Laura’s Potato Soup
A potato soup recipe from Laura.
8 slices bacon -- retain drippings
1 C yellow onion -- diced
2/3 C flour
6 C chicken broth
4 C baked potato -- peeled and diced
2 C half and half
¼ C chopped fresh parsley
1 ½ t garlic powder
1 ½ t dried basil
1 ½ t tabasco sauce
1 ½ t coarsely ground pepper
1 C grated cheddar cheese
¼ C green onion -- diced
1 C yellow onion -- diced
2/3 C flour
6 C chicken broth
4 C baked potato -- peeled and diced
2 C half and half
¼ C chopped fresh parsley
1 ½ t garlic powder
1 ½ t dried basil
1 ½ t tabasco sauce
1 ½ t coarsely ground pepper
1 C grated cheddar cheese
¼ C green onion -- diced
Chop cooked bacon. Set aside. Cook onions in bacon drippings over med. high heat until transparent. Add flour stirring to prevent lumps. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes until mixture begins to turn golden. Add broth gradually, stirring constantly with whisk until thickened. Reduce heat to simmer and add potatoes, cream, bacon, parsley, garlic, basil, tabasco and pepper. Simmer 10 minutes. Do not boil. Add cheese and green onion.
