Banging Fully Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 7 medium baked potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 4 slices bacon
• 1 large onion, diced
• 2/3 cup butter or 2/3 cup margarine
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 7 cups milk
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 2 (8 ounce) cans condensed cheddar cheese soup
• 2 tablespoons dried chives
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 peel the 7 medium baked potatoes and par-boil in a stock pot filled with generously salted water, when cooled enough to handle dice the potatoes into uniformed cubes.
• 2 place bacon in a deep skillet, cook over med heat until crispy, remove bacon and crumble into seperate dish and set aside.
• 3 in the reserved bacon grease add the diced onion and cook until translucent, then add the diced potatoes, and mix until all potato's are coated in the bacon grease. you can add salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 in a large stock pot , melt the butter or margarine over medium heat.
• 5 when melted, whisk in the 2/3 c flour, until all lumps are gone.
• 6 gradually stir in the 7 cups of milk , whisking constantly until thickened.
• 7 add the 2 cups chicken broth and the 2 cans of condensed cheddar cheese soup., 2 tbsp dried chives, and the salt and pepper, then add the potato , onion, bacon mixture and mix until boiling. then reduce heat and let simmer.