Potato Soup with Hash Browns

This easy potato soup is made with hash browns, condensed soup, cream cheese, Cheddar, and bacon bits — it's like a classic baked potato in a bowl of soup!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 3 hr 5 mins
• Total Time: 3 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 389 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 large potato, peeled and diced
• 1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1 (28 ounce) package frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
• 42 ounces chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons bacon bits, or to taste
• 2 tablespoons sliced green onions, or to taste
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.5 cup chopped onion
• 0.33333334326744 cup shredded Cheddar cheese, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Put hash browns into a slow cooker. Add chicken broth, condensed soup, potato, onion, and pepper. Cover and cook on Low until potatoes are tender and soup is hot, 3 to 5 hours.

Step 2

Drop in softened cream cheese and stir with a whisk until melted and mixed in. Ladle into bowls and garnish with Cheddar, bacon bits, and green onions.