Cattle Company's Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/4 cup instant mashed potatoes
• 1/8 teaspoon basil
• 1 dash tabasco sauce
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 1 medium onion
• 2 1/2 cups chicken stock
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 lb potato, peeled, cooked, and cut into 1/2-inch chunks
• shredded cheddar cheese
• crumbled cooked bacon (or bacon bits)
• sour cream
• chopped green onion

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan, melt the butter and saute onion, but do not brown.add the flour to make a roux, and cook and stir for 5 minutes.
• 2 in a separate bowl, combine the chicken stock, instant potatoes, salt, basil, pepper and tabasco.
• 3 gradually add to the roux mixture, stirring and bringing to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes, stirring often.
• 4 add the diced potatoes to the soup, continue to simmer 5-10 minutes, stirring carefully without mashing the potatoes.
• 5 add cream as desired for consistency.
• 6 garnish: top individual bowls of soup with cheese, bacon, sour cream and onions.