Potato Pimento Cheese Soup Recipe | Slow Cooker
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Potato Pimento Cheese Soup Recipe | Slow Cooker It’s creamy, hearty & flavorful. Inspired by the popular Pimento Cheese spread, it’s sure to become a favorite!
Potato Pimento Cheese Soup
I don’t even know where Pimento Cheese came from originally. All I know is it was primarily a regional dish until recent times when the internet and Pinterest spread regional favorites far and wide. I didn’t touch the stuff growing up. I was one of those who could not touch any of my foods on my plate, and I ate one item at a time! All I know about Pimento Cheese was what my Mom made for church dinners and family reunions.
Do you know? There are two spellings of the word pimento. It can be pimento or pimiento. Pimento is the Portuguese word for bell pepper. While Pimiento is a Spanish word.
Of course, my tastes changed and now I love traditional Pimento Cheese. In fact, I made my family’s favorite Pimento Cheese, Jalapeno Pimento Cheese and The Masters Pimento Cheese to name a few and shared with you before!
What are a pimentos?
A pimento is a mild pepper. Also known as a cherry pepper, it is a large, red, heart-shaped chili pepper. It’s sweet and more aromatic than a red bell pepper. Some varieties are hot. For this recipe and all my Pimento Cheese recipes, I use pickled and jarred pimentos.
I decided to take pimento cheese spread and turn it into a soup—not only a soup, but an easy slow cooker soup! I spent very little hands-on time spent on this recipe. The wonderful slow cooker does the work for you!
Ingredients
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- 2 to 3 pounds potatoes peeled and diced
- 1/2 cup white onion diced
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup half and half
- 3 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 4 cups cheddar cheese shredded (I used a mild cheddar cheese), reserve some for garnish
- 1 4 ounce jar pimento peppers, diced, drained, reserve some for garnish
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3/4 cup sour cream if desired
- 4 to 6 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
Potato Pimento Cheese Soup Recipe | Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 pounds potatoes peeled and diced
- 1/2 cup white onion diced
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup half and half
- 3 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 4 cups cheddar cheese shredded (I used a mild cheddar cheese), reserve some for garnish
- 1 4 ounce jar pimentos diced, drained, reserve some for garnish
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3/4 cup sour cream if desired
- 4 to 6 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
Instructions
- Add onion and potatoes to slow cooker.
- Add chicken stock or broth, salt and pepper. Cook on high until soup is simmering.
- Check potatoes. They are done when they are fork tender.
- When potatoes are done, either mash with a potato masher or blend in a blender or immersion blender to the desired consistency. You can even puree half the mixture and leave the other half chunky, however you want is good.
- Meanwhile, toss grated cheddar in flour to coat.
- After you have the texture you want, add half & half, cheese/flour mixture and pimentos. Cook on medium 30 minutes until cheese is melted and soup has thickened slightly.
- Serve with sour cream, bacon.
- Garnish with shredded cheddar cheese and pimento
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
I have received several containers of premade pimiento cheese through a co-op. Any suggestions on how to adapt this recipe using that, or any other recipes I could use it with? The only thing I have seen is for cheese straws. Thanks!
You can make this recipe omiting 4 cups cheese, pimentos and reduce the sour cream to 1/3 cup. Stir in the prepared pimeno cheese until it melts. It will be virtually the same.
You can make grilled pimento cheese sandwiches, grilled bacon and pimento or grilled tomato and pimento.
I don’t know how big your container is but you can stir in sour cream and make a dip. Cook it ina pie pan. I’d add 1/2 cup sour cream to 1 cup pimento cheese, you can top it with crushed ritz crackers, bake until hot and serve w/ Ritz or corn chips or tortilla chips. You can also top it with bacon (yum)
I’ll keep thinking of more ways to use it too.
I’ve been eating pimento cheese as long as I can remember. I loved grilled pimento cheese sandwiches and Mom spread pimento cheese on celery and served it on a relish tray. Now, another thing I love is potato soup and look at what you’ve gone and done!!!! OH MY!!! Pinning this to try!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!
Kim in North Carolina
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Found you at foodie friday. The pimento looks delicious. Thanks for sharing!
I make a ton of soups once fall comes back around…pinning this one to try it!
I do a lot more, this is one of my all time favorites. Thanks for sharing Michelle!
I am all about cheese soups! I could live off them. This sounds and looks amazing!
Thanks so much!
This looks delicious, Paula! 🙂 I just tried pimento cheese for the first time while I was in Savannah, and I know I will love this soup!
Pinned to try soon and sharing!
I could live off Pimento Cheese. Thanks for visiting and sharing!
Oh how I have been waiting for this soup recipes to pop up in my email box. I was drooling when you told me about it a couple weeks ago. YUM! Great recipe, Paula, Pinned and sharing on FB.
Thank you, it was so yummy! I hid it way back in the fridge so the family wouldn’t eat it!