Outback Steakhouse™ Potato Soup Recipe
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Your search is finally over. I have scoured all of my restaurant recipes resources and found a very close, if not exact, copy of the Outback potato soup recipe. This comes straight from one of the former cooks at Outback™, so I know it’s authentic.
Too many people are making this with Valvetta cheese because of the cheesy flavor of the soup. That’s wrong. The base for thickening this up is rather simple. Try this recipe at home and you’ll be amazed at how close it tastes. Please comment below to let me know what you think.
Ingredients
- Potatoes (6-8 depending on the size)
- 1 Onion, diced
- 4 14oz cans of chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- Celery salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- 1 dash of basil
- 1 dash of sugar
- 2 sticks of butter
- 3/4 cup of flour
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
Garnish
- 4-6 pieces of cooked bacon, chopped
- Chopped chives (amount depends on your preference – I like a lot)
- 2 cups shredded Monterrey Jack / Cheddar cheese blend.
Directions
- Boil the potatoes, peel and set aside (someone suggested you rub with kosher sale and bake the potatoes, leaving the skin on)
- In a large soup pot, melt the butter over a low to medium heat, being careful not to burn it.
- Add the onion and cook until softened.
- Add the flour and stir while it cooks for about 3 minutes.
- Slowly add the chicken broth, water, salt, pepper, basil and sugar.
- Bring to a boil, stirring often with a wire whisk.
- Gradually add the heavy cream until you’ve reached the proper consistency.
- Chop the potatoes into bite sized cubes and add to the soup.
- Simmer for approximately 5 minutes to bring the potatoes to temperature.
- Ladle the soup into individual bowls and garnish with chopped bacon, chives and the cheese blend.
- Enjoy!
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Hello,
My husband loves the potato soup at the Outback. We recently moved to Florida. It is cold here right now with mornings in the low 40′s. It was a soup day yesterday..so I went on line and searched for the potato soup recipe. I came upon your website. I made the soup last night and OMG it was Yummy! I was so pleased with this recipe..we all enjoyed it so much, and were glad to have plenty for leftovers. I did change a couple of things, I used red potatoes and didn’t peel them, I used scallions instead of chives, and I used a carton of College Inn broth that was 48 oz instead of 4 cans which would have been I think 56 oz. You did a great job with this recipe. I can’t wait to try the Coconut shrimp now, my other favorite at Outback restaurants. Thanks again for posting this recipe.
Outback Potato Soup Recipe is awesome…delish! I used red potatoes and left the skins on, and I used 48 oz of chicken broth and I used scallions instead of chives….unbelievable soup – wonderful recipe. Thank you for posting it.
Excellent recipe. It think it was a little heavy on the chicken broth, but still very close to the original.
Boil the onions with the potatoes? Says nothing about when to use the diced onion.
Thank you very much. I also noticed Amy commented at the top that she used a little less broth. If everyone agrees this is better, I will change the recipe above.
One option would be to cook down the broth a little bit before adding the cream. This will concentrate the chicken flavor a bit more and increase the thickness of the soup. That way you don’t lose any flavor. Thanks again!
I’m so sorry. I didn’t even realize I overlooked that. I’ve added in the step where you cook the onions. Thanks for pointing this out.
We bought Velveeta while at the store, trying to guess the ingredients in Outback’s potato soup. After reading the above recipe and comments, we decided to go ahead and try this without the Velveeta. It is an excellent soup. I don’t think we got it quite as creamy as Outback’s, but it was enjoyable nonetheless, and a few minor tweaks will probably get us really close to the original. The major modification we did was to not add quite as much chicken broth as called for. Thanks so much for the recipe.
Thanks. Make sure you come back and let us all know if you make any other improvements to the recipe. Most of these recipes have been a collaborative effort, so bring it on. Thanks for the kinds words.
I made this soup shortly after eating it at the Outback and it was pretty close. However, it still didn’t taste quite the same. It seems to be missing the “tang.” However, this was the BEST recipe I have found thus far. Thanks!
this soup is really good!!!!! and belive me this soup is made it with valvetta cheese you know why??????? because I worked there.
and another secret is if you want a really good flavor you have to bake the potatoes never boiled.
