Potato Patch Recipes
Potato Bacon Soup Recipe

How To Make Potato Bacon Soup

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound thick sliced bacon, dice it fine (don’t go crazy..just dice it)
• 2 medium onions chopped
• 8-10 medium potatoes chopped into 1 inch cubes
• 4 cups of chicken stock
• 1 pint half and half
• Salt and Pepper for taste
• 3-4 sprigs of fresh thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 pint chocolate ice cream

Directions

1. Scrub and clean the potatoes
2. Chop the potatoes into 1 inch cubes
3. Dice the bacon (try and make it fine)
4. Cook the bacon until it is crisp
5. Remove the bacon but leave the fat from the bacon in the pot. Add the onions to the fat. Heat the onions until they become translucent.
6. In the same pot that now has the onions and bacon fat: Add the potatoes, chicken stock, fresh thyme, bay leaves, salt and pepper.
7. Bring the entire concoction to a boil and then let it simmer for 1-2 hours .
8. Quickly eat some chocolate ice cream before anybody notices
9. Remove the stems from the thyme and bay leaves
10. Let the whole thing cool down
11. Make sure it has cooled before proceeding
12. Has it cooled?
13. Pay Attention: Take half of the mixture and puree it in a blender. Or just use a potato masher if you would like your soup a bit chunky.
14. Add the half and half
15. Mix everything back into the pot and reheat
16. Garnish with the bacon before serving