Recipe: Loaded Potato Soup
Ingredients for 4 servings
2 tbsp Butter
1/2 lb. Louie's Bacon, diced
1/2 cup chopped Yellow Onion
2 cloves Garlic
3 lbs cubed Potatoes
2 cups Chicken Stock
Salt
Cracked Black Pepper
1.5 tsp Garlic Powder
1 Bay Leaf
1/2 cup Heavy Cream
3 tbsp Sour Cream
1/2 cup chopped Green Onion
1 tsp Dill Weed
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
Directions
- Prepare ingredients. Dice bacon and onion into small pieces. Peel and dice the potatoes and measure the remaining ingredients.
- Preheat a Dutch oven or pot over medium heat and melt butter in it.
- Add diced bacon and cook until about half way cooked. Add onion and saute until onion and bacon are fully cooked.
- Add pressed garlic and saute until fragrant.
- Add the cubed potatoes and cook for 5 minutes.
- Pour in the chicken stock (enoug to cover the potatoes) and stir well. Bring the soup to a simmer and then reduce the heat to medium-low.
- Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and add the bay leaf. Cover and cook until potatoes are mostly tender. Take the lid off and continue cooking until they are completely tender. Make sure to stir often.
- Stir in dill weed, green onion, sour cream, cheese, and heavy cream.
- Mix well and cook for a few more minutes. Serve!
