This cheesy potato soup is filled with hearty potatoes and tons of vegetables, in a thick and creamy base. With lots of delicious cheddar and a chowder-like texture, this recipe is beyond comforting. Cook it up in less than an hour for an easy meal!
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What’s in this Potato Soup recipe?
This cheesy chowder soup is filled with hearty, flavorful ingredients, and it’s so easy to make.
- Potatoes: Yukon Gold potatoes are the best for potato soup. Peel and dice before adding to the pot.
- Cheese: Sharp cheddar cheese creates the best flavor, and I mix in a bit of Gruyere or swiss cheese too. Freshly shredded cheese will melt best for a creamier texture.
- Chicken Broth: I recommend using unsalted or low-sodium chicken broth.
- Vegetables: There are lots of veggies in this soup, including carrots, peppers, onions, and fennel.
- Milk: Adding milk creates a thicker, creamier texture–more like a chowder.
- Flour: Flour helps to thicken the soup.
If you want to make the soup a little bit spicier, add in a jalapeno pepper!
Recipe Variations
- Make this in a slow cooker by following this Crockpot Potato Soup recipe.
- Load up your soup with bacon, sour cream, and more with this Loaded Potato Soup recipe.
- Use a pressure cooker to make potato soup in an Instant Pot.
- This hash brown potato soup uses frozen hash browns for an easy soup recipe.
Chowders are thick and creamy soups, with chunkier ingredients. They’re usually made with some kind of dairy and flour to create that texture. Compared to a soup, which can be thinner and lighter.
Mixing flour into the soup base thickens it. You can also let it simmer longer to thicken.
Potatoes get mushy when they are overcooked. In this recipe, they’ll cook for around 20 minutes, so that shouldn’t be an issue here.
Yes, peel your potatoes and cut them into small pieces before adding them into the pot.
How to Store and Reheat
Store leftover potato soup in an airtight container and keep in the refrigerator up to 3 days. Reheat by warming on the stove.
How to Freeze Potato Cheddar Soup
Pour cooled soup into freeze-safe containers and freeze up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator before reheating.
What to Serve with Potato Soup
Pair this easy, cheesy potato chowder with your favorite breads or rolls, like skillet bread, cornbread, rosemary focaccia, or cheddar bay biscuits.
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Cheesy Potato Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup diced carrots
- ½ cup diced yellow onion
- ½ cup diced green peppers
- ½ cup diced sweet bell peppers
- ½ cup diced fennel
- 1 medium diced jalapeno peppers optional
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 6 cups unsalted chicken broth or vegetable broth
- 2 cups yukon gold potatoes peeled and diced
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground white or black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup 4 ounces shredded sharp Cheddar
- ½ cup 2 ounces shredded Gruyére or Swiss cheese
Instructions
- In a large Dutch oven, heat oil and butter over MEDIUM heat.2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon butter
- Add carrots, onion, green peppers, bell peppers, fennel and jalapeno peppers, and cook the vegetables, 5-7 minutes, or until tender and fragrant.1 cup diced carrots, ½ cup diced yellow onion, ½ cup diced green peppers, ½ cup diced sweet bell peppers, ½ cup diced fennel, 1 medium diced jalapeno peppers
- Sprinkle flour over the vegetables and stir. Cook another 30 seconds, while stirring.2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Add the chicken broth and potatoes; stir well.6 cups unsalted chicken broth, 2 cups yukon gold potatoes
- Bring the soup to a boil, and reduce heat to MEDIUM-LOW.
- Simmer the soup, uncovered, 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Reduce heat to LOW; add salt, ground pepper, nutmeg and milk. Stirring often, cook an additional 5 minutes.½ teaspoon kosher salt, ¼ teaspoon ground white or black pepper, 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg, 1 cup milk
- Add shredded cheese and stir until the cheese melts.1 cup 4 ounces shredded sharp Cheddar, ½ cup 2 ounces shredded Gruyére or Swiss cheese
- Enjoy!
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Did you make this? Leave a comment!
Such a great soup recipe for the cold Vermont winters. We are loving it.
Thanks Sam!
The absolute best bowl of comfort for a rainy day weekend!
Thanks so much Lori!
We love this so much it’s a regular on our dinner menu!
Oh good!!
It was really comforting! Amazingly delicious!
Thank you Toni!
I don’t have any potatoes in the house. Think it would taste ok with sweet potatoes?
It might be really delicious!
Nothing beats a big bowl of this soup!
Thanks so much Sommer!
Chowders are the perfect winter meal and your cheesy potato chowder tastes amazing!
Agree!!
You can never go wrong with Potato soup! And it’s even better with cheese, can’t wait to try!
Thanks for stopping by! Hope you love it!!
Nothing tastes better than this soup! A winter favorite in my household.
SAME! Thanks Sommer :)
Hands down one of my favorite soups! YUM!
Oh yay!!