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Loaded Potato Soup
LOADED POTATO SOUP
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Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Loaded Potato Soup
Prep Time: 12 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 15
Ingredients
- 1 PACKAGE (12 OZ) BACON
- 1 1/2 CUPS CHOPPED ONION
- 6 CUPS CHICKEN BROTH (FROM TWO 32-OZ CARTONS)
- 2 LB BAKING POTATOES, PEELED, CUBED
- 2/3 CUP BUTTER
- 3/4 CUP ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
- 4 CUPS MILK
- 1 TEASPOON SALT
- 1 TEASPOON FRESHLY GROUND PEPPER
- 1 CUP DICED COOKED HAM
- 1 CONTAINER (8 OZ) SOUR CREAM
- 2 1/2 CUPS SHREDDED SHARP CHEDDAR CHEESE (10 OZ)
- 3/4 CUP SLICED GREEN ONIONS
Instructions
- 1.IN 12-INCH SKILLET, COOK BACON OVER MEDIUM HEAT 6 TO 7 MINUTES OR UNTIL CRISP; DRAIN ON PAPER TOWELS. CRUMBLE BACON; SET ASIDE. RESERVE 2 TABLESPOONS DRIPPINGS IN SKILLET. COOK ONION IN BACON DRIPPINGS OVER MEDIUM-HIGH HEAT 6 MINUTES OR UNTIL ALMOST TENDER.
- 2.IN 6-QUART DUTCH OVEN, MIX ONION, BROTH AND POTATOES. HEAT TO BOILING; REDUCE HEAT. COOK 10 MINUTES OR UNTIL POTATOES ARE VERY TENDER.
- 3.MEANWHILE, IN SAME SKILLET, MELT BUTTER OVER LOW HEAT. STIR IN FLOUR WITH WHISK UNTIL SMOOTH. COOK AND STIR 1 MINUTE. GRADUALLY STIR IN 2 CUPS OF THE MILK. POUR MILK MIXTURE INTO POTATO MIXTURE. ADD REMAINING 2 CUPS MILK, THE SALT AND PEPPER. COOK OVER MEDIUM HEAT, STIRRING CONSTANTLY WITH WHISK, UNTIL MIXTURE IS THICKENED AND BUBBLY.
- 4.STIR IN HAM, HALF OF THE BACON, THE SOUR CREAM, 2 CUPS OF THE CHEESE AND 1/2 CUP OF THE GREEN ONIONS. COOK UNTIL THOROUGHLY HEATED AND CHEESE IS MELTED. EVENLY TOP INDIVIDUAL SERVINGS WITH REMAINING BACON, 1/2 CUP CHEESE AND 1/4 CUP GREEN ONIONS.
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