Loaded Potato Soup

Ingredients

• 1 lb - Bacon
• 1 can - Cheddar cheese soup
• 8 oz - Sour cream
• 2 cup - Sharp cheddar cheese
• 2 lb - Frozen diced potatoes
• 32 oz - Chicken stock
• 1 cup - Milk
• 1 ½ cup - Diced onions
• 1 cup - Diced green onions
• 1 tsp - Coarse black pepper

Preparation

1. Cook bacon in a 4 quart dutch oven,remove all grease except 2 tablespoons.
2. Dice onions & saute all but half of the green onions for 10 minutes.
3. Add potatoes,pepper & chicken stock,bring to a boil.Cook potatoes until they mash easily.
4. Crumble half of the bacon & add it to the soup.
5. Add 1 cup of milk.
6. Add the can of cheddar cheese soup.
7. Add one cup of sharp cheddar.
8. Add sour cream,stir well.
9. Use the back of a wooden spoon or a potato masher to mash about half of the potatoes..Stir until well blended.
10. Bring to a slow simmer and cook until slightly bubbling.

Serve hot.

Top with cheddar cheese,bacon and green onions.