Bacon Soup With Veggies Recipes

CREAMY POTATO BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a large saucepan over medium heat until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Add onion, garlic, and celery to the bacon fat and cook 3-4 minutes or until onion softens slightly.
• Stir in chicken broth, potatoes, and thyme. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook covered 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Stir in cream and simmer for 5 minutes longer.
• Combine cornstarch and 1 tablespoon of water to create a slurry. Whisk into the simmering soup and simmer 1 minute. Stir in half of the bacon. Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne to taste.
• Spoon into bowls, top with parmesan cheese, remaining bacon and green onions.

HEARTY VEGGIE AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and bacon. Cook, stirring often, for 3-4 minutes until onion is tender.
• Add potatoes, carrots, celery and zucchini. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes
• Stir in tomatoes and stock. Cover and bring to the boil over medium-high heat.
• Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered with a lid and stirring occasionally, for 1 hour or until thick and vegetables are very tender. Season soup to taste. Stir through parsley.
• Ladle soup into bowls, sprinkle with parmesan and serve

HEARTY SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Dice bacon into 1/4-inch cubes. Place in a heavy 6-quart pot over medium-low heat. Cook until fat is rendered and translucent. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic. Cook until onion and garlic are soft and translucent. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add split peas, stir to coat with fat, and add bay leaves and 2 quarts stock. Increase heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat so soup simmers. Skim foam that rises to the surface for about 10 minutes, until no more appears. Add thyme leaves. Simmer uncovered about 1 hour or longer, until peas are soft and starting to fall apart. Add more stock, as needed.
• Remove soup from heat. Add salt and pepper to taste. Purée soup in a food processor in several batches, short of perfect smoothness; you should be able to spoon up some texture. Reheat soup, skimming off any foam. Stir from the bottom to mix well, then ladle into bowls and serve.

BACON VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Bring all to a boil till veggies are tender.
• Add one can of tomato Soup and one can of tomatoes.
• Bring back to a boil.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve with fresh buns.

3 STEP BACON AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Chop all vegetables and put all the ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to the boil.
• Simmer briskly until the peas have dissolved and meat is falling off the bacon bones. (Approx 2 1/2 hours.)
• Remove the bones, remove meat from the bones, chop and put back in the saucepan. (You can puree the vegetable mix before putting the meat back in if you desire a more traditional"Pea& Ham Soup".)