Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, potato bacon cheddar soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Potato Bacon Cheddar Soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Potato Bacon Cheddar Soup is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

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

The ingredients needed to make Potato Bacon Cheddar Soup:

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

Steps 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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