Bacon & Baked Potato Soup

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On top of the heartwarming tastiness of hearty potato soup, we added crumbly bacon, shredded cheese, green onions and sour cream. A sure soup-hall-of-fame inductee.

time

prep:

15 min

total:

30 min

servings

total:

6 servings, about 1 cup each

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What You Need

Tbsp. butter or margarine

1/4

cup chopped onions

1/4

cup chopped celery

can (14-1/2 oz.) fat-free reduced-sodium chicken broth

1-1/4

cups milk

baking potatoes, baked, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

1/8

tsp. pepper

slices OSCAR MAYER Center Cut Bacon, cooked, crumbled and divided

3/4

cup KRAFT Cheddar CLASSIC MELTS Cheddar & American, divided

green onion, sliced, divided

1/4

cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

Make It

MELT butter in large saucepan or Dutch oven on medium heat. Add onions and celery; cook and stir 5 min. or until crisp-tender. Add next 4 ingredients; bring just to boil, stirring constantly. Slightly crush potatoes with back of spoon. Simmer on medium-low heat 5 min., stirring frequently.

RESERVE 2 Tbsp. each bacon and cheese and 1 Tbsp. green onions; set aside. Add remaining bacon, cheese and green onions to soup; cook until cheese is melted, stirring constantly.

SERVE topped with reserved bacon, cheese, green onions and sour cream.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Serving Suggestion

Serve this hearty soup with a quick bagged green salad tossed with your favorite KRAFT Lite Dressing.

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Valoris51

posted:2/13/2013

Will never make potato soup any other way again. Fast and good.

LindaRadlach

posted:2/10/2013

Loved this soup very easy to make gave this recipe to some friends to try

Arizola46

posted:2/5/2013

So good and filling, I will add it to my recipe collection and make it often

rhubbard47

posted:1/23/2013

We loved this recipe and I can't wait to make it again. I also just sauteed the veggies in the bacon grease adding shredded carrots. I used 4 potatoes and smashed 2 of them. To thicken I used Wondra and it worked well. Also just put crumbled bacon on top. Delicious!

lanky3

posted:1/22/2013

I just made this tonight for the grandbabies!! They loved it!! They are on thier second bowls!! The only thing that I did different was sauted my veggies in the bacon grease. Yummo!!!

paigerenn

posted:1/22/2013

To help thicken it up I used instant mashed potatoes. That was an old secret my Mom used.The flavor was great and a hit with the family. Would make again!!

a cook

posted:1/22/2013

Love this recipe. My entire family loves when I make it. I always double it so we have plenty of left overs!!

a cook

posted:10/21/2012

Very good and easy. I added the tablespoon of flour, quite a bit more shredded cheese while simmering and some salt.

texasridah

posted:10/12/2012

Very good!! Very easy & quick!! Will make again. I did make some slight changes, I used 4 potatoes, added some of the bacon grease to the soup to give more flavor, and omitted the celery.

miasmommy2007

posted:10/4/2012

This is a good recipe. I did do a few things different. I added a few cloves of fresh minced garlic and shredded carrots, I also added more onion and celery than what the recipe called for. i cooked the veggies in bacon grease instead of butter to give it a bacon flavor. I added a tablespoon of flour to thicken it up and added 4 slices of american cheese to make it creamier along with another cup of milk. I also did not cook the bacon in the soup just used it as a topping. I think it looses its consistency too much when cooked in liquid and is much better with some crunch, besides cooking it in the bacon grease gave it alot of bacon flavor. Overall my family loved it! This is my favorite kraft recipe so far. Even though I would never tell my grandmother this, this potato soup blows hers out of the water!