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Hot-Stuff Kielbasa-Cheese Soup

Ingredients

• 1 large onion, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 3/4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 14.5-ounce can chicken broth
• 3 cups peeled and cubed potato
• 1 cup chopped carrot
• 8 ounces fully cooked kielbasa (Polish sausage), sliced 1/4 inch thick
• 3 1/4 cups milk
• 3 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• Shredded sharp cheddar cheese or coarsely ground black pepper (optional)

Directions

1. In a Dutch oven cook onion and celery in hot butter until tender.
2. Stir in flour, Worcestershire sauce, and mustard.
3. Cook and stir for 2 minutes.
4. Stir in broth.
5. Add potato, carrot, and kielbasa and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
6. Stir in milk.
7. Heat and stir until mixture almost comes to a boil.
8. Reduce heat.
9. Add 3 cups cheese and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and cook and stir until cheese is melted.
10. Sprinkle each serving with cheese or pepper.

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