| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 25 min |
| Prep: | 5 min |
| Cook: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 baking potato
- 2 (10-ounce) cans Cheddar cheese soup
- 2 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken stock
- 1/4 cup real bacon pieces
- Sour cream, for garnish
- Green onion, finely chopped, optional for garnish
Instructions
- Microwave the baking potato for 7 to 8 minutes on high. Carefully remove from microwave using oven mitts. It will be HOT! Set aside until cool enough to touch.
- When potato is cool, cut into 1/2-inch cubes.
- Add Cheese soup, chicken stock, and bacon pieces to a medium pan. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally over medium high heat. Add potato and continue to heat soup for 5 minutes.
- Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with a dollop of sour cream and a few chopped green onions.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 127 |
| Total Fat | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 13 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 0 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 14 mg |
| Sodium | 430 mg |
Reviews
To really improve the health aspect of this decadent soup and to make it more veggie friendly made these changes: NO point in using chicken stock—adds fat and sodium; so used veggie stock (that way my vegetarian friends can eat!) omit bacon bits (too fatty) and instead add caramelized onions! Think about it—lovely smoky flavor with no added fat! The mixture of the caramelized onions on the sour cream, out of this world!
Every bite so good; also to make it fancier added to the cheddar soup part real Shredded cheddar and Monterey jack—all in all still decadent but much better than original recipe! Enjoy!
Cheddar Cheese Baked Potato Soup
Ingredients
1 baking potato
2 (10-ounce) cans Cheddar cheese soup
Shredded cheddar and Monterey jack
2 1/2 cups veggie or “No-chicken” stock
Sour cream, for garnish
Green onion, finely chopped, optional for garnish
Caramelized onions
This is a recipe for canned soup. if you love canned soup, you will love this recipe with the bonuses of potatoes and bacon bits. I respect Sandra Lee for elevating canned soup into recipes that people love so much.
This soup is super quick , easy and everybody loves it. My go to on a snow day. All you need to add is tasty bread. Your kids will also love this.
My kids and husband loved this soup. I will be making this again. This is the best recipe for cheddar soup.
my kids loved this soup with grilled cheese. I always ask my kids how could the soup better, one said don’t change a thing. My older 17yr old said add little more bacon and potato. Now next time I will use regular chicken stock and not the low sodium, had to add some salt & pepper to it. This is recipe is a keeper :
Hey there Sandra….
I hope u r well. The soup is great. I made it exactly to your recipe. I will share it with friends and family.
Regards, Robert
i made this for a light dinner with blts and it was okay. bland for the most part, and pretty boring. it was edible, and i even thought the first few bites were pretty good, but you can’t eat more than 7 or 8 bites of it. disappointed.
Excellent!! We had a soup and sandwich night for our marching band, Made a double batch; it was all eaten and they were still asking for more.
Since I don’t like microwave potatoes much I boiled some red potatoes, removed the skins and cut up. Next time I will use smaller potatoes because I don’t think mine cooked long enough. However I was very surprised at how good this was! I was sort of afraid of the plain ingredients so I added a dash of garlic, onion, and pepper. It was really good and I liked the sour cream on top. Didn’t have bacon on hand for garnish but it wasn’t missed too much. Will try some other reviewer suggestions later but overall very good!
Thanks Sandra!
Just made the soup & it was amazing! after reading the comments i did tweek it. i used 10 russet potatoes, 1 cup of real turkey bacon, and 1/2 cup of pepper jack cheese 1/2 cup of monterey jack cheese. i wanted the soup to have lots of body & it did. i served it on a rainy day with sirloin steak slidders my family LOVED IT & me.
Thanks Sandra 🙂