This creamy Slow Cooker Loaded Chicken Bacon Potato Soup is hearty enough to be the main course!
Hi all! I am so happy to share this soup with you today. I love baked potato soup! This time I added bacon and chicken into the mix to add more flavor and make it heartier.
This recipe starts with simple ingredients. I like to cook to the bacon before adding it to the soup, it get’s the fat out and has a better texture that way. I let the soup cook for 8 hours before I add the cream cheese.
I think my favorite part of this soup is the toppings. Years ago on one of my first dates with my husband we went to a restaurant that served their potato soup with perfect rows of toppings like this. It’s the little things like this in life that make me happy.
Here is my YouTube video of the making of this soup. You can follow me on YouTube here.
I hope you have a great weekend. I have lots of great recipes planned for this month, stay tuned!
- 1- 1.5 lbs. boneless chicken breasts or thighs
- 5 cups peeled and cubed russet potatoes
- 1 cup diced white onion
- 6 slices cooked bacon, sliced
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ¼ pepper
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 (32-oz.) container chicken broth
- 12 ounces cream cheese (1.5 (8-oz.) packs)
- sour cream
- shredded cheese
- additional bacon
- sliced green onion
- 6-quart or larger
- Add the chicken, potatoes, onion, bacon, salt, pepper, garlic and chicken broth to the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.
- Remove the chicken on to a plate, and dice. Don't add it back to the slow cooker yet.
- Add a few ladles of the broth and potatoes to a blender, add the cream cheese to the blender. Cover and blend until smooth. Add this mixture to the slow cooker with the rest of the soup. Add the chicken and stir.
- Serve with desired toppings.
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Susan says
November 4, 2016 at 11:09 amThis dish is so good. It is a keeper for sure. Plan on trying it with chicken or pork. Super recipe.
Sarah Olson says
November 5, 2016 at 7:43 pmThanks Susan! Let me know how you like it!
Sara Hipple says
November 14, 2016 at 4:59 amCan the chicken be frozen?
Sarah Olson says
November 14, 2016 at 5:30 amI think it should be fine with this long of cooking time.
Virginia Gasber says
December 1, 2016 at 6:35 pmOn low carb so can I use cauliflower near the end of cooking?
Vaughan Browm says
December 13, 2016 at 4:08 pmCould you please send me the recipe for the slow cooker loaded chicken bacon potato recipe to my email thanks
Sarah Olson says
December 13, 2016 at 9:11 pmdone!
Virginia Ballard says
January 11, 2017 at 11:35 amIs there a reason why this can’t be cooked on high for 4 hours?
Sarah Olson says
January 11, 2017 at 11:37 amI don’t see why not. Keep the lid on the entire time.
Genavieve says
March 7, 2017 at 1:53 pmThis is delicious! I modified a little bit. I added half an onion instead of a whole one and added carrots. I also let the chicken shread and used two packages of cream cheese and about a half cup of heavy cream. I only used about 1/8 of salt. Turned out EXCELLENT! Very creamy and smooth! Worth trying for sure!
Annette says
March 12, 2017 at 7:54 amCan you use red potatoes
Sarah Olson says
March 12, 2017 at 11:22 amI don’t see why not! Sounds great actually.
Justin says
April 26, 2017 at 9:26 amThis looks great. I will cook it very soon. I think with chicken thighs as they have more flavour. However, taking the bone out is a pain so I might cook them bone in, and take the bone out at the dicing stage – after all, the chicken will almost fall off the bone after 8 hours.
Brittney McCutcheon says
August 11, 2017 at 5:15 pmI made this with a few tweaks, used a lot of bacon ends in it and used onion cream cheese and Jalapeños on top!
Sarah Olson says
August 11, 2017 at 7:30 pmYour version sounds amazing!
Belle says
March 12, 2018 at 5:19 amThank you for a great recipe. I have made it with the chicken and without. It is delicious both ways. I prefer to keep about 1/3 of the cooked potatoes out of the pureed mixture then add back in with the chicken so my soup has more texture with chicken and hearty potato “chunks”. Thank you again for so many great recipes;)