Baked Potato Soup with all the Fixins
Spice up your potato soup with sour cream, bacon, Old Cheddar and green onions!
Ingredients
3 cups
Black Diamond® Old Cheddar
2 Tbsp
Lactantia® Unsalted Butter
4 large or 5 medium
Peeled and cut into chunks Yukon Gold potatoes
2 white part only
Cleaned and sliced Leeks
4 cups
Chicken stock
2 cups
Water
1/2 tsp
Salt
1/4 tsp
Pepper
8 Tbsp
Sour cream
3, sliced on the bias
Green onions
6 slices
Cooked and chopped Bacon
Preparation
- In a large pot, on medium high heat, melt the Lactantia® Unsalted Butter.
- Add in the leeks and stir for 2 - 3 minutes, to release juices.
- Add in the potatoes, the chicken stock, water, salt and pepper, and bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat to a simmer, and cook with the lid off, for 30 minutes.
- Remove from heat, and place soup in a blender or food processor to puree it. For extra smoothness pass through a sieve.
- Place soup back in the pot and on medium heat add 1 cup of Black Diamond® Old Cheddar cheese and cook until melted througout.
- Serve each soup in a wide shallow bowl. Garnish the soup in this order: A dollop of sour cream, followed by 1 full Tablespoon of bacon, 1/4 cup of grated Black Diamond® Old Cheddar cheese, and a tsp of green onions.
