Soup for a crowd made in my 6 12 quart slow cooker Hearty and flavorful Serve with corn bread or your favorite crusty bread and a salad or other vegetable For a 3 quart slow cooker halve all ingredient amounts
Prep Time
5 hrs 30 mins
Dificult
Medium
Servings
18
Ingredients
Instructions
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook onion in butter until translucent. Stir in flour until smooth
then gradually stir in 2 cups water
carrots
celery
garlic
salt
and pepper. Heat through
then stir in milk. Dissolve chicken base in 1 cup warm water
and pour into vegetable mixture.
Place potatoes in slow cooker
and pour heated vegetable mixture into potatoes. Place bay leaf in pot.
Cover
and cook 5 hours on High
or 8 hours on Low.
Remove bay leaf. Puree about 4 cups of the soup in a blender or food processor
and then stir pureed soup into contents of slow cooker. Stir in cheese and bacon until cheese is melted.
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