Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 quarts whole milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 5 baked potatoes
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1/2 cup cooked crumbled bacon (i cheat sometimes and use the real bacon pieces in the bag)
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• salt & fresh ground pepper
• diced green onion
• grated cheddar cheese
• crumbled bacon
• sour cream

Recipe

• 1 peel and cut the baked potatoes into medium sized chunks. (this can be done a day in advance to save time).
• 2 place butter and onions in a large pot.
• 3 cook till onions are semi-clear.
• 4 reserve 2 cups of milk and pour the rest in the pot with the onions.
• 5 warm milk and while it is heating mix remaining milk with the flour, whisking till smooth.
• 6 whisk the milk/flour mixture into the heated milk, continuing to whisk till well blended and smooth (minus the onions of course).
• 7 when milk has thickened add the potatoes, bacon, salt, pepper, and garlic.
• 8 finally mix in the sour cream just till melted inches.
• 9 garnish as desired.
• 10 cook time does not include time to bake potatoes.