Recipe Categories: Beverage Bread Dessert Main Dish Miscellaneous Salad Soup Vegetable View Recipe recipe for:   Baked Potato Soup courtesy of:   Theresa category:   Soup serves:   6 quick easy 2  medium  potatoes, baked 3  tablespoons  butter 1  cup  diced white onion 2  tablespoons  flour 4  cups  chicken stock 2  cups  water 1/4  cup  cornstarch 1 1/2  cups  instant mashed potatoes 1  teaspoon  salt 3/4  teaspoon  pepper 1/2  teaspoon  basil 1/8  teaspoon  thyme 1  cup  half and half 1/2  cup  shredded cheese 1/4  cup  crumbled cooked bacon 2    green onions, chopped (green part only) directions In large saucepan, melt butter and saute onion until light brown. Add flour and stir to make a roux. Add stock, water, cornstarch, mashed potato flakes, and spices to the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out contents with a large spoon. Discard skin. Chop baked potato with a large knife to make chunks that are about 1/2-inch in size. Add chopped baked potato and half and half to the saucepan, bring soup back to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer the soup for another 15 minutes or until it is thick. Spoon about 1 1/2 cups of soup into a bowl and top with about a tablespoon of shredded cheddar cheese, a half tablespoon of crumbled bacon and a teaspoon or so or chopped green onion. Repeat for remaining servings.
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