Slow Cooker Beer Cheese Soup with Potatoes
Don’t go out to a fancy brew pub for your favorite beer cheese soup! For practically the same price you can make an entire crock of it at home. And best of all you can completely customize it. Your favorite beer, your favorite cheese. Is anything better? Ummmm, no! Well, maybe the extra potatoes I added to make it nice and hearty! I wanted this to be filling and serve as our whole dinner instead of an appetizer. This soup should tame even the heartiest of appetites!
I enjoy a good beer now and then, especially at a football tailgate party. But really the fun for me comes from cooking with beer. Especially during the fall and especially in soups and chili! I love how it gives great flavor and something unique to otherwise everyday meals.
I just love all the fall seasonal beers and especially the pumpkin beers. I used a Freestate Octoberfest and I loved the flavor! Pretty mild and kind of autumnish 🙂 But Shawn said he would prefer something with a little more bite like an IPA. Just goes to show you should use what you love to drink!
Not to mention I’m going to jump on a little mini soapbox here and talk about cheese. I’m going to be slightly bossy and insist you use a nice quality cheese and grate/shred it yourself from a block. This is a soup centered around cheese so trust me here. The preshredded cheeses are coated with anti-caking stuff and just don’t melt or taste quite the same. Trust me 😉
Slow Cooker Beer Cheese Soup with Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1 pound potatoes (I used baby gold potatoes)
- 1/4 cup flour
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 12 ounces beer
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- 12 ounces shredded sharp cheddar (I used white)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Chives chopped for garnish if desired
Instructions
- Scrub and dice potatoes
- Place in crock and toss with flour
- Add broth, beer and seasonings and give it a stir to combine and make sure flour is dissolved
- Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8
- Add cream and cheese and stir to combine
- Let it continue to heat through for another 15-30 minutes
- Serve with a sprinkling of chives if desired
Notes
Nutrition
I made this today, and my husband raved about it! His exact words were, “Wow, five thumbs up! This is delicious. Can we make this again sometime?” And that’s after he commented multiple times on how good the house smelled while it was cooking. 🙂 I’ll be adding this one to our list of favorites. Thanks for the yummy recipe!
Hooray!!
I second that emotion! My husband said we have to put it on the standard rotation lol. Great summer recipe – no oven, & cooks while at beach. I did add a little chopped ham only because I have three 6’5” men to feed. Thank you for giving me some time back 🙂
Sounds great! What kind of beer do you recommend?
Hi Luanne! When I first made this I think I used an Octoberfest beer. I’d also suggest a wheat beer. But if you like a hoppier flavor then my husband suggests that this would be great with a pale ale!
Thanks so much. Can’t wait to try it.
I used half stout and half Octoberfest. Gave it that bold beer flavor but not strong.
I would put the potatoes in the microwave first or something, because mine weren’t done in 3-4 hours on high. I started it at 7 AM and it wasn’t done til 3 pm. And it didn’t turn out very great. Ended up throwing most of it away.
Thank you… That would be great…
I just tried it again and it still does not print for me…
I’m going to have to do some more digging. I can’t recreate the issue. How about if I email it to you for printing. Hope that will help for now!
I click the print button and it took me to the printer options but it did not print… Too bad as this sounds like a good recipe…
Hmmm, what browser are you using? I’ve tested but can’t find an issues so far…
I use Google Chrome… I never had a problem with other pages I have printed… I even closed the page and went back to it to try it again…
Copy and paste into a word document. You will be able to print then.
Looking forward to trying this one out soon.
Love it!