The Ultimate Creamy Potato Soup with Turkey Bacon and Chicken Ham
The Ultimate Creamy Potato Soup features turkey bacon, chicken ham, and is rich and comforting, perfect for chilly nights.
Equipment
- Dutch Oven or soup pot
Ingredients
Bacon and Base
- 6 strips uncooked bacon cut into small pieces
- 3 Tablespoons butter unsalted or salted will work
- 1 medium yellow onion chopped (about 1.5 cup/200g)
- 3 large garlic cloves minced
Soup Base
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour (42g)
- 2.5 lbs gold potatoes peeled and diced into pieces no larger than 1” (about 6 large potatoes/1.15kg)
- 4 cups chicken broth (945ml)
- 2 cups milk (475ml)
- ⅔ cup heavy cream (155ml)
- 1.5 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 0.25 teaspoon ancho chili powder optional
- ⅔ cup sour cream (160g)
Toppings
- shredded cheddar cheese for topping
- chives for topping
- additional sour cream for topping
- bacon for topping
Instructions
Cooking Instructions
- Place bacon pieces in a large Dutch Oven or soup pot over medium heat and cook until bacon is crisp and browned.
- Remove bacon pieces and set aside, leaving the fat in the pot.
- Add butter and chopped onion and cook over medium heat until onions are tender (3-5 minutes).
- Add garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds).
- Sprinkle the flour over the ingredients in the pot and stir until smooth (use whisk if needed).
- Add diced potatoes to the pot along with chicken broth, milk, heavy cream, salt, pepper, and ancho chili powder. Stir well.
- Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork (about 10 minutes).
- Reduce heat to simmer and remove approximately half of the soup to a blender and puree until smooth.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 521kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 12gFat: 32gSaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 87mgSodium: 1326mgPotassium: 1176mgFiber: 5gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 897IUVitamin C: 50mgCalcium: 182mgIron: 2mg
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