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10-21-2021 04:28 PM
My husband came home with 5 pounds of potatoes from his time away with his hiking group. We had just bought a 5 pound bag shortly before he left.
I wanted to make Potato Soup. Every recipe calls for a pound of bacon. Went to buy some bacon. Oh My! What happened? Why is bacon so expensive now?
I know prices have gone up but it seems like bacon has more than doubled in price. I don't have a clue why.
10-21-2021 04:31 PM
I would like to find a potato soup recipe without bacon. Does it exist??
10-21-2021 04:39 PM - edited 10-21-2021 04:47 PM
@ValuSkr @Sure. I use heavy cream, half and half, butter, finely chopped scallions or puréed onions, chicken bouillon with water or chicken broth, puréed, cooked potatoes. Salt, pepper, sometimes a pinch of nutmeg. Sometimes leeks. It's good cold or hot. Oops, someone else's submission reminded me that I occasionally add a TBL of puréed celery, but I prefer it without.
10-21-2021 04:42 PM
I make this recipe that calls for cream cheese, but no bacon:
4 cups chicken broth
4 cups peeled, cubed potatoes
1/2 tsp salt (I use Lawry's seasoned)
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 lb cream cheese cut into chunks
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
Saute celery and onion.
Boil broth, potatoes, salt, and pepper in big saucepan until potatoes are tender.
Smash a few potatoes with a masher to thicken.
Stir in celery, onion, and cream cheese over low heat until cheese is melted.
10-21-2021 04:55 PM
YUM... OH YUM!!!
I LOVE potato soup and as a Diabetic, I have to watch how much I can have.....
Good receipes, thanks!!
10-21-2021 04:55 PM
I have had the Potato Soup at J.B. Dawson's restaurant and have not found any other potato soup that compares. So I have been trying many different recipes trying to find a recipe than is half as good as J. B. Dawson's.
10-21-2021 04:56 PM
Many people have high BP and shouldn't have a lot of bacon or may not like it.
All Recipes or Recipes.com are both wonderful! All of the recipes have reviews as well as personal changes people have enjoyed.
10-21-2021 05:02 PM
My favorite restaurant makes the best soup I've ever had......potato leek soup. Yum, yum, yum! I don't have the recipe, of course, but that's a very tasty combination...at least to me! I always bring a container home and add some chopped chicken pieces.
10-21-2021 05:04 PM
Thank you for posting this. I have 5# of potatoes in my fridge and we don't eat a lot of potatoes. We do like a baked potato once in awhile though. Now I know what I am going to do with the potatoes. I love potato soup and the recipe posted here sounds yummy.
As far at the bacon being expensive, it's been pricey here for quite sometime. The last package I purchased was $5 for 12 oz. and that was on sale. Normally it is between $7-$8. I only buy when I really really need it for a recipe. Meat here is out of sight. I'd like to buy a beef roast, but it's sky high. We ate that every week on Sunday's when I was a kid. Those days are long gone too.
10-21-2021 05:06 PM
Cheddar Potato Chowder
Ingredients
2 cups water (chicken broth)
2 cups diced unpeeled red potatoes (white potatoes)
1 cup diced carrot
1/2 cup diced celery
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups 2% milk
2 cups shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese (regular cheddar)
1 cup cubed fully cooked ham
Directions
Here's my changes......I use chicken broth vs water
I actually sautee the onion and celery in butter until soft
I microwave the carrots to soften them
I use regular potatoes
I use whole milk if I have it
I use real cheddar shredded cheese (no reduced fat)
I really don't understand simmering for 10-12 minutes since the potatoes will not be soft/cooked. You can par boil the potatoes if you want but I just simmer longer.
I substituted sausage too and it was good.
To get a good soup, you need to really cook that flour with the milk not only to get it thickened but to cook the taste of the flour out of it.
I like more pepper and remember potatoes absorb the salt so you might have to add more after simmering.
Original recipe from Taste of Home
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