Is it winter? Cause I’m wearing shorts. Sorry East Coast. That still doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a bowl of piping hot soup. Winter is winter.
ingredients:
6 slices bacon
2 Tablespoons butter
½ onion chopped
2 Tablespoons flour
32 ounces chicken broth
2 potatoes
1 (16 oz) bag frozen corn
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon salt
Pepper
Cook bacon in a large pot over medium high heat until crisp. Personally, I like to pre-cut my bacon into small pieces, it crisps up faster and then you don’t have to chop it at the end. Drain and set aside.
Pour off the bacon grease from the pot. Add the butter, and the onions. Saute until soft. Add the flour and cook for a few minutes.
Cut the potatoes into small chunks. Add in the chicken broth and the potatoes to the onion mixture and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender, about ten minutes.
Add the heavy cream and the corn. Stir together well, then add the cooked bacon back in. Simmer for another 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
This is a tasty satisfying soup and really, who can deny the powers of bacon?
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hi jenn,
great recipe! i agree with chopping the bacon beforehand – saves time! i’ve done a similar version that doesn’t have potatoes but uses mainly the same ingredients, but with minced garlic, smoked paprika and crushed red pepper. it’s then garnished with green onions. about 1/3 of the soup is pureed then put back into the pot.
love your blog! saw the link from darlene’s. i especially loved your superhero cupcakes. had a cake and cupcakes done for my husband a few years back (logos: batman, captain america shield, xmen, daredevil and green lantern)from another food blogger.
Hi Jenn – Look positively delicious! Love your generous sized pieces of bacon.
I stopped at the Korean market on my way home from San Diego and have eaten nothing but Korean food since, now addicted to gochujang.
Nice to meet you there!
LL