Country Vegetable and Bacon Soup

This soup is so full of flavour , it's easy and friendly on your budget and low in Calories

  • Easy
  • 0:15 Prep
  • 0:40 Cook
  • 6 Servings
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Recipe by Australia's Best

Ingredients​

  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 1 onion finely chopped medium
  • 1 garlic clove finely chopped
  • 9 bacon rashers chopped
  • 2 carrots chopped
  • 2 celery sticks chopped
  • 1 parsnip chopped
  • 1 sweet potato chopped
  • 400g canned chopped tomatoes
  • 1 cup canned kidney beans drained
  • 2 chicken stock cubes dissolved
  • 2 cups savoy cabbage shredded
  • 2 tbs parsley chopped optional
  • 1L vegetable stock
  • 1 teaspoon chili flakes ( iptional)

Method​

  1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over Medium-High heat.
  2. Add onion and bacon, and cook, stirring, over medium heat for 5 minutes, or until onion is soft. Then add garlic and cook for 2 more minutes
  3. Add carrot, celery and parsnip, sweet potato and cook for 3 minutes.
  4. Add tomato, kidney beans, chili flakes if using and stock, and bring to the boil.
  5. Reduce heat to low, then cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
  6. Add cabbage and simmer for a further 10 minutes.
  7. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add parsley and stir through.

 
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Expensive with cabbage at $20 for halve at the moment . Make this sort of casserole when it’s time to restock the vegetable crisper Bacon makes everything taste better
 
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My daughter makes a soup very similar to this. She’ll also throw in a handful of small pasta to make the soup go even further.
 

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