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Tona Roma's Baked Potato Soup

List of Ingredients







We ate at Tony's restaurant in Florida and this soup was awesome. Of
course they take the calories out!!!!





Menu Description: "A house specialty full of baked potatoes and
topped with Cheddar cheese,
bacon and green onions."

The thick-and-creamy texture and rich taste of Tony Roma's
best-selling soup can be easily
cloned with basic ingredients. This TSR version is thickened with a
little flour, some half-and-half
and, most notably, instant mashed potatoes. Give yourself an hour to
bake the potatoes and around
30 minutes to prepare the soup. Garnish each serving with shredded
cheese, crumbled bacon and
green onions and you will have a home kitchen Tony Roma's recreation
that will surely impress.

2 medium potatoes (about 2 cups chopped)
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup diced white onion
2 tablespoons flour
4 cups chicken stock
2 cups water
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 1/2 cups instant mashed potatoes
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon basil
1/8 teaspoon thyme
1 cup half and half

Garnish
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup crumbled cooked bacon
2 green onions, chopped (green part only)

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and bake the potatoes or 1 hour or until
done. When potatoes have
cooked remove them from the oven to cool.
2. As potatoes cool prepare soup by melting butter in a large saucepan,
and sauté onion until light
brown. Add the flour to the onions and stir to make a roux.
3. Add stock, water, cornstarch, mashed potatoes, and spices to the pot
and bring to a boil. Reduce
heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out contents with a large
spoon. Discard skin. Chop
baked potato with a large knife to make chunks that are about 1/2-inch
in size.
5. Add chopped baked potato and half-and-half to the saucepan, bring
soup back to a boil, then
reduce heat and simmer the soup for another 15 minutes or until it is
thick.
6. Spoon about 1 1/2 cups of soup into a bowl and top with about a
tablespoon of shredded cheddar
cheese, a half tablespoon of crumbled bacon and a teaspoon or so of
chopped green onion. Repeat
for remaining servings.

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