Cream Of Asparagus Soup Recipe With Bacon

If you don t have a pressure cooker then cook everything on stove top on medium high heat for 40 minutes.

Cream of asparagus soup recipe with bacon. Add asparagus bacon onion and stock to pressure cooker and bring to full pressure for 10 minutes. Stir in a handful of scallions and top steaming bowls of soup with crispy bacon and buttery croutons. Cut bacon into 2 inch sized pieces.

Use an immersion blender or blender to puree until completely smooth. Cover the pot turn the heat down to low and simmer for about 30 minutes until all the vegetables are soft and tender. Add the chopped asparagus chicken broth chili powder ground thyme bacon slices salt and black pepper to the pot and bring to a rapid boil.

Blend the base into a smooth creamy soup before adding tender asparagus tips a bright splash of fresh lemon juice and a decadent enrichment of cream and egg yolks. Trim the bottom 2 3 inches off the asparagus and discard. Add onion garlic red pepper flakes and asparagus to the bacon fat in the pot and cook for 10 minutes or until onions are translucent and asparagus has softened.

In a large sauce pot cook the bacon over medium high heat until fat renders and bacon starts to crisp about 6 8 minutes.