Bacon-Potato Soup

A great one-dish dinner, rich, warm, and very comforting. Bacon makes any recipe better! Source: The Best Little Cookbook in Texas, a collection of recipes frrom the Junior League of Abilene, TX, published by Hart Graphics, Inc., Austin, Tx.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 6-8
• Yields: 6-8 cups

Ingredients

• 2⁄3 cup  diced lean bacon
• 3  mild  white onions, chopped
• 4  green onions, chopped
• 2  tablespoons flour
• 6  cups bouillon (8 bouillon cubesd made with 6 cups water)
• 4  large potatoes, peeled & thinly sliced crosswise
• 2  egg yolks
• 1  cup sour cream, at room temperature
• 1  tablespoon  minced parsley
• 1  tablespoon  dried celery

Directions

1. In a deep, heavy pot, saute bacon for a few minutes.l.
2. Add onions and cook 5-10 minutes or until soft but not brown.
3. Blend in flour and gradually stir in bouillon.
4. Add potatoes; cover and simmer one hour.
5. Mix egg yolks into sour cream. Spoon a little hot soup into cream mixture, then slowly stir cdream mixture into hot soup.
6. Simmer 5-8 minutes; do not boil.
7. Add herbs. (I think this step is optional - good without).
8. Ladle into deep, warmed soup bowls or mugs.