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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a cook

posted:2/19/2008

Really was simple to make! Had never made a potato soup before, but LOVED eating them in restaurants. Since restaurant style was all I had before-I was skeptical. I read all the other comments and followed some advice. Used Half&Half instead of milk, forgot the celery and added a little flour to thicken. It was Fantastic and very comparable to restuarant sytle! TWO Thumbs UP!!

jody1011

posted:1/20/2008

Very good and easy. I microd the potatoes. Could be doubled very easily.

farieempress

posted:1/18/2008

I have made this a few times, it is very filling and tasty! My family loves it. We top it with everything you would put on a baked potatoe

cplz

posted:1/16/2008

Quite possibly the best soup I've ever had. 5 stars!

juliemurphy1

posted:1/14/2008

What a delicious soup. Had to change it a little. For one I microwaved my potatoes and put in 3 instead of 2. I also put cheese and sour cream directly into my soup the last 2 mins. or so. Mine came out nice and thick and extremely flavorful. This will stay in our winter rotation.

a cook

posted:12/30/2007

amazing

a cook

posted:12/29/2007

This was great....easy to make and wonderfully favorful. My husband loved it just as much as I did.

tootswog

posted:12/27/2007

Loved this. I don't think I baked my potatoes long enough because they were too hard to mash with a spoon. I ended up leaving them in small chunks. Still delicious though. I used some whipping cream instead of milk to make it extra thick (and I'm sure much more fattening!) :)

121281

posted:12/27/2007

I add flour in the beginning when I'm cooking the onions and butter. It makes it a little thicker

whittrk

posted:12/19/2007

This is so yummy! Children love it! You can make this with stewed potatoes also...tried it and it was just as great.