Cream of Spinach Soup with Crunchy Potato Bits and Bacon

No kitchen counter is complete without a well-loved cookbook filled with wonderful soup recipes like this one: the good old cream of spinach soup. It is, quite simply, the definition of comfort food. With the crunchy potato bits on top and the crispy bacon, what more could you ask for?

How to Make Homemade Cream of Spinach Soup

You’ll start by making the cream of spinach soup before making crunchy potato bits to add as a topping:

• Prepare the cooking pot. Heat the olive oil in a large pot.
• Cook the onion. Add the chopped green onions and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Cook the spinach. Add the fresh spinach and cook until wilted.
• Add the cream and stock. Add the heavy cream and chicken stock.
• Boil. Bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Simmer. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• (Optional) Add the nutmeg. Remove from the heat and add a pinch of ground nutmeg if desired.
• Season. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
• Blend. Pour the soup into a blender and blend until smooth.
• Ladle the soup. Ladle the soup into bowls.
• Decorate the soup. Decorate the soup with extra heavy cream.
• Add the toppings. Top with crunchy potato bits (see below for details on how to make) and crumbled bacon.
• Serve. Serve the spinach soup immediately.

How to Make Crunchy Potato Bits

Here’s how to quickly and easily make the crunchy potato bits to add to your cream of spinach soup:

• Season the potatoes. Season the potato cubes with salt and black pepper.
• Prepare the saucepan. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Cook the potatoes. Add the potato cubes and cook until the potatoes are brown and crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
• Drain the potatoes. Remove the potato cubes from the heat and drain on paper towels.
• Add to the soup. Top the spinach soup with crunchy potato bits and crumbled bacon.

Add Flavor to Homemade Soups with These 3 Tips

Here are 3 of our top tips for upping the flavor of your homemade soups:

• Choose the stock wisely. Choosing the right kind of stock to add to your soup can enhance the flavor in a tremendous way. Different soup recipes will call for vegetable stock, beef stock, chicken stock and more. It’s also pretty easy to make your own homemade stocks from scratch to use in your recipes.
• Simmer, simmer. Allowing your soup to simmer for about 5 minutes allows all of the ingredients to really infuse the liquid with a ton of flavor. Heartier ingredients like meat, vegetables and beans will also get a chance to absorb more of that flavorful liquid, further enhancing the overall flavor of the soup.
• Add soup bones. Adding soup bones into your soup recipes is an easy way to add an incredible amount of flavor. Bone marrow and leftover scraps from the meat help to add a rich flavor to homemade soups.

Can I Freeze Cream of Spinach Soup?

Yes, you can freeze cream of spinach soup. Just be aware though that you’re likely to lose quite a bit of texture when the soup thaws out due to the cream content.

You’ll first need to let the soup cool completely before transferring it into a freezer-safe airtight container. You can freeze the soup for up to 6 months.

To reheat, thaw the soup out overnight in the fridge before reheating on the stove top until it’s heated through or in the oven at 300℉ for about 15 minutes.

(Also try: Creamy Tomato Basil Soup with Homemade Garlic Croutons)

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