BLT Soup

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: The Working Lunch

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (85)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(85)

Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 30 min

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Ingredients

5 slices bacon, finely diced, plus crisp crumbles bacon, for garnish
1/2 cup diced green onions
2 tablespoons butter
3 cups finely sliced iceberg lettuce
1/2 cup instant flour
3 1/2 cups fresh or canned chicken broth, heated to a simmer
1 cup diced fresh tomatoes
1/8 teaspoon grated fresh nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream

Directions

In a 3-quart pot, cook the bacon over medium heat until lightly browned. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until wilted. Add the butter and stir until melted. Add the lettuce and saute for 2 minutes. Sprinkle the flour into the pot, then stir it in until well blended. Remove the pot from the heat and add the hot chicken broth, tomatoes, nutmeg and pepper. Heat the soup to boiling, stirring constantly, then reduce the heat and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Add the cream and mix well.

Mix together the mayonnaise and sour cream. Serve each portion of soup with a dollop of mayonnaise mixture topped with crumbled bacon.

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Pam Pasadena, TX 08-10-2009
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Very Good
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This is a good, creamy soup. There just wasn't enough bacon in it for me. The next time, I'll probably double the amount of... bacon in the soup. This is to help balance out all of the tomatoes in the soup.Read more
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Michele-Lee Columbia, SC 08-01-2009
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Unique and wonderful soup
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I was hesitant because of the lettuce too! But curiosity got the better of me - and I'm glad it did! I have made this soup... for friends and family alike - and ALL have just flipped for it! It is just so different, it's really an eye and tastebud catcher! Thanks Paula!Read more
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michelle orange, CA 06-14-2009
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DELICIOUS! A GREAT SOUP FOR GLOOMY DAYS!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I love the fact that this soup is different. You don't see it on any MENU. It is also easy one to make "your... own". Everyone who tasted this . . . LOVED IT! By the way, "M"; I do not know who made you the "FOOD POLICE". It appears that you did, but the RATING SYSTEM is for those who have ACTUALLY made the soup, and are giving their opinion on the dish's outcome. You had NO RIGHT to lower the dish's rating based on your opinion of the Chef's weight The RATING SYSTEM is NOT here for you to judge how others should live. WHO do you think you are anyway? I bet NOT a chef with their own show!Read more
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Deborah Nelsonville, NY 05-30-2009
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Definately a winner!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I just made this as a quick lunch for one and it was unusual and very very delicious! For a single serving I used 2 strips... of bacon, 1 tablespoon of flour, 2 scallions, 1 cup of mesclan lettuce, 1 small chopped tomato, 1 cup of chicken stock, nutmeg, black pepper and 3 tablespoons of cream. I could have used more lettuce. OK, I left out the butter and the mayonnaise topper. To the "haters" criticizing Paula's use of fat, this really has no more fat than a salad and it's a whole lot more satisfying. The nutmeg is a delicious addition!Read more
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Karen Albuquerque, NM 05-29-2009
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Change it a little, it's still great and healthier
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I cooked the onions after the bacon (cooked 8 slices), then drained the grease. I skipped the butter, used fat free half and... half, waited until the end to add the tomatoes and only put lettuce, very finely chopped so no strings when I was ready to serve. It added texture without being weird. Instead of mayo and sour cream I put avocado bites (or slices, they look nice) and bacon bits. And next time I might use a little less of the flour and a little more broth but I did get 8 very plentiful servings. Might experiment with more red pepper flakes too. I put in more than 1/2 c of both onions and tomatoes and I froze 2 servings without the lettuce. It reheats nicely and when it's about ready I add fresh lettuce until it's hot so it's not soggy in any way. Two of the people I served this too added low fat grated sharp cheddar cheese for garnish too. And one wanted hers garnished with a couple of halved cherry tomatoes, green onions, nd a dollop of fat-free sour cream along with the avocado. Delicious. Oh oh, we also like pepper so we have lots of that in this recipe too. Read more
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Christine Romeoville, IL 05-26-2009
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Excellet...five stars
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Just finished making this soup. OMG...I left the cream out and added more chicken broth and salt and pepper. It is so... delicious! Perfect....even with the butter. If you have a hard time making goood homemade soup please try this one. It's easy and sooo good. Don't let the lettuce throw you off, I'm Italian and this is one of the best soups I have ever tasted. Thank Paula!Read more