Restaurant-Quality Baked Potato Soup recipe

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Ingredients

2 potatoes
3 tablespoons margarine
2 cups chopped white onion
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 cups chicken stock
2 cups water
¼ cup cornstarch
1 ½ cups instant mashed potato flakes
1 teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon dried basil
⅛ teaspoon dried thyme
1 cup half-and-half
½ cup shredded Cheddar cheese
8 ounces bacon - cooked and crumbled
2 green onions, chopped

Nutrition Info

491.8 calories
carbohydrate: 36.3 g
cholesterol: 66.5 mg
fat: 29.2 g
fiber: 3.7 g
protein: 21 g
saturatedFat: 11.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 1418.5 mg
sugar: 3.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Bake potatoes for 1 hour, or until done. Set aside to cool.

  2. Melt butter in a 3 quart saucepan over medium heat. Saute onions until tender and golden brown. Stir in flour, and cook 5 minutes to make a roux. Pour in chicken stock and water. Add cornstarch and mashed potato flakes. Season with salt, pepper, basil and thyme. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes.

  3. Remove the skin from the cooled potatoes, and discard. Dice the potatoes into 1/2 inch cubes, and stir into soup, along with the half-and-half. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, or until thick. Spoon into bowls, and garnish with shredded cheese, bacon and chopped green onion.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

This is a great baked potato soup. It tastes so good you will think you are in a restaurant and not in your own kitchen.

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