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Potato and Kale Soup

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Written By: The Old Farmer’s Almanac Editors The Almanac Editors and Staff
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6 servings
Category
Potatoes
Vegetables
Course
Soup
Sources
Yankee Magazine's Fruits of Fall 2000

We served this Potato and Kale Soup to the Almanac editors and everyone loved it! The soup is especially welcome in the winter months, when kale is at its peak.

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Ingredients
4 strips bacon, diced
4 potatoes, peeled and diced
1 onion, chopped
5 cloves garlic, chopped
6 cups low-sodium chicken stock
2 cups firmly packed chopped kale leaves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

In a soup pot, cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside on paper towels to drain.

Add potatoes, onions, and garlic to bacon drippings in soup pot and cook for 5 minutes. