Recipe - Baked Potato Soup (Hard Rock Cafe)

6 To 8 slices bacon
1 cup Diced yellow onions
2/3 cup Flour
6 cup Hot chicken stock
4 cup Diced peeled baked
Potatoes
2 cup Heavy cream
One fourth cup Chopped parsley
1 One half teaspoon Granulated garlic
1 One half teaspoon Dried basil
1 One half teaspoon Salt
1 One half teaspoon Red pepper sauce
1 One half teaspoon Coarse black pepper
1 cup Grated Cheddar cheese
One fourth cup Diced green onions white
Part only
Additional chopped bacon
Grated cheese and
Chopped parsley for
Garnish

Fry bacon until crisp. Chop bacon and reserve drippings. Cook onions in
remaining drippings over mediumhigh heat until transparent, about 3
minutes. Add flour, stirring to prevent lumps. Cook 3 5 minutes until mix
just begins to run golden. Add chicken stock gradually, whisking to
prevent lumps, until liquid thickens. Reduce heat to simmer and add
potatoes, cream, chopped bacon, parsley, garlic, basil, salt, pepper sauce
and black pepper. Simmer 10 minutes; DO NOT ALLOW TO BOIL. Add grated
cheese and green onions.

Heat until cheese melts smoothly. Garnish each serving as desired with
chopped bacon, grated cheese and chopped parsley.

Recipe By : Mike Czopek
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #303 by "John Weber" hdbrer@ibm.net on Nov
23, 97