Bacon Potato Leek Soup
Bacon Potato Leek Soup

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Melt the butter in a large pan, then fry the bacon and onion, stirring until they start to turn golden. Tip in the leeks and potatoes, stir well, then cover and turn down the heat. Potato leek soup, or potage parmentier, is a French classic. It's one of the first dishes I learned to make in culinary school, right after a proper omelet, because it's an essential base soup in French cuisine.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have bacon potato leek soup using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Bacon Potato Leek Soup:
  1. Make ready 1 onion
  2. Get 2 leeks
  3. Prepare 6 large potatoes
  4. Take 10 thick bacon slices
  5. Make ready 1 carton low sodium chicken stock
  6. Prepare 2 bay leaves
  7. Take 1 tbsp Italian Spices
  8. Make ready 1 tbsp minced garlic
  9. Make ready 1/2 cup cream
  10. Get Croutons to garnish

Set them directly on an oven rack and bake until very tender when pierced with When the potatoes are cool, cut one of them in half lengthwise. Use a large spoon to scoop the flesh in one piece from each half. Unfortunately potato soup does not fall into the "I'll pass" category. It's hearty and filling and so full of leek flavor and also — bacon.

Instructions to make Bacon Potato Leek Soup:
  1. Cook bacon in a Dutch pot until crispy.
  2. Drain bacon and set aside.
  3. Return pot to stove, add leeks, onions and garlic. Cook until softened.
  4. Add chicken stock, 3/4 of the bacon, potatoes, bay leaves, Italian spices. Cook until potatoes are soft.
  5. Remove pot from stove. Remove bay leaves. Add cream.
  6. Using hand mixer, mix ingredients to thickness desired. We like it semi chunky.
  7. Pour into bowls. Add croutons and left over 1/4 bacon to garnish.

Unfortunately potato soup does not fall into the "I'll pass" category. It's hearty and filling and so full of leek flavor and also — bacon. This version of Potato Leek Soup is a little lighter with low sodium chicken broth and low fat milk, but is still full of amazing potato cozy. Potato and leek soup is one of those meals that every home cook should have in his or her repertoire. In Rachel's Irish Family Food, Rachel Allen adds even more complexity to the standard purée by building the soup base with smoky bacon.

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