# Loaded Potato Soup

Creamy, cheesy potato soup made from oven-baked potatoes, then finished with all the toppings: vegan cheddar, sour cream, spring onion, and crispy tofu or vegan bacon.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 6 potato
- olive oil
- salt
- celery
- onion
- spices
- 1 stick butter
- flour
- vegetable broth
- soy cream
- cheddar
- bacon
- scallions

## Instructions

1. Place potatoes on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
2. Drizzle olive oil over the potatoes.
3. Bake the potatoes until golden brown.
4. Cut the potatoes in half.
5. Scoop out the flesh of the potatoes, leaving the skins intact.
6. Place the potato skins back on the baking tray.
7. Spray olive oil on the potato skins.
8. Sprinkle salt on the potato skins.
9. Bake until crispy.
10. Chop celery.
11. Chop onion.
12. Add chopped celery and onion to a pan.
13. Sauté the vegetables.
14. Add spices to the pan.
15. Add butter to the pan and melt.
16. Add flour and whisk to create a roux.
17. Pour in vegetable broth.
18. Add soy cream to the mixture.
19. Stir everything together.
20. Add the scooped potato flesh to the pan.
21. Stir the potatoes into the sauce.
22. Bring the soup to a simmer.
23. Add cheddar cheese.
24. Stir until the cheese is melted and the soup is creamy.
25. Ladle the potato soup into a bowl.
26. Top with cheddar cheese.
27. Add crispy bacon bits.
28. Garnish with chopped scallions.
29. Serve with crispy potato skins for dipping.

## Equipment

- baking tray
- knife
- chopping board
- pan
- wooden spoon
- ladle
- plate

## Tips

- How to bake potatoes so they’re fluffy inside but crisp outside
- Turning scooped potato + simple roux into a super silky, thick soup
- Seasoning like a loaded baked potato (smoked paprika, garlic, onion, pepper)
- Crispy potato skin “croutons” you can dunk right into the bowl
- Easy fixes if the soup gets too thick or too thin

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/IFuE-YJcdgU?si=eBGrXTDbAZwj8jjG
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/08b8729c-d795-461a-b56b-7a6b751796fb
- Extracted: 2025-11-04

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