Cream Cheese Potato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 1/2 lbs russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 8)
• 3 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 6 slices bacon
• 1 onion, chopped
• 12 mushrooms, coarse chopped
• 2 cups milk
• 8 ounces cream cheese, cut into bits and softened (chilled cream cheese will be grainy)
• salt and pepper
• sliced green onion top (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 in large pot combine potatoes with broth and simmer, covered, 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• 2 remove potatoes from heat and mash with potato masher.
• 3 in frying pan, cook bacon until crisp and drain on paper towel and crumble; set aside. to bacon fat, add onion and mushrooms; saute until tender.
• 4 add the bacon/onion mixture to potatoes. stir in milk, cream cheese, salt and pepper until cream cheese is melted. do not boil.
• 5 garnish with green onions.