So I went to a restaurant the other day & they had this awesome baked-potato soup topped with caramelized bacon & onions, but with a broiled cheese crust on top:
It was awesome & I knew I had to replicate it in the APO lol. There are a couple of ways to do the soup in the Instapot, like the regular method;
Or with hash browns: (cheat version!)
Although for this test batch, I used Panera's broccoli-cheddar soup. Instapot copycat version here:
Side note, I like to freeze all of my soups into Souper Cubes, like this:
I picked up some special wide-rim, shallow soup bowls for this project:
Basically just microwaved the soup to heat it up in the bowl, topped it generously with shredded cheese, and then did a cold-start APO job. Tested both rear-fan & top & rear. Top & rear came out the best, pretty much just set it to max-temp (482F NVSM top & rear) & babysit it to make sure it doesn't burn past your liking.
Really, REALLY good! I will now be making this ALL the time until I am sick of it lol. This was a fantastic epiphany, akin to getting introduced to griddled muffins (take a muffin, slice it in half vertically, butter it, then griddle it on a cast-iron skillet to get a toasted surface, sooooo good lol).
