Recipe: Perfect Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Loaded Baked Potato Soup.

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

Ingredients of Loaded Baked Potato Soup

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

Loaded Baked Potato Soup instructions

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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