Tony Romas Baked Potato Soup

(from shecodes’s recipe box)

Source: Online (from RecipeThing user nick)

Ingredients

  • 2 medium baked potatoes
  • 3 teaspoons butter
  • 1 cup diced white onions
  • 2 teaspoons 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 cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 cup crumbled cooked bacon
  • 2 green onions, chopped

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a large saucepan and saute onion until light brown.

  2. Add the flour to the onions and stir to make a roux.

  3. Add stock, water, cornstarch, mashed potatoes and spices to the pot and bring to a boil.

  4. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

  5. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out.

  6. Discard skins.

  7. Chop potato flesh into 1/2 inch chunks.

  8. Add chopped potato and half and half to the saucepan, bring soup back to a boil, reduce and simmer for 15 minutes.

  9. Ladle into bowls, and serve with 1 T. cheese, 1/2 T. bacon bits and 1 t.onion sprinkled on top.

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