Cream Of Chicken And Potato Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 onion, chopped
1 bunch chopped fresh chives
2 quarts heavy cream
2 cups water
1 quart milk
3 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons ground black pepper
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons dried thyme
4 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into cubes
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Preparation

Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the flour until absorbed thoroughly by the butter. Add the onion and chives and saute for 5 minutes. Pour in the cream, water, milk, cumin, salt, ground black pepper, garlic powder, thyme, potatoes and chicken. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 1 hour. Remove from heat, let cool slightly, pour into individual bowls and garnish each with parsley.