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Jan
28

Baked Potato Soup

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OH MY. This is the best soup in the history of soups. (I conducted exhaustive research before making that statement. I’m quite full now.)

How to make Baked Potato Soup:

Start out with four really big baking potatoes. Bake, cool, peel, and cut up. While potatoes are baking, fry 10 strips of pepper bacon. Cool and crumble.

Then, in a large soup pot, melt 2/3 cup butter. Add 2/3 cup flour and 1 medium chopped onion. Once butter/flour/onion mixture thickens and bubbles, add 7 cups milk, 1 cup shredded Cheddar, 8 ounces sour cream, potatoes, and 3/4 teaspoon seasoned salt.

Simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in crumbled bacon, and serve immediately. YUM.

Note: If you use regular bacon, add 1/2 teaspoon of coarse ground pepper. Or, add some coarse ground pepper even if you do use peppered bacon. This soup LOVES pepper!

Then invite the cousins over and tell them each to bring their own bowl because you don’t have enough bowls, but that is another story…..

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Jan
5

Country Chili

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How to make Country Chili:

1 pound ground beef
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup mixed hot and/or mild sliced peppers
2 cups home-cooked beans or 2 14-ounce cans of beans (use pinto, kidney, black, or mixed beans)
1 16-ounce can of stewed tomatoes
1 8-ounce can of tomato sauce
1 clove finely chopped garlic or 1 teaspoon garlic powder
4 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon seasoned salt

In a large pot, brown ground beef with onion and peppers. Dump in beans, tomatoes, and tomato sauce. Add garlic, chili powder, and seasoned salt. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes. Serve with sour cream and shredded cheddar if desired.

Goes great with Sour Cream Cornmeal Biscuits!

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