I was on facebook the other day and saw a post from a friend in high school. She was making cougar gold cheddar and potato soup, so I asked for the recipe. I added a few things (bacon), but the majority of this is from Ms. King-Hood. Thanks Cyell!
1/2 stick butter
1 onion (thinly sliced)
8 cloves garlic (diced)
1 tsp dry mustard
3 cups chicken broth
6 slices hardwood smoked bacon
1 cup grated carrots
3 cup potatoes (peeled and chopped into 1/2 inch cubes)
2 cups half and half
3 cups WSU Cougar Gold Cheddar cheese
salt and pepper to taste (I used 1/2 tsp pepper and salt)
Melt and brown butter in soup pot, add sliced onion, mustard and garlic and saute. Cook bacon crisp, and chop into small pieces. Add chicken broth, carrots, potatoes to soup pot. Bring to boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
Add bacon, Cougar Gold and half and half. Make sure you wait the 30 minutes till you add the cheese and half and half. The cheese will burn on the bottom of the pot if it cooks to long. Simmer until cheese is melted (couple of minutes). Ready to serve! If you have never had Cougar Gold cheese you are in for a treat, it is a bit salty, so be careful adding additional salt to this dish. It is an excellent cheese to cook with and you can pick up a tin of Cougar Gold cooking cheese for about half the price of a regular tin. Ask about it at Ferdinands.
When I make this again, I will sub out a cup or so of chicken broth for a nice beer. Let you all know how it turns out...
1 comment:
hey, i do what i can. but it's really all thanks to my stepmama who passed it on to me. so thanks stephanie hood lol.
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