Kale Potato Soup With Bacon Recipes

POTATO SOUP WITH KALE AND BACON

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and put in a pot with enough cold, salted water to cover. Cover and bring to a boil. Lower weat, uncover, and simmer until done, about 25 minutes. Drain, reserving the cooking liquid. Break up potatoes with a potato masher; they should be lumpy, not smooth. Cook the bacon until crisp. Drain and chop. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat, reserving the extra fat. Stem and chop the kale. Mince the garlic. Cook half the kale and half the garlic in the 2 tablespoons bacon fat over medium heat until kale is wilted, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper and transfer to a bowl. Repeat with remaining kale and garlic, using the reserved bacon fat as needed. Return all the kale to the frying pan and add the heavy cream. Simmer over low heat until the kale is tender, about 10 minutes. Mince the chives. Recipe can be made to this point several hours ahead. Cooking and Serving: Combine potatoes with about 4 cups of the reserved cooking liquid in a large pot. Add more cooking liquid or water if too thick. Add kale mixture to the pot and bring to a simmer. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour into bowls and sprinkle with chives and bacon. [ The Best of COOKS Magazine; 1987 ]

KALE, BACON, AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a deep pot, fry the ground pork. Add oregano, basil, parsley, thyme, garlic powder, onion powder, and red chili pepper flakes, until pork is cooked through. Turn heat down. I cook all of the pork but use only half in the soup and freeze the other half for making more soup another day.
• At the same time, chop up the package of bacon and fry it in a separate pan.
• Chop the 1/2 onion and put it in a large pot. Add the potatoes (when using small potatoes I chop them smaller so they cook faster) minced garlic, and chicken broth. Add water to the pot if you use the chicken broth cubes, if not, then use the broth to boil the potatoes and onions. Use just enough broth/water to cover the potatoes and a bit extra for good measure. (Don't you hate it when recipes are vague? LOL)
• While the above is cooking, wash the kale thoroughly and tear it into bite-sized pieces, discarding the stems. Add all of the kale to the potato/onion/garlic pot before the potatoes are completely cooked.
• Everything should be ready at the same time. Add half of the pork to the potato/garlic/onion/kale pot. Add bacon. Add milk and adjust to taste. I don't like it too milky and like to keep the hot and spicy flavour so I don't dilute it too much.
• Let simmer until the broth is hot and the kale is soft.
• Serve up and try not to eat the whole pot in one sitting! My mouth is watering as I type this recipe!

POTATO SOUP WITH KALE AND BACON

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and put in a pot with cold, salted water to cover. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer, uncover, and cook until done, about 25 minutes. Drain, reserving cooking liquid. Break up the potatoes with a potato masher (they should be quite lumpy, not smooth). Meanwhile, cook the bacon over low heat until crisp, turning often. Drain and chop into ½ inch chunks. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat, and, reserve extra fat. Stem and chop the kale. Mince the garlic. Put half the kale and half the garlic into the frying pan. Season with salt and pepper and cook over medium heat until kale is wilted, about 1 minute. Transfer to a bowl. Repeat using more bacon fat as needed. Return all kale to the fry pan and add the heavy cream. Simmer over very low heat until the kale is tender, about 10 more minutes. Combine potatoes with about 3 cups of the potato cooking liquid and 1 cup of the chicken stock. Add more stock if needed to get a good consistency. Add kale mixture (with the bacon) to the pot and bring to a simmer. Season to taste with the vinegar and salt and pepper. This is up to you as to how much vinegar you use. Mince the chives or green onions and place in an extra bowl to top the soup.

POTATO, SAUSAGE & KALE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook sausage and onion over medium heat 4-6 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink and onion is tender, breaking up sausage into crumbles; drain., Stir in seasonings. Add potatoes, kale, milk and cream; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender., In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into soup. Return to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until thickened.

SAUSAGE, POTATO AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Crumble sausage into pot; cook and stir until browned, about 10 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Stir half-and-half, potatoes, chicken broth, milk, onion, oregano, and red pepper flakes into sausage, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Simmer until potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes. Season with black pepper; stir kale into soup. Simmer until kale is tender, 10 to 15 more minutes.

POTATO KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Wash and dry kale.
• Microwave bacon until crisp, set aside until end.
• In Dutch oven, sauté sausage and onion until sausage is brown, remove grease.
• Add garlic, potatoes, stock, fennel, black pepper, and red pepper flakes, bring to low boil, cover, and cook until potatoes are done, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, remove ribs of kale and chop.
• Lower burner to low, remove with slotted spoon about 2 cups potatoes, roughly mash with fork, and stir back into pan.
• Stir in chopped kale, simmer about 4 minutes-- we like kale a bit chewy.
• Add half and half.
• Stir in crumbled bacon, serve.
• NOTE: If freezing, hold off on half and half, add later. You can also put hot soup into bowl and add a tablespoon at a time of the half and half to each bowl. Haven't tried yet in crockpot but assume it would work fine.

POTATO AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pan, cook onion in oil until tender.
• Mix in garlic, potatoes, and water; bring to a boil, boil 4 minutes; reduce heat and cook 20 minutes or so or until potatoes are tender.
• Mash potatoes into the liquid; mix in the kale and pepper; simmer 15 minutes more or so, till kale is done, then serve.

CHILLED KALE AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Combine beef broth, water, potato, garlic, onion, and red chile pepper in a dutch oven or large saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir in the kale, and season with nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 20 minutes, until potato is tender, adding more water if necessary.
• Meanwhile, place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until slightly browned, but still tender, about 5 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate. Chop bacon, and stir into the soup until just incorporated. Simmer no more than 3 minutes. Serve chilled for at least 2 hours, topped with crushed sage leaves. Soup can also be served hot.