Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, bacon potato leek soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. Add watercress for potage au cresson, serve it chilled for Vichyssoise — or top it with bacon.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook bacon potato leek soup using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Bacon Potato Leek Soup:
- Get 1 onion
- Prepare 2 leeks
- Take 6 large potatoes
- Make ready 10 thick bacon slices
- Make ready 1 carton low sodium chicken stock
- Take 2 bay leaves
- Take 1 tbsp Italian Spices
- Get 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Take 1/2 cup cream
- Make ready Croutons to garnish
Bacon flavors this hearty potato soup, along with leeks and onions. Serve with crusty rolls or cornbread and a tossed salad for a delicious and satisfying meal. A creamy and thick Potato & Leek Soup, with the delicious addition of bacon (makes all things better), this soup is an excellent winter warmer. Potato and leek soup is one of those meals that every home cook should have in his or her repertoire.
Steps to make Bacon Potato Leek Soup:
- Cook bacon in a Dutch pot until crispy.
- Drain bacon and set aside.
- Return pot to stove, add leeks, onions and garlic. Cook until softened.
- Add chicken stock, 3/4 of the bacon, potatoes, bay leaves, Italian spices. Cook until potatoes are soft.
- Remove pot from stove. Remove bay leaves. Add cream.
- Using hand mixer, mix ingredients to thickness desired. We like it semi chunky.
- Pour into bowls. Add croutons and left over 1/4 bacon to garnish.
In Rachel's Irish Family Food, Rachel Allen adds even more complexity to the standard purée by building the soup base with smoky bacon. Scrub the potatoes in water, pat dry, and pierce in several places with a fork. Set them directly on an oven rack and bake until very tender when Melt the butter in a soup pot over medium-low heat. Potato Leek Soup is quick and easy to make! Begin by using the sauté function on your Instant Pot to fry the bacon pieces.
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