Baked Potatoe Soup

[rivermom]

I'm making this right now for tonights supper and thought Id pass the recipe along incase any of you wanted it...

2/3 cup butter
2/3 cup all purpose flour
7 cups milk
3-4 large baking potatoes, baked, cooled, peeled, cubed. (appx 4 cups total)
a bunch of green onions, sliced
one package bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup sour cream (8 oz)
salt/pepper to taste

In a large soup kettle or dutch oven, melt butter. Stir in flour, heat and stir until smooth. GRADUALLY add milk, stirring CONSTANTLY until thickened. Add the potatoes and onions. I smash up the potatoes somewhat but you can leave them chunky if you'd like.

Bring mixture to a boil and stir constantly. Reduce heat, simmer 10 minutes. Add remaining ingredients, stir until cheese is melted. Serve immediately.

Optional - garnish soup w/ extra cheese, bacon and sliced green onion on top.

[Mandy]

Sounds yummy!!!! I will try it out, without the bacon. Ya know i'm a veggie LOL

[Tink]

This sounds wondermous!
Thanks for sharing. I will defninitely give it a try!

[Janet]

I love potato soup and this sounds great. Wish I had some of the ingredients here, but hey, once we are able to get to town, hopefully I make it this weekend.
Thanks for the recipe.

[Marilyn]

Sounds awesome & really delicious, but how many calories per tsp do you think??? It must be really rich with all the butter, milk, bacon, cheese and cream. WOW.

[DianaB]

My aunt (who lives your way in West Fork) has talked about a potato soup like this that is really good. I'm going to have to try this. It sounds yummy and I love potato soupl

[Marilyn]

Told hubby about this. He'd like to try it, too, because it sounds sooo good, but just a tad rich. Y'all enjoy!!! Now that I know what is in potato soup, I'll be afraid to order it in a restaurant.

[highlans]

Sounds yummy but what size do you mean when you say cup have seen this in a lot of american recipes?

[rivermom]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

Told hubby about this. He'd like to try it, too, because it sounds sooo good, but just a tad rich. Y'all enjoy!!! Now that I know what is in potato soup, I'll be afraid to order it in a restaurant.

Marilyn, I am sure you can cut the calories and richness by using non-fat milk, turkey bacon, margarine instead of butter, non-fat sour cream, and reduced fat cheddar cheese if you'd like.

[rivermom]

Originally Posted by highlans

Sounds yummy but what size do you mean when you say cup have seen this in a lot of american recipes?

Hmmmm, good question. Mandy here is good about changing the "cup" to the measurements you use. Hopefully she will see this and give her input.

[highlans]

Originally Posted by rivermom

Hmmmm, good question. Mandy here is good about changing the "cup" to the measurements you use. Hopefully she will see this and give her input.

Thanks I hope so as it sounds really nice would make some homemade bread to.

[Marilyn]

1 cup = 8 ounces which is approximately .236 liters or 236 ml.
2 cups = 1 pint
4 cups = 1 quart

I'm trying to come up with a unit of measure you can relate to, Highlans.

And yes, you could cut the calories, but I'll wager the taste would be cut as well. What a shame!!

[highlans]

[QUOTE=Marilyn]1 cup = 8 ounces which is approximately .236 liters or 236 ml.
2 cups = 1 pint
4 cups = 1 quart

I'm trying to come up with a unit of measure you can relate to, Highlans.

And yes, you could cut the calories, but I'll wager the taste would be cut as well. What a shame!![/QUOTE

Thanks Marilyn will write this down, I agree the taste would not be the same forget the calories and enjoy.
Chris.

[Janet]

Here is a great site for converting measurements:


http://www.ez-calculators.com/measur...calculator.htm

[highlans]

Thanks Janet have book marked the site.
Chris