Homemade Potato Soup Recipe with Bacon
Bacon has been a famous breakfast meal for your kids, but lately its use has been extended for it is now used to garnish and blend with other delicacies to heighten the food’s flavor. This latest use of bacon has been confirmed to be tremendously enticing and luscious because of the bacon’s tasty and slightly greasy tang blended into the soup’s creamy rich broth. This winter warmer homemade potato soup is a deliciously fragrant and mouth-watering because of its loaded ingredients and spices you just can’t help but scoop for more. Now, here’s how to make this enticing soup, just follow the easy instructions below.
Ingredients
- 6 thick slices bacon
- 1½ teaspoons olive oil (8 ml)
- ½ cup chopped onion (80 g)
- ½ cup chopped carrots (65 g)
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 4 cups low fat, low sodium chicken broth (950 ml)
- 4 cups cubed potatoes (620 g)
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ cup shredded Cheddar cheese (55 g)
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt (2 g)
Instructions
- In a 3-quart saucepan, fry the bacon until crisp; remove bacon and drain oil thoroughly using paper towels. Discard the bacon with grease and wipe pan carefully with paper towels.
- Meanwhile, prepare the vegetables.
- Pour in olive oil into the saucepan and stir in onion, carrots, and celery. Sauté until onion is soft and transparent, or for about 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in chicken broth, potatoes, and pepper; simmer and reduce heat into low. Let it boil uncovered until potatoes are done and tender for about 10-15 minutes.
- Add cheese, heating to liquefy, stirring constantly to blend the flavors evenly, but do not boil.
- Chop bacon into pieces and mix into the soup. Sprinkle seasoning, if desired.
- Serve hot and enjoy!
