Potato Soup with Hash Browns

Baked potato soup made with hash browns, great for cold weather! I serve it in a bread bowl if I have the frozen bread dough handy and raised. Bread bowl made from Rhodes® frozen bread dough.

Step: 1

Put hash browns, chicken broth, soup, potato, onion, and pepper in a slow cooker.

Step: 2

Cover and cook on Low until diced potatoes are tender and soup is hot, 3 to 5 hours.

Step: 3

Drop in softened cream cheese; use a whisk to get it all melted and mixed in.

Step: 4

Garnish with Cheddar cheese, bacon bits, and green onions.

Per Serving: 389 calories; protein 12g; carbohydrates 41.4g; fat 27.7g; cholesterol 59.8mg; sodium 1567.5mg.

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