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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candschaef

posted:12/16/2007

Tastes fine, but looks different as potatoes are not peeled so soup has a brown color.

a cook

posted:12/11/2007

my kids loved it

mtelliott1

posted:12/11/2007

This is great it really does taste like a baked potatoe! Yummy!

ejamen

posted:11/21/2007

Easy to follow recipe, good for the cold nights.

a cook

posted:11/14/2007

This was a great recipe...even my picky boyfriend who hates soup loved it! I will definitely make this again!!

redhotcook26

posted:11/14/2007

this is so yummy on those brisk chilly days. My family loves when I make this. I have made it a few times and never have any leftovers. A big hit!!

DMKAYE

posted:11/1/2007

When I was making this my husband said " is that all that is in that soup ? Milk and potatoes ? Well he shut up real fast once he tried it and had 2 bowls . I put the crumbled bacon in the soup though. I will mke this again as for my 6 and 3 year old daughters also loved this !

wimmermj

posted:11/1/2007

I made this last night and it was wonderful. It appears runny at first but you really need to mash up the potatoes a little bit in the pot and let it simmer so the starch from them can thicken it up, and it thickens up wonderfully. I also used half and half instead of milk. My fiance is a VERY picky eater and he ate 3 bowls last night.

laurelg1

posted:11/1/2007

This was a hit! I had leftover baked potatoes - and didn't want to waste them - so I made this recipe. The whole family raved over it. I added extra potatoes and actually tripled the recipe. For the veggies and the bacon, I just added to taste. Used 2 % cheese, skim milk and topped with low fat sour cream - and the bacon was the pre-cooked kind - so very little grease. If you follow the basic recipe, you can add other things and not go wrong. I will add some corn the next time I make this also...

fire136cook

posted:10/15/2007

I added cubed ham to make it a meal. It did turn out a bit runny, but possibly because I doubled the recipe.