Name: Hard Rock Cafe Baked Potato Soup
Key Ingredient: baked potatoes
Preparation: ccok, simmer
Cuisine: American
Source: America Online
Food Group: vegetable
Meals: lunch, dinner
Courses: soup
Temperature: hot
Effort: easy
Prep. Time: :30
Elapsed Time: :50
Servings: 10
6 slices bacon
1 cup diced yellow onions
2/3 cup flour
6 cups hot chicken stock
4 cups baked potatoes, peeled, diced
2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1-1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
1-1/2 teaspoons dried basil
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon red pepper sauce
1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
1 cup grated Cheddar cheese
1/4 cup diced green onions, white part only
Additional chopped bacon, grated cheese and chopped parsley for garnish
Fry bacon crisp; reserve drippings. Chop bacon; set aside. Cook onions in reserved drippings over medium-high heat until transparent, about 3 minutes. Add flour, stirring to prevent lumps. Cook 3 to 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 powder, 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.