POTATO SOUP

By

Shirley Powell

Ingredients

  • 2 lg. potatoes baked and cut into cubes
  • 2 T. flour
  • 2 T. butter
  • 3 C. milk (or enough to make a med. white sauce)
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • ½ C. onion chopped
  • ½ stalk of celery sliced diagonally
  • 4 slices of bacon fried (reserve enough grease to saute onions)
  • Shredded cheddar cheese for garnish
  • Green onions chopped fine for garnish
  • ●Melt butter in non-stick sauce pan. Add flour and mix until even consistency.
  • ●Add milk and cook over medium heat until sauce thickens. Add salt and pepper.
  • ●Add potatoes to white sauce.
  • ●Saute onions and celery in bacon geese until done (being careful not to brown).
  • ●Add onions and celery along with geese used to cook them to the potato mixture.
  • ●Simmer over low heat for 10 min.

Preparation

Step 1

●Serve: in bowl with crumbled bacon, green onions, and cheese on top.