My boyfriend, parents, and brother loved this! I used 3 cans of chicken broth instead of 4. I used valveeta chesse, but I used too much the first time and it was too chessy. I also mashed half of the potatoes and it had a very creamy texture, yum ^_^ and my brother said it tasted better than Outback’s
I haven’t tried this yet, but will ASAP. Tomorrow night, probably. One thing I’ll probably add: sage, as I’ve heard others who worked at Outback said this herb was in there.
Thanks so much for all your effort! And to the commenters for adding their experience!
This soup was excellent and very much like Outback’s. There is a spice that Outback puts in there I can’t identify. I added a little bacon grease and reduced the butter to give it a little bacon flavoring. Yummy. Will make this again.
The only thing I changed was putting less chicken broth like so many of you said. This soup was good, don’t get me wrong, but nothing like Outback Potato Soup. I’ll keep looking.
This recipe really is great. This is my 2nd time making it and its still irresistable. I do agree with everyone in saying it is too heavy on the broth but I have never found a recipe that was so ON THE MONEY as this one. Thanks a lot.
Oh & Nelly just sounds entirely negative and I feel that comment was so unnecessary.
My hubbie is picky, (on the annoying side of picky!) and he only will eat the potato soup from the outback, I have tried 2 other times to make it and both times absolutely flopped, well, this one was a complete success….. even with my father in law, whom by the way, my husband got his pickiness from!! It was a 5 out of 6 at the dinner table on Saturday night!! 5 yr old daughter is too much like her father, but even our one year old luved it!! Thank you thank you thank you!!
this is a VERY close potato soup, but…..the thickness comes from the rue made with the flour that showed up in the ingredients but not in the instructions. There is only basil and salt(someone mentioned that there was sage).
Avery simple soup to make and still draws complaints from the prep cooks when its on the list…:)
ps…..absolutely no Velveeta.
Hey, I don’t know if it makes a big difference, but at the outback they bake the potatoes, not boil them.
(i used to work there) Happy Cooking!
Thanks. I’m going to try this and update the recipe if it works out well.
I found the suggestion on another website to bake the potatoes instead of boiling them – this makes a huge difference especially if you have a roast or other large beef entree in the oven at the same time.
Try stirring in a dallop of sour cream just before serving to add a little zip.
I also wonder hour stirring in a bit of the Outback ranch dressing recipe just before serving would do for adding that little tang?
what kind of cream do you use? you did not specify.
very very very good recipe. I did use all of the broth and let it cook down a bit. I also added some ground cayenne pepper to it for a little bite, but i have to say this is the best recipe for this soup and quite easy. Thanks for the recipe
i made about a half batch (i never actually measure anything- i always eyeball) and i used 1 can of chicken broth and 1 can of CREAM of CHICKEN soup… and consequently i skipped the heavy cream because between the rue and the cream of chicken it was already nice and creamy! i’d like to think this made the soup a little more healthy (if potato soup can be anywhere near diet-friendly!)
gotta say that soup was out of this world.my husband is picky eater and absolutely loved it,even said it was better than outbacks probably cause its so fresh thank you.Im sure i will be making it alot more.
I might be the only person that tried this recipe that has never had the Outback version, but made it for a friend that raves about Outbacks soup. Although I don’t know if it tastes like the “real deal” (my friend hasn’t tried it yet) it was really good! Now I want to try it at Outback so I can compare! Thanks for sharing the recipe with us!!!
Incredible. My whole family loved this. I made it exactly as written above with one exception. I baked the potatoes and left the skins on. Primarily for ease, but I do like the look of the skins.
The next time I make this I am going to make extra potatoes that I can mash up a bit. I think adding these will help the texture a lot.
Thanks for the recipe!
I used lemon pepper instead of plain pepper. This gave it a little tang….
This recipe yielded a really great potato soup. I followed the recipe exactly as it is written with no modification. I highly recommend this to anyone trying to emulate the Outback potato soup.
what is “heavy Cream”
Absolutely delicious. Cant get enough of it. I, too, used 48oz of chicken broth instead of 56oz and it’s perfect even without the toppings, though I did sprinkle a little turkey bacon over the second serving. That is what I was looking for. Thank you.
