Slow-Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Soup

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2015

Hearty potato soup loaded with bacon, cheese, chives, and sour cream should be a winner. But to get it right in the slow cooker, we had to rethink the potato.

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 5 to 6 hours on high, or 6 to 7 hours on low

Slow-Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Soup

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To achieve the ideal creamy and silky smooth texture we were looking for, we ditched the typical russet potato, and turned to less starchy red potatoes. For the base of the soup, we cooked bacon until crispy (reserving it for garnishing the...

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