Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, potato bacon cheddar soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Potato Bacon Cheddar Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Potato Bacon Cheddar Soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have potato bacon cheddar soup using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Potato Bacon Cheddar Soup:

1. Get 2 slices bacon – chopped ¼ inch dice
2. Get 1 ounce vegetable oil
3. Make ready 1/2 each vidalia sweet onion – fine diced
4. Get 1 stalk celery- fine dice
5. Get 2 cloves garlic – finely chopped
6. Get 1/2 cup flour
7. Prepare 6 cups chicken stock
8. Prepare 3 each Idaho potatoes – diced ½ inch
9. Take 1/4 teaspoon thyme
10. Get 8 ounces milk
11. Get 1 cup cheddar cheese- shredded
12. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
13. Get 1/2 teaspoon pepper
14. Prepare 1 Tablespoon parsley- chopped

Instructions to make Potato Bacon Cheddar Soup:

1. Chop bacon, cook with oil in a 5 quart sauce pan at a moderate heat until crisp. Take out the bacon and set aside (Note leave the oil in the pan it will become part of the compound roux.)
2. Add onions, celery and garlic and cook until tender or translucent
3. Add the flour to the pan to make the compound roux, stir in with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon for about 1 minute.
4. Add chicken stock and the milk stirring in with a whisk for 1 minute then use a wooden spoon or rubber spatula. Stir periodically to prevent burning.
5. Add the potatoes,salt and pepper and simmer for 20 minutes. The potatoes should be tender. Add the thyme 1/2 way through the simmering.
6. Add cooked bacon back in. Adjust the seasoning to taste with salt and pepper if needed. Add the cheese stir in to melt. Add parsley
7. Note-This soup can always have more bacon, a dollop of sour cream or cheddar sprinkled on top:)

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