Cheese and Bacon Soup

Submitted by Diana Adcock

"I found this on the net last year-it's a great fall soup! Serve with a crisp apple salad and a hot loaf of bread."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 (1 lb) package bacon
• 1⁄2 cup minced celery
• 1⁄2 cup minced onion
• 1⁄2 cup minced carrot
• 1⁄2 cup minced green pepper
• 1 - 1 1⁄2 cup canned corn niblet
• 1⁄3 cup flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cups half-and-half
• 1 cup milk
• 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth or (14 ounce) can vegetable broth
• 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese, not packed but not loose either

directions

1. In a large heavy bottom soup pot cook bacon until browned and crisp.
2. Remove and pour off 1/2 of the drippings.
3. Cook the veggies over medium heat for around 5 minutes or until tender.
4. Blendnd the flour, salt and pepper.
5. Slowly stir in the half and half, milk and broth.
6. Add 1/2 of the cooked bacon, crumbled.
7. Cover and cook until thick and bubbly, stirring occasionally for 15 minutes.
8. Add the cheese stirring untel melted and well blended.
9. Crumble remaining bacon and garnish the soup.

Reviews

[*Parsley*]

OMG! Cheese and bacon soup! This is the best soup to make for the boys watching football. They love cheese; they love bacon; they don't even notice the veggies. I cut the bacon down to 12 oz just to make me feel better. This is a winner! Thanx!

 

[corelila]

I love bacon and this recipe is definitely pretty good. I did make some alterations, I added carrots and substituted half the cheese for velveeta. It came out very very thick (the velveeta's fault I suspect) but it was still very good. It would be perfect for dipping nachos. I dipped french bread in it instead, and it was so very filling.<br/><br/>This recipe satisfied my craving for soup when I went to make broccoli and cheese but realized my broccoli had gone bad. I was so sad and then bam! This recipe.

 

[elizabethannegood]

Fabulous! My family and I loved it. I added some hard boiled eggs and it was really good! Thanks!