Loaded Baked Potato Soup with Bacon and Shrimp

Name: Loaded Baked Potato Soup with Bacon and Shrimp
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 medium potatoes; 1 stick butter; 1/2 cup cream; 2 cup milk; 3 tbsp flour; 1/2 lb cheese; 3 green onions; 5 slice bacon; 10 large shrimp; 1 sour cream (optional); 2 tbsp bacon drippings; 1 salt to taste; 1 pepper; 1 old bay seasoning; 1 essence of emril seasoning (optionl); 1/2 tsp lemon juice

3 B'S CATERING @cook_3548857

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

this was the best!

3 B'S CATERING @cook_3548857

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

this was the best!

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Ingredients

30 mins

6 servings

5 mediumpotatoes
1 stickbutter
1/2 cupcream
2 cupmilk
3 tbspflour
1/2 lbcheese
3green onions
5 slicebacon
10 largeshrimp
1sour cream (optional)
2 tbspbacon drippings
1salt to taste
1pepper
1old bay seasoning
1essence of emril seasoning (optionl)
1/2 tsplemon juice

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Steps

30 mins

1

preheat oven to 400°F
2

scrub potatoes and prick skin with a fork
3

bake potatoes until tender, about 30 mins
4

bake bacon slices in the oven until crisp.
5

place stick of butter in heavy bottom pot and add flour makong a roux. make sure not to let it get any color.
6

whisk in cream and let cook until it thickens
7

add milk and let it thicken just a little bit more then add all cheese.
8

whisk mixture until the cheese is melts. mixture should be smooth, NO LUMPS
9

add 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings to the soup and stir.
10

add 2 tablespoons butter to a pan and sautée shrimp using old bay and essence for seasoning.
11

add salt and pepper to taste to cheese mixture
12

cut potatoes lenthwise and scoop out pulp placing in soup.
13

with a potato masher carefully mash potatoes leaving some lumps.
14

crumble bacon
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Once the soup is done place in bowl using various toppings. Shrimp, bacon, green onions, extra cheese and sour cream
16

ENJOY!!!