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 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 tit prevents the starch from clumping. Also, be sure to do this process at the very last minute prior to serving.
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An instant pot potato soup with bacon recipe, a comforting soup that is loaded with sour cream, milk, bacon, onion and simple seasoning.
- 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 1/2 cups sour cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1 pound bacon slices (chopped)
- salt and pepper to taste
- chopped green onions
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 1/4 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. 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 "Saute" setting and bring soup to a simmer. Add sour cream, milk and bacon. 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.
Serve with fresh herbs and crispy bacon.
candy
Mar 28, 2019 at 10:59 amIt 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.
Amber Myers
Mar 28, 2019 at 3:08 pmThis looks so amazing. I need to start using my Instant Pot more. I just love potato soup–and I love that there is bacon on top!
Gisele
Mar 28, 2019 at 6:07 pmI 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
Mar 28, 2019 at 6:26 pmI would love this soup and this weekend the temps are going down again!
Destany
Mar 28, 2019 at 7:09 pmYUM!!! Potato soup is hands down my favorite! We don’t have an instant pot, but I love making it every other way.
Heather
Mar 28, 2019 at 7:12 pmAnother 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
Mar 29, 2019 at 1:08 amYou had me at bacon! I love any and every kind of soup and I will def be trying this one!!
Gervin Khan
Mar 29, 2019 at 4:02 amOne of the best soup recipe that I’ve learned today. It so delicious and so easy to make.
Lisa Favre
Mar 29, 2019 at 5:17 amEverything about this recipe is sheer perfection and must be so delicious. I mean, come on, how can you go wrong with bacon and potatoes?! Totally craving it now.
Ashley
Mar 29, 2019 at 5:41 amI 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
Mar 29, 2019 at 7:28 amWow, this soup looks so perfect! I love soup so much, I’ve got to try this!
Catalina
Mar 29, 2019 at 9:33 amPotato soup is my favorite soup. The addition of bacon makes it irresistible!
KIM CROISANT
Mar 29, 2019 at 11:33 amThat looks so good!! I’m a bowl freak and love your bowl. Soups are such comfort foods. Thanks for sharing.
Nancy at Whispered Inspirations
Mar 29, 2019 at 1:08 pmI 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, I am going to give it a try.
Pam
Mar 29, 2019 at 9:06 pmI 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!