Baked Potato Soup

In my blog roaming I found a recipe for Baked Potato Soup from a blog called Tales and Trials {in this ordinary life of mine}. This is by far the easiest and quite yummiest recipe for baked potato soup I've found! My comments are in red within the recipe below


Ingredients:

• 3Tbsp. butter or margerine
• 1 cup finely sliced onion (I buy the precut sweet onion - it's a lifesaver!)
• 2 Tbsp flour
• 1 14 oz can of chicken broth 
• 1lb {2 medium} baking potatoes, peeled and chopped in to 1/2 inch cubes
• 1/2 Tsp salt
• 1 Tsp dried basil
• 1/4 Tsp white pepper
• 1/4 Tsp black pepper
• Dash of tabasco sauce (I used chalula sauce)
• 1/2 Tsp garlic salt
• 1 cup of half and half
• The blog author added chopped carrots (I added pre cut julienned carrots which worked out perfect!)

Directions:

1. In a 2-qt sauce pan, melt the butter on medium heat. add onion and saute for 5 minutes. Be careful not to brown the onions
2. Sprinkle flour over the onions and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring often.
3. Gradually add chicken broth. Add potatoes, carrots, salt, basil, white and black pepper, tabasco and garlic salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 20-25 minutes, or until potatoes & carrots are tender. Stir occasionally. 
4. Stir in half and half and simmer for five minutes.
5. Garnish - if you like - with sour cream, cheese, chopped green onion and bacon bits.

Step 3: Add Chicken broth, seasoning, and bring to a boil.

Step 4: Stir in half and half and simmer

All done - now serve!

Baked Potato Soup