Description
Cajun Creamy Potato Soup brings Louisiana’s spicy comfort to your kitchen with rich, hearty flavors. Velvety potatoes blend seamlessly with Creole seasonings, creating a soul-warming bowl you’ll crave on chilly evenings.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Protein:
- 1.5 pounds andouille sausage or smoked sausage, sliced
Starch and Base:
- 1 (30 to 32-ounce) bag frozen shredded hash browns
- 1 (10.5-ounce) can unsalted cream of chicken soup
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
Liquid and Seasonings:
- 3 (14.5-ounce) cans chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons minced onion flakes
- 3 tablespoons Cajun/Creole seasoning
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Brown andouille sausage in a skillet over medium heat until it develops a rich, caramelized exterior, approximately 4-5 minutes, releasing its robust flavor and creating a solid foundation for the soup.
- Carefully transfer the sautéed sausage to a slow cooker, ensuring all flavorful browned bits are included.
- Pour in potatoes, diced onions, minced garlic, chicken broth (32 fluid ounces/946 milliliters), cajun seasoning, salt, and black pepper into the slow cooker, creating a harmonious blend of ingredients.
- Cover and allow the mixture to simmer on low temperature for 6-7 hours, enabling the potatoes to become tender and absorb the surrounding spices and meat essence.
- Approximately 20 minutes before serving, introduce softened cream cheese (/226 grams) into the slow cooker, gently stirring until completely melted and integrated, transforming the soup into a luxuriously creamy texture.
- Taste and adjust seasonings if needed, ensuring a balanced and vibrant cajun-inspired flavor profile.
- Ladle the hot, creamy soup into serving bowls, garnishing with optional chopped green onions or additional cajun seasoning for an extra burst of flavor.
Notes
- Maximize flavor by browning sausage thoroughly before adding to slow cooker, creating a rich, caramelized base for the soup.
- Use low and slow cooking method to allow spices and ingredients to meld together, developing deep Cajun-style taste profiles.
- Cream cheese addition right before serving ensures smooth, velvety texture without breaking or separating during long cooking process.
- Perfect make-ahead meal that can be prepared in the morning and ready for dinner with minimal last-minute preparation.
- Ideal for meal prepping, as soup stores well in refrigerator for 3-4 days and reheats beautifully without losing quality.
- Customize heat level by selecting spicy or mild sausage, allowing flexibility for different taste preferences and spice tolerances.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Category: Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: Cajun
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 520 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 1280 mg
- Fat: 42 g
- Saturated Fat: 19 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 18 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Cholesterol: 110 mg