Creamy White Bean Soup

Name: Creamy White Bean Soup
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 slices uncooked thick sliced bacon; 2 stalks celery, diced; 2 large carrots, peeled and diced; 1/2 yellow onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed; 3 cups unsalted chicken broth; 1/2 cup half and half (or heavy cream); 1/2 tsp. each salt, dried rosemary; 1/4 tsp. each dried thyme, pepper; 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese; 2 packed cups roughly torn kale

Christina @cook_3000087

USA

A quick and easy soup to throw together for chilly nights. It makes a tasty, hearty meal paired with some crusty bread.

Christina @cook_3000087

USA

A quick and easy soup to throw together for chilly nights. It makes a tasty, hearty meal paired with some crusty bread.

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Ingredients

6 servings

4 slicesuncooked thick sliced bacon
2 stalkscelery, diced
2large carrots, peeled and diced
1/2yellow onion, diced
3 clovesgarlic, minced
2 canscannellini beans, drained and rinsed
3 cupsunsalted chicken broth
1/2 cuphalf and half (or heavy cream)
1/2 tsp.each salt, dried rosemary
1/4 tsp.each dried thyme, pepper
1/2 cupfreshly grated parmesan cheese
2packed cups roughly torn kale

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Steps

1

Start by dicing up the bacon. The easiest way to do this is to pop the slices in the freezer for 20-30 minutes, until it firms up, then take it out and snip it with some sharp kitchen shears. Hands down, this is the easiest way to cut up raw bacon.
2

In a large pot over medium-high heat, cook the chopped bacon until it is browned and crispy. Then remove the bacon with a slotted spoon to a towel lined plate, but leave about 1 tbsp. of the drippings in the pot. Add the celery, onion and carrot to the pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until they begin to soften up, about 5 or so minutes. Then add the garlic and cook another minute or so, until fragrant.
3

Add the drained beans, broth, cream and seasonings to the pot and give it all a good stir. Let it come up to a low boil. Then reduce the heat down a bit and let everything simmer for about 20 or so minutes. At this point, taste it and add any additional seasonings that you think it needs.
4

Remove the pot from the heat and use an immersion blender to give the soup a couple of quick blitzes, until it's your desired consistency. Or you could just blend half the soup in a blender, then stir it back in. Then immediately stir in the parmesan cheese, the cooked bacon and the kale. Once the greens wilt into the soup, you're ready to serve.

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Christina @cook_3000087

on October 16, 2019 00:46

USA

I love to bake and to try out new recipes! I'm always on the lookout for simple dinners for busy weeknights. A lot of the recipes I post on here are ones I've found on Pinterest or from different bloggers, and that I've tried and really enjoyed, but I always reference to where I got the recipe from in the recipe description and the pictures are my own. If there's no source listed, then it's a rare recipe that I came up with. I have two wonderful kids and I hope to pass on my love of cooking and baking to them.