Ski Lodge Potato Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Peel and cube the 2 uncooked potatoes, then boil until tender, reserving the water for later. Fry bacon until crunchy and drain, place aside for later. Chop onions both white and green keeping separate. Chop green/red peppers. Cube but do not peel the leftover baked potatoes, set aside.
• In a heavy stock pot melt butter, add green/red pepper, white onion & garlic. Sautee until tender (DO NOT BROWN). Add the potato water and tap water to equal 4 cups. Add bouillon. Add potatoes, both the baked and boiled. Bring to a gentle boil, reduce heat to simmer.
• Mix 1/2 cup of milk to the flour and mix well until all the lumps are gone. Add milk mixture to the pot, stir. Add the rest of the milk to pot and stir, soup will thicken as it heats through.
• Crumble bacon and place in a small bowl. Place cheddar cheese, sour cream and green onions in bowls.
• Your soup is done when it is thick and bubbly. Garnish with cheddar, sour cream, bacon and onion. Salt and pepper to taste!

Steps:

• Peel, cube, boil, drain and "mush" potatoes to the consistency you like (I like them lumpy, but my kids like smaller pieces).
• In separate pan, melt butter, add flour and cook while stirring for about a minute or so.
• Add half the milk and stir until lumps are out of flour mixture.
• Add remaining milk and on med-high heat, heat to a boil.
• Stir almost constantly or it will scorch.
• After boiling, turn heat off and add remaining ingredients.

Steps:

• Cook bacon in Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp, about 8 minutes. While bacon is cooking, use vegetable peeler to remove wide strips of potato peel; reserve peels. Cut peeled potatoes into 3/4-inch pieces. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to plate lined with paper towels. Add reserved potato skins to bacon fat in pot and cook until crisp, about 8 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer potato skins to plate with bacon.
• Add onion to fat remaining in pot and cook over medium heat until golden, about 6 minutes. Stir in garlic and flour and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Gradually whisk in broth and cream, stir in thyme and potatoes, and bring to boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover pot, and cook until potatoes are tender, about 7 minutes.
• Discard thyme and transfer 2 cups cooked potatoes to bowl. Puree remaining soup in batches in blender until smooth. Return to pot and warm over medium-high heat. Off heat, stir in cheese until melted, then whisk in sour cream. Return reserved potatoes to pot and season soup with pepper. Ladle soup into bowls, garnishing with bacon, fried potato skins, scallions, cheese, and sour cream.
• To reheat leftover portions, gently warm the soup in a saucepan over medium heat until steaming. Do not let the soup boil, which will cause the sour cream to separate.