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BLT and P (Bacon, Leek, Tomato and Potato) Soup

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Bacon, Leek and Tomato Soup is a soup for any season! It is surprisingly light and colorful and full of vegetables. It makes a simple, flavorful, special lunch or supper that warms you up, soul and stomach. It is especially delicious on rainy days or nights! I first made this for my mom because she and I both LOVE Oscar's bacon and we wanted a whole pot full of soup that tasted like it! We ate a pot of it while watching movies curled up in the living room of the cabin.

by Rachael Ray·published 2016-11-18

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Servings

4 servings

Total time

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Calories / serving

669 kcal

Ingredients (12)

serves

Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzlingolive-oil
6 slices lean, smoky good quality bacon, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
3 small ribs celery from the heart of the stalk, finely chopped
2 small to medium carrotscarrot
3 leeks, trimmed of rough tops and rootsleek
1 bay leafbay-leaf
Salt and peppersalt-and-pepper
3 medium starchy potatoes, such as Idaho, peeledpotato
2 quarts chicken stockchicken-stock
1 (15-ounce) can petite diced tomatoes, drainedtomato
Handful flat-leaf parsley, finely choppedparsley
Crusty bread, for dunking and moppingbread

Instructions (3 steps)

01Heat a medium soup pot or deep sided skillet over medium-high heat. To the hot pan add a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil and the bacon. Cook bacon until brown and crisp. Add the chopped celery. Take peeled carrots and lay flat on cutting board. Hold each carrot at root end and use the vegetable peeler to make long, thin strips of the carrot. Chop the thin slices into small carrot bits or carrot chips, 1/2-inch wide. Add the chips to celery and stir. Cut leeks lengthwise and then into 1/2-inch half moons. Place the leeks into a colander and run under rushing cold water, separating the layers to wash away all the trapped grit. When the leeks are separated and clean, shake off water and add to celery and carrots. Stir veggies together, add a bay leaf and season with salt and pepper. While the leeks cook to wilt, 3 to 4 minutes, slice the potatoes.