You’ll need a fellowship of your own to help you eat all this loaded cheesy potato soup! This soup is perfect for the winter because it’ll get ya warm and keep ya full. Italian sausage adds some much needed earthiness to these cheesy potatoes that’s balanced out by the robust Dan-O’s Original Seasoning. This makes a decent size batch of loaded cheesy potato soup making it perfect for families and dinner parties.
You may ask yourself what potatoes are best for stew? There are several varieties of potatoes but we can break them down into 3 categories: Starchy, all purpose, and waxy. Starchy potatoes are your russet potatoes, these are high in starch while being low in moisture. They’re great for boiling, mashing and making creamy soups. All purpose potatoes are your yukon golds, these are a happy medium to both starch and moisture. They’re pretty good at keeping their shape, and they can easily be used for just about anything.
Finally you have your waxy potatoes, which are your red. They’re low in scratch, and have a high moisture level. They’re great at keeping their shape, which makes them good for more chunky soups, gratin, or scalloped potatoes. When it comes to this loaded cheesy potato soup, we recommend russet potatoes. They fall apart easily when cooked, and they make for a great creamy texture which makes them perfect for our loaded potato soup.
Made this tonight and it’s absolutely DELICIOUS!! I made very few alterations: I used spicy sausage just because we prefer it, used reg sharp cheddar because that’s what I had in the fridge, and I was just shy on the right amount of chicken broth so I just added a little water. I will for sure make this again! Thanks for the recipe!
Love it