Easy Creamy Cheesy Potato Soup W Crisp Bacon Food

EASY CHEESY POTATO BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Add bacon pieces to a large pot. Turn heat to medium and cook until bacon is cooked through but only slightly crispy. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the bacon to a paper-towel lined plate and set aside.
• Spoon off and discard all but about 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat. Add onions and celery to the pot and cook over medium heat, stirring often and scraping any browned cooked-on bits from the bottom of the pan, for about 5 minutes, until the onions have just begun to turn translucent around the edges.
• Add potatoes and chicken broth to the pot. Bring to a simmer and then cook for 10 to 15 minutes, until potatoes can be easily smashed against the side of the pot with a fork.
• Use a potato masher or spatula to roughly smash about half of the potatoes in the pot.
• In a medium pot, over medium heat, melt butter and then add flour. Cook, whisking continuously, until flour begins to turn lightly golden, about 1 minute.
• Slowly drizzle in milk, whisking constantly as you go to whisk out any lumps. Cook, whisking continuously, until mixture is thickened and bubbly around the edges, about 5 minutes.
• Remove pot from heat and slowly whisk in cheese, a handful at a time. Once all your cheese is melted, stir the cheese sauce into the soup. Add pepper. Taste the soup and add salt if needed.
• Add about ¾ of the bacon to the soup (reserve ¼ for topping) and stir everything together.
• Ladle into bowls, top with sour cream, reserved bacon, sliced green onions, and more cheese if desired. Enjoy!

CREAMY POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a soup pot over medium heat until crispy and browned. Strain the bacon onto a paper towel-lined plate. Leave the bacon fat in the pot.
• Add the onions and cook until they start to soften, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for another minute until fragrant.
• Sprinkle in the flour and whisk to combine. The mixture will be thick.
• Slowly whisk in chicken stock and milk until the mixture is smooth and no lumps remain.
• Add in the potatoes and lower the heat to medium-low. Let the potatoes gently cook, stirring occasionally until soft. Ensure the mixture doesn't boil as the milk can burn.
• When the potatoes are soft, use a potato masher to gently mash some of the potatoes to create a creamy consistency.
• Stir in the shredded cheese, sour cream, chives, and the crispy bacon. Taste and season with the desired amount of kosher salt and pepper.

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.

EASY CREAMY, CHEESY POTATO SOUP W/ CRISP BACON

Steps:

• In a 3-qt sauce pan, combine potatoes, water, regular salt, and pepper.
• NOTE: If using real, uncooked potatoes, bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 10 mins, until potatoes are tender.
• If using canned potatoes, bring to soft boil.
• Turn down heat to medium.
• Gradually add soup and milk, stirring constantly.
• Add onions, garlic, Johnny's seasoning salt, and dashes of hot sauce, and allow to cook, while stirring, for 5 minutes.
• Stir in sour cream, bacon, and parsley, and heat thru.
• Top with additional pepper and cheese.

DELICIOUS CHEESY BAKED POTATO & BACON SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot melt butter over medium-high heat.
• Add in garlic; cook stirring for about 2 minutes.
• Add in flour then stir until smooth (about 1 minute).
• Gradually add milk and half and half stirring constantly until thickened and smooth.
• Add potatoes and onions; bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Reduce heat; simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients; stir until cheese is melted.
• Serve immediately.
• Delicious!

CREAMY, CHEESY POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
• Add potato cubes and stir to make sure they are just covered with water.
• Cook potatoes until fork tender, maybe 10 minutes.
• Drain potatoes and set aside.
• In a large pot melt butter over medium heat and stir in onion. If using real onion cook until just translucent.
• Stir in the flour and cook stirring constantly for at least a minute to get rid of the raw flour taste. (If you've never worked with roux it will look like a really thick paste at this point. That's great- keep stirring :) ).
• Add red pepper flakes and salt & pepper.
• Slowly add the 1 cup of broth stirring as you pour it into the roux. Stir until smooth.
• Start adding the milk and cream and stir until smooth.
• Bring the mixture up to a low simmer stirring constantly. Simmer 2-3 minutes.
• Add the sugar and the shredded cheese.
• Stir until cheese is melted.
• Stir in Bacon or Ham and potatoes and cook for 1 minute to heat potatoes thru.