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Spicy Hot Potato Soup takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Spicy Hot Potato Soup takes 50 minutes to cook.

Spicy Hot Potato Soup makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Spicy Hot Potato Soup are:

2 slices bacon
1 cup chopped carrots
1 cup chopped poblano pepper
2 TBS seeded, minced jalapeno pepper
3 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp ground cumin
5 cups diced, peeled potatoes
2 can (14 oz each) fat-free chicken broth
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups skim milk
1/3 cup flour
5 oz (1 1/4 cup) lite jalapeno cheddar cheese, grated
2 oz (1/2 cup) lite cheddar cheese, grated
2/3 cup chopped scallions

Here is how you make Spicy Hot Potato Soup:

1. In a large pot cook bacon until crisp. Transfer to a paper towel and set aside. Discard all but 1 TSB fat. (I skip this step, and use hormel real bacon crumbles, its a time saver, I just start the next step with 1 TBS olive instead of bacon fat)2 Add carrots, peppers, onions, jalapeno, garlic and cumin; saute about 6 to 8 minutes until golden brown. Add chicken broth, potatoes and salt. Bring to a boil . Reduce heat to simmer and cover pot and cook for 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender.3 in a medium bowl whisk flour and milk until smooth. Slowly whisk mixture into soup. Cook over medium heat stirring occasionaly, until soup has thicken about 12 minutes.4 Remove pot from heat. Add cheeses, stirring until melted5 Serve with crumbled bacon and chopped scalions.Makes 10 servingsNumber of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NIKI778.

The nutritional information for Spicy Hot Potato Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 176.1

• Total Fat: 5.0 g
• Cholesterol: 18.8 mg
• Sodium: 796.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 23.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
• Protein: 10.9 g