Creamy Potato Bacon Soup

Ingredients

• Bacon

  raw, cured pork

  16 oz or 454g

• Sweet onion

  raw

  1 onion or 331g

• Garlic

  raw

  4 cloves, minced or 12g

• Whole wheat flour

  whole-grain

  2 tbsp or 15g

• Chicken broth

  canned, reduced sodium

  4 cup or 960g

• Potato

  raw, with skin

  1.36kg

• Parmesan cheese

  shredded

  2 cup or 160g

• Half-and-half

  ½ cup or 121g

• Scallions

  raw

  1 medium or 15g

• Salt

  table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Black pepper

  ground

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. Boil potatoes in a large pot until fork tender
2. While potatoes are boiling, saute onion for about 8 minutes. Add garlic and continue to saute for a couple more minutes
3. Add flour and cook for 1 minute.
4. Slowly add in 1 cup chicken broth while scraping side of pan.
5. Add in remaining chicken broth and simmer.
6. Add cheese into soup until melted.
7. Once potatoes are done,drain and rough mash with potato masher.
8. Add potatoes to cheese and soup mixture.
9. Add half and half and salt and pepper to taste
10. Let cook for about 5 minutes.
11. Serve and top with bacon, green onions, and grated cheese
12. Recipe by: The Red Apron Girl (source: http://www.redaprongirl.com/cream-bacon-potato-soup/)