced
6 garlic cloves minced
1 tablespoon ghee or oil optional
2 ½ pounds Yukon gold potatoes peeled and cut into 1.5-2" chunks
32 ounces chicken broth or bone broth see notes
2 teaspoons kosher salt plus more, to taste
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1 ¼ cups full fat canned coconut milk
⅓ cup green onions thinly chopped, split in two

Instructions

Heat up a large pot over medium-high heat for about 2 minutes. Add bacon into the pot and cook until crispy throughout. Remove with a slotted spoon and allow it to drain on paper towels.
Add diced onions and garlic into the pan. Throw in two big pinches of salt. Let them cook in the bacon grease for about 3 minutes until the onions have become translucent.
If there isn't enough bacon grease to keep the onions and garlic from sticking, drizzle in about 1 tablespoon of cooking oil.
Add chopped potatoes, broth, salt, and pepper to the pot. Bring the soup to a rolling boil and lower the heat to medium low. Let the soup simmer for 25-30 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
When potatoes are tender, add canned coconut milk and stir well. Add 3 soup ladles of tender potatoes to a blender with about one cup of the broth.
Blend on high until creamy throughout and pour mixture back into the pot. Let simmer for another 5 minutes.
Stir in about half of the crisped bacon and green onions. Serve in bowls and garnish with the rest of the crisped bacon and green onions. Enjoy!

Notes

Cooking fats: Acceptable cooking fats would be avocado oil, coconut oil, ghee, butter, etc.
Potatoes: Red potatoes or russet potatoes can be used in place of Yukon gold
Broth: Any low sodium chicken, beef, vegetable or bone broth will work

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