BTW this doesnt use a roux, just flour to thicken.
what kind of cream do you use
I made this only had a 1/2 cup of heavy cream so I added 1 1/2 cups of milk, and a 1/2 package of hidden valley ranch dressing mix. Very good thanks for the recipe
Less broth, more cream, lots of pepper……… Sooo yummmmy!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
Although the recipe is very close, you DO NOT boil the potatoes. You must bake them. Rubbed with butter and kosher salt. Having made this soup every other day for two years in a restaurant, i would know. The soup will be much more authentic. Also its celery salt, not just regular salt.
I think this was the very best potato soup I have ever had in my life. And, to me, it does taste like Outback potato soup, just better. I used all the ingredients as described. Well, I used a large yellow onion probably slightly bigger than a baseball. And I put it in the food processor just because I don’t like any chunks of onion, just the flavor. Since I read that some people said the chicken broth was a little too much, I cooked the liquid part of the soup the whole time the potatoes were baking, about 1 hr and 10 min. I kept it at a low boil and stirred pretty frequently so the liquid at the bottom of the pot wouldn’t stick. It ended up being the perfect consistency, not too thin.
By the way, I found this to be a very rich-tasting soup. I was really hungry by the time it finished cooking, and I got a generous bowl of it. It was delicious but I could only eat about half of it.
Thank you! I made the adjustments above and noted the option to bake the potatoes. I’m going to try this and change it permanently if it works out well. Thanks!
I would just like to say that i’ve tried this recipe before and it tastes just like outback’s loaded potatoe soup, you could never tell the difference. It’s so easy to make, why wouldn’t you want to try it. Promise, you won’t regret it…..Thanks for the recipe!
Outback actually has two different potato cream soups. The walkabout version, and the cream of baked potato. You have the cream of baked potato listed above. The walkabout involves cooking the potatoes when you add the broth. The walkabout also has Velveeta cheese(around 1/16 cup per serving, so 1/4 cup for 4 servings) and is garnished with scallions instead of chives.
Oh and I forgot that the Cream of Baked Potato also has sour cream in it. And for the walkabout, you want to peel and cut the potatoes in cubes prior to cooking. You also want to mash about half the potatoes for the walkabout as well.
it’s pretty important to clear up any confusion about the soup you can get at Outback. First of all, Outback has two potato cream soups. The Cream of Baked potato, which is listed above, and the regular Creamy Potato, also known as the walkabout soup of the day. The walkabout is different in several areas. First you peel and chop the potatoes, then add add them with stock and cook them all the way through. The walkabout has Velveeta and is garnished with scallions instead of chives. You also want to mash half the potatoes into the soup after you add the cream. I personally like the cream of baked potato better, and its very possible that a lot of your confusion stems from your local outback not following spec and by calling a certain soup by its wrong name
I’m from México. I just to visit outback ONLY because of its potatoe soup… and let me tell you that this home made soup is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than that!… tasty, creamy… yummy!!!!!
OOOhh… by the way, a friend of mine take me to outback to dinner and I ordered my favorite soup, and… I prefer mine!!
Thank you for posting!
JUST AWESOME!!!!!!!!
This recipe is very good! I would up the flour to 1 cup b/c I like a thicker soup, and not add the sugar next time. The “heavy cream” (which I used “Table Cream”) was sweet enough to me. Other than that, it was excellent! Happy cooking
This soup was SO close to the baked potato soup from Outback!! I have tried many recipes now and liked most of them but none were close to the taste of Outback’s…too oniony, too cheesey…etc. This soup hit the mark and my family LOVED it!! Everyone agreed all time favorite potato soup ever. I only ‘slightly’ reduced the broth and did bake the potatoes rather than boil. Deee-lish!
Made this soup yesterday for lunch, it was gone before you could say skat!!!! It is the best soup I believe I have ever tasted,,,,,no need to go to Outbake for soup anymore!! Thanks for posting a super recipe
This soup was great! Best I have ever had. The only thing I changed was added some shredded chedder/jack cheese while the soup was simmering. My hubby raved.. A+
approx. how much does this serve for?
