Baked Potato Soup

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
• 2 -3 baking potatoes, baked or microwaved
• salt & fresh ground pepper
• 4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (2 oz.)
• 3 tablespoons sliced green onions

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat.
• 2 add onion; cook, stirring occasionally for 1-2 minutes or until tender.
• 3 stir in flour.
• 4 gradually stir in broth and evaporated milk.
• 5 scoop potato pulp from one potato; mash.
• 6 add pulp to broth mixture.
• 7 cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally,until mixture just comes to a boil dice remaining potato skin and potato (es) add to soup.
• 8 heath though.
• 9 season with salt and pepper.
• 10 top each serving with bacon,cheese and green onion.
• 11 variation: for a different twist to this recipe,omit the bacon,cheddar cheese and green onion.
• 12 cook 2 tablespoons of shredded carrot with the onion and add 1/4 teaspoon dried dill weed to the soup when adding the broth.
• 13 proceed as above.