Slow Cooker Crack Potato and Broccoli Cheese Soup – this soup should come with a warning label! SO good! LOADED with cheddar, bacon and ranch!! Everyone went back for seconds! Potatoes, cream of broccoli cheese soup, broccoli, cream cheese, chicken broth, cheddar, bacon and ranch. So simple to make. Just dump everything in the slow cooker and dinner is done! #crockpot #slowcooker #bacon #soup #broccolicheese #potatoes
Easy Loaded Potato & Broccoli Cheese Soup
This Slow Cooker Crack Potato and Broccoli Cheese Soup is ridiculously delicious!!! It is two of my all-time favorite soups combined into one bowl – Crack Potato Soup & Broccoli Cheese Soup. Potatoes, cream cheese, broccoli, cheddar cheese, bacon, and ranch. YUM! I love that you just dump everything in the slow cooker and dinner is DONE!
How to Make Potato & Broccoli Cheese Soup
This soup is super easy to make. Combine frozen shredded hash browns, chicken broth, broccoli, bacon, ranch dressing mix, and a can of broccoli cheese soup in the slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW and then stir in cream cheese and cheddar cheese. Cook a few more minutes until the cheese melts. I find that Philadelphia brand cream cheese melts best in this recipe. If you have problems incorporating the cream cheese into the soup, use a whisk.
This soup uses fresh broccoli. I chopped my broccoli really, really small because I don’t like chunks. Feel free to chop the broccoli into bigger chunks if that is your preference. I haven’t tried this soup with frozen broccoli, but I think it would be fine. It would also be a time saver since you don’t have to chop it.
What to Serve with Potato & Broccoli Cheese Soup
We LOVED this yummy Potato and Broccoli Cheese Soup. We topped the soup with more bacon and cheese because you can never have too much bacon or cheese! Throw in some biscuits or cornbread and dinner is served! Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog that go great with this yummy soup:
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Slow Cooker Crack Potato and Broccoli Cheese Soup
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 1 (30 to 32-oz) bag frozen shredded hash browns
- 3 (14.5-oz) cans chicken broth
- 1 (10.75-oz) can broccoli cheese soup
- 2 cups chopped fresh broccoli
- 1 (1-oz) package ranch salad dressing mix
- 1 pound bacon, cooked and chopped
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese
Instructions:
- Combine hash browns, chicken broth, broccoli cheese soup, chopped broccoli, Ranch dressing mix, and bacon in a 6-quart slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.
- 15 minutes before serving, stir in cheddar cheese and cream cheese until melted.
Notes:
Steph
Question, do you use frozen broccoli or fresh from the produce department?
I used fresh, but frozen is fine too.
has anyone ever made this in an instant pot.
I find I can trust perfection when I try anything from Plain Chicken & this no exception. Ohhhh myyyy! This soup is amazing!!!! I did cook in crock pot on high for4 hours & worked great. I added a little onion powder & gotta have bread to dip in soup.
SO glad you enjoyed it, Kathy!
Turned out awesome!!! Made it with deer garlic sausage and on the stove top in an hour (with a quick purée before adding sausage). Tastes so delicious and hearty! Even my husband who hates soup for dinner loved it.
Am I supposed to cook the bacon first?
Can you use diced potatoes instead of shredded?
I haven’t tried this with diced. They might not make the soup as creamy.
I have made this soup several times on the stovetop and I’ve always used fresh russet potatoes (about 6 medium). I chop them up in 1/2 to 1 inch pieces and cook them in the broth and ranch mix until they’re just tender, then I mash them a little with my potato masher in the pot, and then add the broccoli. Simmer until the broccoli is tender and then add the rest of the ingredients. It works great.
I’ve used fresh diced potatoes and the only change was I had to increase the time to 5 hours on high. In the last hour I scooped out about 1/3-1/2 of the potatoes and smashed them with 1/4 cup of heavy milk. Then I added it back. Perfection..I also added carrots, bacon, celery and cooked onions(in bacon grease) at the very beginning. Added Stilton cheese at the end. Amazing soup recipe.
Can you make this on high for 4 hours?
I haven't tried this on high, but typically that conversion works.
I made this the other day for my family. Everyone loved it even my picky eater enjoyed it. It was even better the 2nd day.
A must when I have my next get to gather.