Baked Potato Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 281.8
  • Total Fat: 14.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 41.9 mg
  • Sodium: 767.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 25.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.5 g
  • Protein: 13.8 g

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Introduction

This is comfort food to the max! I won a soup cook-off with this recipe.

You can lower fat and calories by using fat-free half & half and skim milk, as well as low-fat cheddar cheese. This is comfort food to the max! I won a soup cook-off with this recipe.

You can lower fat and calories by using fat-free half & half and skim milk, as well as low-fat cheddar cheese.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    6 slices bacon, fried crisp
    1 cup diced yellow or white onions
    2/3 cup flour
    6 cups hot chicken stock
    4 cups diced, peeled baked potatoes
    2 cups half & half
    1 cup skim milk
    1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
    2 cloves minced garlic
    1 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
    1 1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 1/2 teaspoon red pepper sauce
    1 1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper
    1 cup grated Cheddar cheese
    1/4 cup diced green onions, tops only

Directions

Fry bacon until crisp. Chop bacon and reserve drippings. (Or you can chop bacon prior to cooking then fry until crisp.) Cook onions in bacon drippings over medium-high heat until transparent - about 3 minutes. Add flour, stirring to prevent lumps. Cook 3 - 5 minutes until mix just begins to turn golden. Add chicken stock gradually, whisking to prevent lumps, until liquid thickens. Reduce heat to simmer and add potatoes, half & half, milk, chopped bacon, parsley, garlic, basil, salt, pepper sauce and black pepper. Simmer 10 minutes; DO NOT ALLOW TO BOIL. Add grated cheese and green onions. Heat until cheese melts smoothly.

You may garnish each serving as desired with additional chopped bacon, grated cheese, green onion or chopped parsley.


Serving Size: Makes between 3-4 quarts, or about 13 one-cup servings, or eight-nine 1.5 cup servings.

**Calories per serving based on 1.5 cup serving.**