Ingredients
32 oz. shredded hash brown potatoes
1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
1/2 cup chopped green onion, plus extra for topping
1/4 cup diced celery
1/4 cup diced carrots (optional)
32 oz. chicken broth
1 cup water
1 1/2 tsp. Kosher Salt
1 tsp. ground pepper
3 tbs. all-purpose flour
1 cup Heavy Cream
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese (plus extra for topping)
1/4 cup crisp bacon bits, crumbled
1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
cracked pepper for topping (optional)
sour cream for topping (optional)
Directions
In a 3-4 quart crock pot add water, broth, onion, green onion, carrot, salt, pepper, and potatoes.Cook on low setting for 6-8 hours until potatoes are tender. Add flour to heavy cream and stir until smooth. Add cream mixture to crock pot and cook on high for 20-30 minutes or until mixture is thickened.
Add cheddar cheese and stir until melted. Cook on low for 10-15 minutes then turn to “keep warm” setting.
When ready to serve, sprinkle crumbled bacon, fresh chive, optional cracked pepper, and a little green onion over each bowl of soup and serve warm.
Thanks to sugarpies from Half Hour Meals for the recipe and picture!
As stay-at-home moms for eight years, Melissa and Shelley know what it takes to live a savvy lifestyle within a budget. Their passion for helping people has expanded their reach from Stockpiling Moms.com to also including speaking engagements, book authors (Savvy Saving Couponing Secrets from the Stockpiling Moms) and conference co-hosts. Melissa and Shelley are best friends who met through 
Oh that looks SO yummy! Now I want some soup lol. Thanks for sharing, adding it to my list of dinners for the week
This recipe “speaks” to me. Must try it!
MMMMMMM going to try this during naptime in a few minutes. I’ll let you know how it comes out. Thanks for sharing
I cooked this over the weekend….YUMMY. 5 stars!! Thanks for sharing
This sounds and looks so good! Going to have to give it a try!
This is a good one. I may try it without the carrots. I love all the slow cooker recipies I am seeing.
Love potato soup! It is such a comfort food!
This looks like the perfect thing to make for my friend having twins. Can you tell me if this freezes well?
I made this today and it was AMAZING!!!! I did not add the bacon or any of the extra toppings because it really does not need anything! I didn’t have Kosher salt, so I used sea salt and it turned out perfect. A new family favorite!
What a wonderful soup! I chopped my carrots into small pieces, and they were not tender at 6 hours on low. Maybe next time I should try thinly shredding them instead? What a great way to get a one’s vegetables. I LOVED this soup and will be holding on to this great recipe.