Old Fashioned Potato Soup

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter or margarine
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Onion (large)
6 cups	876g / 30oz	Potatoes - peeled, diced (medium)
2		Carrots - diced
3 cups	711ml	Water
2 tablespoons	30ml	Chicken soup base
		(or 2 chicken boullion cubes)
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
3 tablespoons	45ml	All-purpose flour
3 cups	711ml	Milk
1 tablespoon	15ml	Dried parsley
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Dried thyme

Recipe Instructions

In a large stock pot melt the butter add the onions and cook over medium heat until the onions are translucent.

While the onions are cooking, place the diced potatoes, carrots, water and chicken soup base in another stock pot and bring to a boil. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Do not over cook. Season with ground black pepper to taste.

Add the flour to the cooked onions to make a paste. Gradually add the milk and stir well. Cook over low heat stirring constantly until warmed through. Add the potato and carrot mixture. Stir in the parsley and thyme and heat through. Serve hot.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
Jo Merrill/Dakotah on the http://www.eclix.net Food BB

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