from 320 Sycamore (www.320sycamoreblog.com)
6-8 small russet potatoes or 4 big ones
4 Tbs. butter (if you want to make it REALLY good, substitute some bacon drippings for the butter. Basically, when you make bacon, save the bacon grease in a container just for this purpose. It makes it YUM.)
1/2 cup flour
2 cups milk --whatever you have on hand
4 cups chicken broth OR 4 cups water + 4 chicken boullion cubes (my favorite is the Better Than Bouillon
-- I find it is least expensive at Costco)
Seasoned salt and or garlic salt to taste
a couple of big handfuls of shredded cheese
a few big spoonful's of sour cream (also optional if you don’t have it on hand)
Optional:
If you don’t have bacon drippings, throwing in some real bacon bits is so yummy
*optional: garnish with additional cheese, sour cream, real bacon bits and green onion.
Pierce the potatoes a few times and microwave them all until soft, in my microwave it’s about 12 minutes. Let cool while you are putting everything else together. When cool, I take the skins off, but I know some like to leave them on. Cut them into bite size pieces
Melt the butter in a large soup pot, add the flour and whisk until smooth and combined about 2 minutes. Add the milk and chicken broth and cook, stirring occasionally until thick and bubbly, about 6-8 minutes. Gently stir in potato chunks. Add seasoned salt/garlic salt to taste and add the cheese, stir until melted. Take off heat, stir in sour cream.