Potato Soup Poor Man's

By carolync

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 4 large potatoes
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1 1/2 quart milk
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 cups crisp-cooked crumbled bacon
• 5 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
1.Bake potatoes in Microwave until tender.

2.Melt butter in a medium saucepan. Slowly blend in flour with a wire whisk until thoroughly blended.

3.Gradually add milk to the butter-flour mixture, whisking constantly. Whisk in salt and pepper and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly.

4.Cut potatoes in small chunks. When milk mixture is very hot, whisk in potatoes. Add green onion, sour cream and crumbled bacon. Heat thoroughly. Add cheese a little at a time until it is all melted in.