Panera’s Cream Cheese Soup Recipe
By Ann
Hubby first made this copycat soup recipe Christmas Eve 2010, and he has made it every Christmas Eve since, as well as a many times in between the holiday. This is one fabulous soup. Everyone that has this Panera Cream Cheese Soup not only wants seconds, but the recipe too!
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 30 Minutes
Ingredients:
• 4 cups Chicken Broth
• 4 cups Potatoes, peeled and cubed (if you have yellow potatoes, it makes for a nice color)
• ¼ cup Onions, chopped and minced
• ½ tsp Season Salt
• ¼ tsp White Pepper
• ¼ tsp Ground Red Pepper
• 8oz Cream Cheese
Directions:
• Combine chicken broth, potatoes, onion and spices in a large pot.
• Bring to a boil on medium heat, and continue to allow the soup to boil until potatoes are tender.
• Smash potatoes to release heat for thickening (hubby uses his stick blender).
• Reduce to low heat.
• Add cream cheese.
• Continue to heat, stirring frequently, until cream cheese melts.
• Serve hot.
• Makes 8 servings Panera’s Cream Cheese Soup Recipe
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Thanks for linking up your recipe! Sounds tasty!
I have never put cream cheese in soup before, sounds interesting. I will give it a try.
That does sound like an interesting recipe.
This sounds amazing! I can’t get enough of Panera’s soups, especially once the weather starts to cool down. I’ll definitely be trying out this recipe. Thanks for sharing! =)
It sounds delicious!
Yummm!!! I may need to make this soon!
Yum.. whats not to love about that!! Sounds like heaven to me!!
We love soups and this looks delicious!! Can you use low fat or fat free cream cheese? Just wondered if that would work, want to try this soon!!
Nancy I would think “no” for this soup. However if you give it a go and it works, would you come back and report?
Ann
This is my favorite Panera soup! When I lived “up North” I could walk to Paneras every Thursday – that was potato soup day – and have a bowl with one of their fantastic hard rolls – what a wonderful meal!! Now that I live “down South” we do not have a Panera, and I surely do miss this potato soup! How thrilled I am that you posted this recipe – I will be making it tonight for sure!! Now, if you can tell me how to make those little hard rolls, it would be heavenly!!
Here’s a link to a cheat of the Panera Sourdough Bread recipe, but I haven’t tried it myself – – baking.food.com
Made this tonight… amazing! Great recipe =)
I’ve been making this for a few years now. In fact, I just made this soup last week as the weather is turning colder here in Michigan. My favorite way to make/eat potato soup! Easy to make and oh so yummy!!!
Just send hubby to the store for cream cheese and celery! Gotta have celery in it too just as mom did!
We’re lucky to have a Panera Bread only FIVE minutes away! Love those hunks of bread they serve with soups and salads!
Yum! It’s definitely soup time here, so I’ll be putting this on my recipe list.
I made this for dinner last night, and it was really good. Thank you for sharing!
Looks awesome! Thanks so much for adding your recipe to the Delicious Dishes Recipe Party on Pocket Change Gourmet.
~Liz
LOVE this soup. Of course I’ve added so many different things. Bacon, broccoli , cauliflower. Instead of onions , I use leeks. I know it’s not the original recipe, but the oissibilities are so endless.
I’ve made this soup for years-it’s a mainstay! Use this recipe with asparagus or broccoli instead of potatoes-wonderful!!!