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My Baked Potato Soup Recipe


My Baked Potato Soup Recipe
OK, you want comfort food, this is it, Creamy cheesy, baked potatoes like you never dreamed of before! A dear friend gave me this recipe years ago!

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Ingredients
  • Shirley's Baked Potato Soup
  • Ingredients
  • 8 slices bacon with drippings retained.
  • 1 cup yellow onion, diced
  • 2/3 cup flour
  • 6 cups hot chicken broth
  • 5 largepotatoes, baked, peeled, and diced
  • 2 cups half & half
  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1 1/2 tsp. garlic
  • 1 1/2 tsp. basil (dried)
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. black pepper
  • 1 tsp. Cholula sauce or Tabasco or favorite hot sauce
  • 1 cup grated cheddar cheese (I use sharp)
  • 1/4 cup scallions, diced

Directions
  1. Cook bacon and set aside.
  2. Cook onions in bacon drippings until transparent.
  3. Add flour, whisking, and cook 3 to 5 minutes until it starts to turn golden.
  4. Add chicken broth, gradually whisking until mixture thickens.
  5. Reduce heat to simmer and add potatoes, cream, bacon, parsley, and seasonings. Simmer for 10 minutes. Don't boil.
  6. Add grated cheese and scallions. Heat until cheese melts completely. Garnish with bacon, cheese, and parsley.

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Oh how yummie, I love soup, I know I keep saying when the weather cools off, darn I sure wish it would do that soon, these mid to upper 90's have been hanging around along time now. Anyway we do love Potato Soup and this one definately sounds creamy. Thanks for sharing


OH yes and so gooooood! I love Sour Dough French Bread with it!! yummmmm


This look very good on a cold day


This sounds so good and I will try this soon. I am such a potato lover! A potato is a good comforter!


Will be making this tomorrow. It has been rainy today and tomorrow so will hit the spot. Thanks for posting.


Thank you sooooo much, I'm sure you will love it as we do! it's our favorite tater soup!


One of my favorite soups (I tend to like the "creamy" soups best) - your recipe sounds fabulous...another one I'll be making when autumn arrives (we have 60's headed our way - hurray!).


It's been cooling off here, was in the low 70's here, Fall is around the corner and hearty soups will be welcomed!...


Love potato soup in general as the weather gets colder...Thank You for the recipe! :)


You're so welcome!


This sounds so cozy and comforting. Perfect for a winter day which unfortunately, is coming soon.


Mmmmmmmmmmm ! wow shirley ! this sounds so good i am right there with ya'll wishing for fall .


Yum ! I can't wait for Autumn to arrive to try this !


Shirley... thanks very much for this recipe... very easy and delicious... I have all ingredients at home and I will prepare it for my family today... thanks for the idea! (I will tell you)


Thank ya'll for the great comments... hope you like it as much as we do!!


I'm gonna make this and serve it in a sourdough bread bowl....Yum


Your creamy patatoe soup sounds yummy ive got to try this one.


Love this recipe. Saving this one.


I can't wait to try your baked potato soup that sounds delicious! I love baked potato soup. I like it thick enough to coat the spoon, but fluid enough to have nice broth... Yummmmm.....


WOW---sounds like perfect winter soup to me! :) Thank you, Shirley :)
~Melinda


The perfect dish for a grey winter day! thank you, Shirley!


I'm so glad to see this recipe! I tried one sometime ago that just didn't do the trick. This one sounds much better. I can't wait to try it.


Yum, Yum, looks like this will stick to my ribs. My 7 year old daughter is a potato soup freak. She'll love it!


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