
Instant Pot Cheesy Potato Soup served with a cheesy garlic biscuit.
Instant Pot Cheesy Potato Soup
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Serves: 8, Serving Size 1 1/2 cups, Calories 145, Fat 5 g, Sat Fat 2 g, Carbs 21 g, Fiber 3 g, Net Carbs 18 g, Sugars 3 g, Protein 5 g, Weight Watchers Points Plus: 4 points, Weight Watchers SmartPoints: 6 points
Ingredients:
- Cooking Spray
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/2 pound carrots, chopped
- 5 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes. cut into small uniform chunks
- 32 ounces chicken broth (or vegetable broth)
- 3/4 cup half and half
- 1 cup 2% cheddar cheese, grated
Directions:
Coat Instant Pot stainless steel pot with cooking spray and set to Saute / More.
Add onions, carrots and garlic. Cook until they begin to soften, stirring often, for 7 minutes.
Add potatoes, salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, mustard and thyme.
Add in chicken broth (or vegetable broth if making vegetarian version) and half and half.
Set Instant Pot to Manual / High Pressure for 6 minutes.
Add cheese and stir in until melted.
Puree soup in the Instant Pot with an immersion blender (or puree in batches using a regular blender).

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Serve and enjoy.
- Cooking Spray
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- ½ pound carrots, chopped
- 5 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon dry mustard
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1½ pounds Yukon Gold potatoes. cut into small uniform chunks
- 32 ounces chicken broth (or vegetable broth)
- ¾ cup half and half
- 1 cup 2% cheddar cheese, grated
- Coat Instant Pot stainless steel pot with cooking spray and set to Saute / More.
- Add onions, carrots and garlic. Cook until they begin to soften, stirring often, for 7 minutes.
- Add potatoes, salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, mustard and thyme.
- Add in chicken broth (or vegetable broth if making vegetarian version) and half and half.
- Set Instant Pot to Manual / High Pressure for 6 minutes.
- Add cheese and stir in until melted.
- Puree soup in the Instant Pot with an immersion blender (or puree in batches using a regular blender).
- Serve and enjoy.
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Thank you so much for your comment Jennifer. So glad that you have enjoyed it 🙂
I’m so glad that you like it! I don’t blame you about the cold! Brrrr
Made this soup tonight, it was perfect, thank you for the easy to follow instructions. Only thing I did different was substituted 1/4 tsp. ground thyme as I did not want to go out in the cold and harvest some.
This was awesome! My husband and I both loved it. This was the first Potato Cheese Soup I’ve ever had reheat to the same velvety consistency as when it was first served. Thank you so much!
Do you like a creamy soup? If you prefer chunky, you could puree for just a couple of minutes and leave some chunk.