Butera's Baked Potato Soup

Submitted by DailyInspiration

"Sinfully rich, but so worth it! Recipe courtesy of "The Food Chronicles" - Ann Criswell, Food Editor of the Houston Chronicle Newspaper"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2⁄3 cup flour
• 2⁄3 cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 quarts milk
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 4 large potatoes, baked
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup bacon, crisp-cooked and crumbled, plus more for garnish
• 5 ounces cheddar cheese, grated, plus more for garnish
• chives, chopped for garnish

directions

1. Melt butter in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat.
2. Using a wire whisk, slowly blend in flour until thoroughly blended.
3. Gradually add milk, whisking constantly.
4. Whisk in salt and pepper and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly.
5. Cut potatoes in half, scoop out the "meat" and set aside.
6. Chop half the potato peels (optional) and discard the remainder.
7. When milk mixture is very hot, whisk in potato meat.
8. Stir in green onions and potato peels.
9. Whisk well, then add sour cream and crumbled bacon. Heat thoroughly.
10. Add cheese, a little at a time, stirring until all is incorporated.
11. Garnish with chives, grated cheese and bacon crumbles.

Reviews

[Leslie]

This was really a great soup! Baking the potatoes made a big difference in the flavour, much deeper. Very simple to put together, we had this for a very filling meal along with some crusty bread. Thanks for posting :) Made for Aussie Reunion Tag!

 

[breezermom]

Very rich and very thick! Delicious! You could almost put it in a casserole dish and serve it as a potato side! LOL! We enjoyed this last night while we watched Thursday night football. Thanks for sharing another delicious recipe!

 

[lazyme]

Yum. Love baked potato soup! I halved the recipe and this came out very well. We loved the taste and ease of this recipe. I used a Mexican cheese blend and green onions as the garnish. Thanks Nancy for a nice warm keeper on a cold winter day. Made for PRMR Tag.

 

[Sharon123]

This was rich but very tasty! I used veggie bacon and soy milk. Thanks!

 

[ElaineAnn]

Reduced to 2 servings and made for lunch today. Very rich and thick. I will be baking extra potatoes every once in a while so I can make this again. Thanks for posting Nancy. Made for Pick A Chef Spring 2011.