Cream Of Broccoli Bacon Potato Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the melted butter until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Add potato and broccoli stems; generously season with salt and pepper. Pour broth into potato mixture, cover, and simmer until potatoes are softened, about 10 minutes.
• Mix broccoli florets into soup and simmer until broccoli is tender, about 5 minutes. Blend soup with an immersion blender until smooth.
• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; whisk flour, milk, and heavy cream into melted butter. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk milk mixture until bubbling and thickened, about 5 minutes. Whisk thickened milk mixture into soup until incorporated; adjust salt and pepper.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first seven ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Stir in broccoli; return to a boil., In a small bowl, whisk flour and milk until smooth; stir into soup. Cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; cool slightly., Process in batches in a blender until smooth. Return to pan; heat through. Sprinkle servings with cheese and parsley.

Steps:

• Empty cans of chicken broth in pot.
• Add cubed potatoes and bring to a boil.
• While potatoes are starting to cook pan fry bacon until crisp and add bacon grease to chicken and potato broth.
• Crumble bacon and add to broth.
• Add diced ham to broth (optional).
• In a sauce pan melt butter and add diced onion, celery and carrots.
• Pan fry until soft.
• When potatoes are done add the celery, carrot and onion mixture with butter to broth.
• Reduce heat to medium and add about 1/4 to 1/2 of the quart of heavy cream.
• Be careful not to have soup at a heavy boil or cream will curdle.
• Add enough cream to make soup look creamy throughout.
• Add cheese (optional).
• Mix corn starch with very cold water and add to soup.
• Continue medium boil until soup thickens.
• If it isn't thick enough repeat corn starch and add slowly.
• Remove from heat and enjoy.
• Soup will thicken when it gets cold.
• Can add milk or water to thin out.

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in medium sized stock pot, and saute onion and celery until tender. Add broccoli and broth, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
• In small saucepan, over medium-heat melt 3 tablespoons butter, stir in flour and add milk. Stir until thick and bubbly, and add to soup. Season with pepper and serve.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pan, then add the onion and sweat over a medium heat until soft, but not browned.
• Roughly chop half the bacon and add it to the pan along with the potato. Stir to coat everything then add the stock, boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the chopped broccoli stalk, but not the flower yet. Continue to cook for a further 5 minutes, until the potato is soft.
• Add the rest of the broccoli and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir through the milk and return to a simmer.
• Blend the soup until smooth and season to taste. To serve, grill the remainder of the bacon until crispy and crumble it on top.