Potato and Bacon Soup

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Potato and Bacon Soup

Postby Tuddy » Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:27 pm

I had some helpers come out the farm to help clean corrals, so I fed them this for lunch. They all went out to work in the cold and rain with full, warm bellies.

Potato and Bacon Soup

3 lbs spuds, peeled and cubed
½ lbs of cooked diced bacon**
3 stalks of diced celery
3 diced carrots
½ cup diced onion
1 cup niblet corn (can or frozen)
1 tsp thyme
2 chopped garlic cloves
4 cups of chicken or veggie broth (I actually use 2 cups of each)
4 cups of milk
½ cup flour (or less depending how thick you want it)
Salt and pepper to taste
Optional – shredded cheese and sour cream (see below)

• Chop up the bacon and fry it until cooked.
• Remove from pan and let sit on a plate with paper towel to soak up the fat.
• Throw in the chopped onion, diced carrots and celery, garlic cloves into the pan the bacon just came out of and let it sauté in the bacon fat on medium heat to soften the veggies.
• In a pot, bring the broth to a boil, turn down to medium heat and gradually pour the milk in, and then add the flour and whisk it all until the flour is blended.
• Throw the veggies into the liquid, fat and all, plus the spuds, the cooked bacon, and the corn and thyme, add some salt and pepper too.
• Let simmer until the spuds are cooked through, stirring every so often so that it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pot – I say this, because I used gluten free flour, and it was a bugger to blend, so some got stuck to the bottom.
• Serve with shredded cheese and/or a dollop of sour cream.

**You can also substitute the bacon for cooked, diced ham. Use your own discretion as to how much to put in.

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Re: Potato and Bacon Soup

Postby PaulaO » Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:02 pm

I'm not a soup fan, but this sounds delish. Perfect for a wintery Sunday afternoon.

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Re: Potato and Bacon Soup

Postby Koolkat » Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:19 am

Classic comfort food! Thanks for this, the monsoon season has started in the Pac NW, this will go on the menu!

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Re: Potato and Bacon Soup

Postby acheyarcher » Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:17 am

I make bacon potato soup but instead of conventional bacon strips I get a package of "ends and pieces" and pull it apart, discarding much of the fat as possible. I like the rough chunks of bacon . I believe it is a Hemplers product

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Re: Potato and Bacon Soup

Postby Tuddy » Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:23 pm

acheyarcher wrote:I make bacon potato soup but instead of conventional bacon strips I get a package of "ends and pieces" and pull it apart, discarding much of the fat as possible. I like the rough chunks of bacon . I believe it is a Hemplers product


Thanks for the tip - yes, I should mention I did trim off some of the bacon fat before I cooked it.

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Re: Potato and Bacon Soup

Postby kande50 » Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:36 pm

My sister just made this and left some in the fridge at my mother's. It was so good I used it as a sauce on butternut squash.

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Re: Potato and Bacon Soup

Postby Moutaineer » Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:40 pm

I was saying to DH yesterday that I need to start making soup since we are both always home at lunchtime, and this looks like an excellent place to start!

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Re: Potato and Bacon Soup

Postby Tuddy » Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:19 pm

Wow! I am happy to hear my cooking is inspiring people! YAY! You made my day! Now, should I post about the roast chicken I made last night in the cookbook thread? I don't want to seem like a braggart... but I love food, so yeah, I am gonna do it! Sharing is caring right!

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Re: Potato and Bacon Soup

Postby silk » Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:58 am

YES PLZ.

My life revolves around food:

What I just ate
What I want to eat
What I might eat next
What I am thinking of eating tomorrow/next week....

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Re: Potato and Bacon Soup

Postby acheyarcher » Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:24 am

you can also swing this with less potato and more corn, throw in a can of creamed corn for a corn bacon potato chowder


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