Easy Instant Pot Potato Soup with bacon. This creamy soup is made with chicken broth, sour cream, milk, garlic, onion, bacon, and potatoes.
Obsessed with your Instant Pot and want to make delicious creamy soup to warm up your winter? Check out this easy Instant Pot Potato soup. It’s so hearty and filling!
Potatoes contain a good amount of carbs and fiber, as well as vitamin C, vitamin B6, potassium, and manganese.
Potatoes are an American staple: we use it in everything from snack dishes to elegant meals. If you still have some leftover potatoes in your kitchen, don’t wait any longer, make this Instant Pot Potato Soup and watch your friends and family devour it!
How to Make Instant Pot Potato Bacon Soup Creamy:
This Instant Potato Bacon soup is actually very creamy as even though it's made without cream cheese and is thickened without flour.
To cook potato bacon soup in the Instant Pot it only requires 10 minutes of cooking time with the Instant Pot dial on the manual setting.
Best potatoes to make soup:
For this recipe, I use red potatoes, white potatoes, Russet or Yukon.
White or red potatoes are recommended for soup because they are low in starch. They also hold their shape better than other potatoes after cooking. Some people even love to keep skin-on on the soup, it’s just a matter of preference.
How to thicken the Instant pot potato soup without flour:
I didn’t thicken the soup with flour. Instead, I use sour cream, milk, and parts of the soup itself as the thickener. Simply take about ⅔ part of the soup and use a hand blender to puree.
If you are going to puree with your countertop blender, be sure to fill the blender no more than halfway, and blend in batches as needed. Also, be sure to keep the lid on for several seconds after you finish to prevent burning yourself.
What To Do If The Potato Soup is Still Too Thin:
If you think the soup is still too thin for your taste, feel free to use a separate bowl and add about 2-3 tablespoons of starch (like flour or cornstarch) into a portion of the broth. By separating it out prior to whisking it into the soup to prevents the starch from clumping.
Check out more Instant Pot recipes:
- Instant Pot Potato leek Soup
- Instant Pot Italian Sausage Kale Soup
- Instant Pot Great Northern Bean Soup
- Instant Pot Congee with Chicken
- Instant Pot Barley Soup
- Instant Pot Queso Dip Recipe
- Instant Pot Bacon Lentil Soup
- Instant Pot Sausage Gnocchi Soup
- Instant Pot Pea Soup
- Instant Pot Cauliflower Soup
Instant Pot Potato Bacon Soup
Ingredients
- 2.5 pounds of red potatoes or yukon (medium starch) or russet (high starch)., (peeled and chopped in big chunks)
- 1 medium yellow onion, (chopped)
- 4 garlic cloves, (minced)
- 2 cups low sodium broth (chicken or vegetable)
- 1 ½ cups sour cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1 pound bacon slices, (chopped)
- salt and pepper to taste
Toppings:
- chopped green onions
Instructions
- Turn on the Instant pot to "Sauté" setting and cook bacon in a pot, keep stirring until the bacon is crisp. Remove the bacon from the pan and reserve about ¼ cup bacon grease.
- Add chopped onions and cook until the onions become translucent. Add garlic and give a quick stir for about 15 seconds. Turn off the ""Sauté" setting.
- Add potatoes, chicken broth into the Instant Pot. Be sure to scrape the bottom of the pot to keep the pan clear and nothing is stuck on it to prevent burning. Set the Instant Pot to "Manual" and adjust to "10 minutes".
- When cooking is complete, use a natural release to depressurize and open the lid when it's ready.
- Set the instant pot to "Warm" and remove about ⅔ of the soup and puree with a blender. Return the puree soup into the Instant Pot and stir.
- Set the Instant Pot to the "Saute" setting and bring soup to a simmer. Add sour cream, reserved bacon pieces, and milk. Keep stirring until well-combined and until you reach the desired consistency. Add chicken broth if needed. Do not boil the soup after adding the dairy to prevent the soup from curdling. Season with salt and pepper as desired. Turn off the Instant Pot.
- Serve with fresh herbs (green onion) and crispy bacon.
Nancy
I have a similar recipe and I absolutely love it. It's my mom's recipe and I never thought to try it in the instant pot. Thanks for the recipe.
candy
It is still cool enough that making soup is still welcomed. This is one of our favorites and I will try making it in my instant pot.
Gisele
I don't eat bacon but the soup would be good without it. Potato soup is so good when it's cold or rainy outside.
Terri Steffes
I would love this soup and this weekend the temps are going down again!
Destany
YUM!!! Potato soup is hands down my favorite! We don't have an instant pot, but I love making it every other way.
Heather
Another reason that I need to get an instant pot! It was a choice between that and an air fryer and I'm afraid I made the wrong decision.
Ricci
You had me at bacon! I love any and every kind of soup and I will def be trying this one!!
Lisa Favre
Everything about this recipe is sheer perfection. I mean, come on, how can you go wrong with bacon and potatoes?!
Ashley
I feel like I'm the only one without an instant pot. I love that are versatile and you can make goodies like this in them
Ruth I
I love soup so much!
Catalina
Potato soup is my favorite soup. The addition of bacon makes it irresistible!
KIM CROISANT
That looks so good!! I'm a bowl freak and love your bowl. Soups are such comfort foods. Thanks for sharing.
Rika
I think you should, Amber! I love cooking with my Instant Pot!
Pam
I am the soup lady, this is right up my alley! and can I say, Yummmm! This looks amazing and I bet it tastes great too. I would love to give this recipe a try!
Amber Myers
I need to start using my Instant Pot more. I just love potato soup--and I love that there is bacon on top!
Rika
You're welcome, Nancy!
Gervin Khan
One of the best soup recipe that I've learned today. It so delicious and so easy to make.
Mike
I’ll never screw around with a roux or cornstarch again. This is very flavorful. I did scrape (deglaze) the bottom of the poor before bringing to pressure.
Rika Livingston
Hi Mike,
Thanks for sharing your feedback! I am glad that you enjoyed this recipe! Have a nice weekend!
Best,
Rika
Sue
I am cooking the potatoes right now. Can't wait till I can try this soup. I love my Insta pot. I can have a meal ready asap in it.
Rika
I love my Instant Pot too, Sue! It's a great kitchen tool to make delicious soup :).
Thanks,
Rika