WOW! My wife made this for dinner tonight and it was AWESOME!!! Great recipe, VERY VERY close to Outback. If that soup is what I got at Outback I probably wouldnt even be able to tell the difference. Thanks for posting it!
I absolutely loath onions….there are NO onions in the Outback recipe I have had there.
I took some of the advice that people have posted here and the soup turned out AWESOME! I used 48 oz of chicken broth, baked the potatoes, and added 1/8 tsp of sage. I also sliced two strips of bacon into tiny pieces and put it in the soup. I think this soup is actually better than Outbacks! Thanks for sharing!
Has anyone tried using Gluten free all purpose flour.
What do you mean when you specify heavy cream? Heavy whipping cream or something else?
I fixed this tater soup for lunch today. My husband is a much better cook than I am, but this convinced him that I can cook!!! lol. We all loved it and it is better than the Outback soup. It was so good that my husband had it again for supper.
Thank you very much for the recipe, it will be used frequently in our home.
Thanks so much for the recipe! Absoutely DELICIOUS! Followed the recipe exactly (lots of chives) and loved loved loved it. I would not be able to tell which was which if I had them both at the restaurant. Thanks again
Yes, use heavy whipping cream.
I have had this recipe bookmarked for a week or so. Today I finally made it. I admit, once I got all the onions into my pot and added the broth I was beginning to get nervous, but it all came together at the end! I took someones advise and mashed about two potatoes and used 48oz of the chicken broth. It was delicious and I will make it again! My hubby was very pleased as well as our dinner guest
GOODDAY, I WOULD SURE LIKE TO HAVE THE OUTBACKS ALFREDO SAUCE RECIPE. I HAVE A FEW BUT THEIRS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THEIRS.THANK YOU BILL
Personal opinion only.
I have always thought Outback’s potato soup to be quite bland and much too thin. Heck, even Schlotsky’s potato soup is better, but I think my favorite potato soup is still the baked potato soup. Far superior to any other I’ve tasted.
Your potato soup recipe is to die for my
family loves it and so do my co-workers and
myself.
This recipe was outstanding! I worked at Outback for 5 years and ate this soup nearly every night – so I KNOW what it tastes like. And this tasted nearly identical to Outback’s. Here’s what I did: I omitted the water in the recipe and just put in a 48 oz. container + 1 14.5 oz can of chicken broth. I used the two sticks of butter, but also put in about 4 tbsp. of the bacon grease. The thickness of the soup is gained through the addition of the flour into the butter/grease mixture in the beginning (it’s called making a roux), and then letting the soup boil once you add in the chicken broth – so, don’t be afraid to let the soup simmer for a while before serving to get a thicker consistency. finally, don’t skimp – use actual cooked bacon bits that you cooked, use green onions, and use a dollop of sour cream on the top and it is EXACTLY Outback’s soup. SO good, SO easy, and didn’t take any longer than making any other dinner.
I clicked up top and accidentally clicked on the stars
and it only gave you 3 stars from me it seems.
I am SO sorry! I think that is what is happening, people are clicking the stars looking for reviews and end up rating instead.
ANYHOW..I LOVE this recipe! Rich and creamy and full of flavor!
I just added the bite size uncooked potato to the sauce and simmered til done.
This was great! Thank you so much!
Loved this recipe…..thanks for sharing it.
the wife and I tried this last night, it was very good! we did the same thing that Tiffany did, it turned out great! I will keep this recipe around!
Chicken broth is not an ingredient in the real recipe..
What kind of potatoes and how long do you bake them?
I made this with the recommended alterations (less broth, celery salt, added sage). My family absolutely LOVED it. My kids love going to Outback and got really upset when they didn’t make the potato soup on a daily basis. When I made this for my son’s birthday today..he was SO happy… THANK YOU so much. It really is an awesome recipe!
I made this recipe today and it turned out great. I added some bacon and shredded cheese while cooking and it added some extra flavor. I baked the potatoes with the skins on and I think it was better that way rather than boiling the potatoes. Great flavor!