1Start by cooking your bacon. You can bake it in the oven or fry it in a pan.
2Start by cooking your bacon. You can bake it in the oven or fry it in a pan.
3Start by cooking your bacon. You can bake it in the oven or fry it in a pan.
4Sauté onions until translucent.
5Sauté onions until translucent.
6Sauté onions until translucent.
7Add garlic, stir and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds to a minute.
8Add garlic, stir and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds to a minute.
9Add garlic, stir and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds to a minute.
10Add in flour and stir. If there's not enough liquid, add a tiny bit more bacon grease or butter.
11Add in flour and stir. If there's not enough liquid, add a tiny bit more bacon grease or butter.
12Add in flour and stir. If there's not enough liquid, add a tiny bit more bacon grease or butter.
13Stir and let flour cook out for a couple of minutes.
14Stir and let flour cook out for a couple of minutes.
15Stir and let flour cook out for a couple of minutes.
16Add chicken stock and stir, scraping up bits stuck to the bottom of the pan.
17Add chicken stock and stir, scraping up bits stuck to the bottom of the pan.
18Add chicken stock and stir, scraping up bits stuck to the bottom of the pan.
19Add half-and-half and seasonings plus the potatoes.
20Add half-and-half and seasonings plus the potatoes.
21Add half-and-half and seasonings plus the potatoes.
22If your potatoes aren't fully covered by liquid, add more chicken stock or water until they're just covered.
23If your potatoes aren't fully covered by liquid, add more chicken stock or water until they're just covered.
24If your potatoes aren't fully covered by liquid, add more chicken stock or water until they're just covered.
25Bring to a boil, stirring regularly to ensure nothing gets stuck on the bottom of the pan.
26Bring to a boil, stirring regularly to ensure nothing gets stuck on the bottom of the pan.
27Bring to a boil, stirring regularly to ensure nothing gets stuck on the bottom of the pan.
28Once boiling, reduce the heat and cook until the potatoes are fork tender.
29Once boiling, reduce the heat and cook until the potatoes are fork tender.
30Once boiling, reduce the heat and cook until the potatoes are fork tender.
31Use an immersion blender and blend down about half of the potatoes to thicken the soup. Alternatively, take about half out and blend in a regular blender.
32Use an immersion blender and blend down about half of the potatoes to thicken the soup. Alternatively, take about half out and blend in a regular blender.
33Use an immersion blender and blend down about half of the potatoes to thicken the soup. Alternatively, take about half out and blend in a regular blender.
34Add in sour cream.
35Add in sour cream.
36Add in sour cream.
37Let cook on low for another 5 to 10 minutes, regularly stirring, so nothing gets burnt on the bottom of the pan.
38Let cook on low for another 5 to 10 minutes, regularly stirring, so nothing gets burnt on the bottom of the pan.
39Let cook on low for another 5 to 10 minutes, regularly stirring, so nothing gets burnt on the bottom of the pan.
40If the soup is too thick, add a little bit more stock or some water to thin it out.
41If the soup is too thick, add a little bit more stock or some water to thin it out.
42If the soup is too thick, add a little bit more stock or some water to thin it out.
43Serve with any toppings of your choice, including sour cream, chives, green onions, and/or bacon.
44Serve with any toppings of your choice, including sour cream, chives, green onions, and/or bacon.
45Serve with any toppings of your choice, including sour cream, chives, green onions, and/or bacon.
Ingredients
1 large potato, peeled and diced
1 large potato, peeled and diced
1 large potato, peeled and diced
1 slice bacon
1 slice bacon
1 slice bacon
1 to 2 teaspoons bacon fat
1 to 2 teaspoons bacon fat
1 to 2 teaspoons bacon fat
Garlic
Garlic
Garlic
0.125 cup onion
0.125 cup onion
0.125 cup onion
1 teaspoon flour
1 teaspoon flour
1 teaspoon flour
0.5 cup half and half (you can use heavy cream and milk as well)
0.5 cup half and half (you can use heavy cream and milk as well)
0.5 cup half and half (you can use heavy cream and milk as well)
0.5 to 3/4 cup chicken stock
0.5 to 3/4 cup chicken stock
0.5 to 3/4 cup chicken stock
Garlic powder
Garlic powder
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Onion powder
Onion powder
Chili powder
Chili powder
Chili powder
Pepper
Pepper
Pepper
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 tablespoons sour cream
(optional) Water
(optional) Water
(optional) Water
Sour cream
Sour cream
Sour cream
Bacon
Bacon
Bacon
Chives
Chives
Chives
Green onion
Green onion
Green onion
Equipment
ovenpanimmersion blenderregular blender
Tips
If using pre-cooked bacon, replace bacon grease with butter.
Stir regularly to ensure nothing gets stuck on the bottom of the pan.
If soup is too thick, add more stock or water to thin it out.