Quick Bean and Bacon Soup
hearty, healthy, filling bean and bacon soup
Ingredients
- 1 pkg bacon cooked and diced (save a bit of bacon fat for the soup if you are so inclined)
- 1 onion diced
- 2 carrots diced
- 3 ribs celery diced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1-2 tsp chicken powder to taste
- 3 cans great northern beans
- 1 8 oz can tomato sauce plain, not the ones with basil etc added
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1/4 tsp dried rosemary crushed
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook and dice the bacon, saving a small amount of bacon fat to fry to vegetables if you like. You can use olive oil instead if you prefer.
- Heat the oil/bacon fat over medium in a soup pot.
- Add the onions, garlic, carrot and celery and cook until they soften.
- Add the broth, chicken powder, and seasonings. Then add the beans. Reduce to a simmer and let cook 30 minutes to meld the flavors.
- Remove half the soup and blend until smooth in a blender, or use an immersion blender to blend until it is partially smooth but with some chunkiness to it.
- Return to the pot and add the tomato sauce and 1/2 of the bacon. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve with the extra bacon on the side to add on top while eating.