How to Cook 2021 Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Loaded Baked Potato Soup.

You can cook Loaded Baked Potato Soup using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Loaded Baked Potato Soup

1. You need of bacon, diced.
2. Prepare of onion, diced.
3. You need of large russet potatoes, peeled and cubed.
4. You need of chicken stock.
5. It's of butter.
6. Prepare of flour.
7. Prepare of 2% milk.
8. Prepare of green onions, sliced.
9. You need of shredded cheddar cheese, divided.
10. It's of black pepper.
11. Prepare of Sour cream for garnish, optional.

Loaded Baked Potato Soup step by step

1. In a large stock pot, cook bacon until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to drain and set aside. Drain all but 2 tablespoons of bacon grease from the pot. Cook the onions in the remaining bacon grease for about 5 minutes, until tender..
2. Add potatoes and chicken stock to pot. Bring to boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer about 20 minutes, until potatoes are tender. With a slotted spoon, remove a few scoops of potatoes. Place in a bowl and mash with a fork. Set aside..
3. In a small sauce pan, melt butter. Stir in flour and cook for 2 minutes. Whisk in milk, bring to boil and simmer until thickened. Slowly stir into stock pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer. Stir mashed potatoes back into pot..
4. Add 1/2 cup shredded cheese, three-fourths of the bacon and half the sliced green onions to the pot. Add pepper. Stir to combine. Cook an additional 5 minutes..
5. To serve, ladle soup into individual bowls and top with some shredded cheese, bacon, green onions and optional sour cream..

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