Slow Cooker Potato Soup is perfect for the days when you just don't have time to cook at night.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time5 hourshrs
Total Time5 hourshrs15 minutesmins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 5servings
Calories: 412kcal
Ingredients
3lbsYukon gold potatoespeeled and chopped into 3/4"-1" pieces, about 7-8 cups worth
1small yellow oniondiced small
3large cloves of garlicminced
2teaspoonskosher salt
½ - 1teaspoonfreshly ground black pepperadjust to taste
1teaspooncrushed thyme
½teaspoonground rosemary*
6cupschicken or vegetable stockor 6 cups water, plus 2 tablespoons chicken or vegetable base
¼cupall-purpose flour**
1cuphalf and half, heavy cream, or milk
Optional Toppings
shredded cheese
crumbled bacon
green onions or chives
parsley
Instructions
Turn the crock-pot onto HIGH or LOW and place the potatoes, onion, garlic, spices and stock in the pot. Stir to combine and cover with a lid. On HIGH, it should take between 3-4 hours for the potatoes to soften, on LOW, it should take from 8-10 hours.
When the potatoes are just barely soft enough to slide off of a fork, scoop out about ½ cup of the broth and set aside. Mash the cooked potatoes gently, just to break up the bigger pieces and slightly thicken the soup.
Whisk ¼ cup of flour into the reserved broth until it is smooth. Stir in 1 cup of half and half (or heavy cream, if you have it) and whisk again for a moment until it is smooth again. Pour this into the crock-pot and reduce the heat to LOW. Let it cook at least an hour, stirring once or twice.
I've also let this soup cook up to an additional 2 hours (provided it is on LOW after adding the cream) and then unplugged the crockpot and uncovered it and waited as much as another hour to serve it. This is a very flexible soup and it holds quite well until you are ready to serve it.
When the soup has thickened and is warm throughout it is ready. If desired, serve with the toppings of your choice.
Notes
My personal preference for this recipe is heavy cream, but it also works well with half and half or milk. I typically use whatever I have on hand.*Ground rosemary is very important in this recipe because the larger dried rosemary pieces will not soften in the soup. You won't want big pieces of rosemary in each spoonful of creamy soup.**Brown rice flour may be substituted for the all-purpose flour in this recipe for a gluten-free variation.