Potato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups cold water
• 1 tablespoon bacon grease (rendered from 6 slices of julienned bacon, set aside)
• 2 medium onions, diced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 teaspoon celery salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced new potatoes, drained (or 2 medium fresh potatoes diced)
• 3 cups of scalded milk
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 in a 4 court pot render julienned bacon and set bacon bits aside for topping. in grease, sauté onions and celery until tender.
• 2 into onions and celery, stir flour, celery salt, pepper, water, and 2 teaspoons of salt (if using fresh potatoes add at this time).cook, covered, 8 minutes.
• 3 add milk, potatoes, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and butter.
• 4 cook covered another 10 minutes.
• 5 garnish with the julienned bacon bits.