Loaded potato and bacon soup with crusty bread
A can of ready-made soup that just needs warming and a stir—tonight calls for something this straightforward. Crisp croutons turn it into a proper dinner, and butter and a touch of fresh garlic round out the briny bacon flavour.
About 280 calories a serving, 6 g protein, 29 g carbohydrate, 16 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 4 oz crusty bread
From your shelf
- 1 can (18.8 oz) loaded potato with bacon soup
Staples
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 clove garlic
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- Cut 4 oz crusty bread into 1-inch cubes. Warm 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat and toss the bread cubes until golden and crisp, about 5 minutes, stirring often; season with salt and pepper and set aside.
- Pour the entire can of soup into a pot and warm over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until it steams and reaches a simmer, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in 1 minced garlic clove and simmer for 1 minute, then taste and adjust salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls and top with the warm croutons.
Note Swap the croutons for torn soft bread or skip them and serve with oyster crackers if you have them. Leftover soup keeps in the fridge for three days. A side of pickled vegetables or a green salad cuts through the richness.
On the label
CHICKEN BROTH, POTATOES*, CELERY, ONIONS, SOYBEAN OIL, CREAM, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, WHEAT FLOUR BLEACHED. CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF: BACON (PORK CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE), COOKED BACON (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM NITRITE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM ASCORBATE), SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, BUTTER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, YEAST EXTRACT, SOUR CREAM (CREAM, NONFAT MILK, CULTURES), MODIFIED WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CHICKEN FAT, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, CHIVES*, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, SORBITOL), TORULA YEAST, WHEY*, SPICE, EGG YOLK, ENZYME MODIFIED ROMANO CHEESE (MADE FROM CULTURED COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, MALTODEXTRIN).
Progresso, other soups, serving 252 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as bacon, potatoes, canned soup. Half of it left? Use up the bacon.