Baked Potato Soup

[JCook]

This soup is really good, especially on a cold day.

Baked Potato Soup

4 medium baking potatoes
2/3 cup butter
2/3 cup flour
6 cups milk
salt/pepper
4 green onions, chopped
10 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup sour cream

Bake or microwave potatoes. Cool. Scoop potato out of skins into bite size cubes. Set asisde. In a heavy Dutch oven, melt butter. Add flour, stirring so flour does not clump. Add milk, slowly, while stirring constantly. Reduce heat; stir occasionally, until sauce is thickened. Stir in potatoes, salt/pepper, 2 tbsp. green onion, 1/2 bacon, and 1 cup cheese and heat until cheese is melted. Stir in sour cream; heat until bubbly. Serve with remaining onions, bacon, and cheese.

 

[jkath]

I loooooooooooooooove baked potato soup!
This one sounds so much like the recipe I'd lost!!
Thank you so much for reminding me that I need to make more!

 

[JCook]

You are very welcome

 

[kats]

As it's hot here now (I live in San Diego), I've been making a cold one, with (lots of) leeks, that I got from an Everyday Food magazine, some time ago.

I cook the leeks with the potato in chicken broth, with salt and pepper. Then I puree this in the blender, add a little cream and cool it in the refrigerator. And then I serve it with chopped chives

 

[Piccolina]

This is an awesome looking recipe! I`m C&Ping for those (not so distant) days when the temps will drop and warm comfort food will again be craved

 

[BlueCat]

It looks delicious. I'll have to wait for awhile to make this, as we're going into a stretch of weather in the 90's for awhile, but I will print this for later in the year.

BC

 

[thumpershere2]

got it printed, thanks for posting

 

[licia]

It's hot here, too, but I don't think I will wait. I will just serve it with a big salad and a cool dessert. Thanks for posting the recipe.

 

[JCook]

Your Welcome Everyone!

 

[SierraCook]

I love potato soup and baked potato soup has to been even better. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

 

[Dutchess]

I can vouch for this soup, it's a family favorite of ours!

 

[Banana Brain]

Oh how I love baked potaote soup. I get the dry mix though usually if I can't pick some up hot from the store and I feel like it. Too bad its hot out and not winter though.

 

[Half Baked]

Potato soup is one of my favs, too. I think this would be great with a grilled ham and cheese sandwich.

It's one of the first soups that I remember having as a child.

 

[Dan]

Good

Sounds really good, I love soups!
I will give this a try this weekend

 

[bethzaring]

This soup is really good, especially on a cold day.

Baked Potato Soup

4 medium baking potatoes
2/3 cup butter
2/3 cup flour
6 cups milk
salt/pepper
4 green onions, chopped
10 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup sour cream

Bake or microwave potatoes. Cool. Scoop potato out of skins into bite size cubes. Set asisde. In a heavy Dutch oven, melt butter. Add flour, stirring so flour does not clump. Add milk, slowly, while stirring constantly. Reduce heat; stir occasionally, until sauce is thickened. Stir in potatoes, salt/pepper, 2 tbsp. green onion, 1/2 bacon, and 1 cup cheese and heat until cheese is melted. Stir in sour cream; heat until bubbly. Serve with remaining onions, bacon, and cheese.

I made this for dinner tonight. This morning I baked the potatoes along with an apple crisp. And these are the modifications to the soup I made:

6 baked potatoes
in the melted butter I sauted onions, then celery, then garlic
I didn't have 10 slices of bacon, but I did have a small bag in the freezer of cooked and crumbled smoked bacon, I used 1/2 the small bag, maybe 1 to 2 T.!!
1 t. horseradish
I've tasted it and it does not need the cheese or sour cream, but I may add some sour cream at the last minute.

This soup is very good, bet the original recipe was too!

 

[Michelemarie]

Both versions sound fantastic! Thanks for sharing - I will be trying this one soon!

 

[Half Baked]

Can you freeze potato soup or does it get yucky?

 

[crewsk]

We had JCooks version last night for supper & it was wonderful!

 

[callie]

Bumping this one back up
Thanks, JCook, for the recipe! Tomorrow is my mom's birthday and I had decided I want to take her potato soup and some yummy bread so she doesn't have to cook. I found your recipe and am going to make it for her. We're supposed to have heavy snow tonight and tomorrow so this will be great!

 

[crewsk]

Callie, I'm glad you bumped this one up.

JCook, I meant to tell you earlier, I took our leftovers from this soup to my parents & they said that it's the best potato soup they've ever had. Mom asked me when I was making it again!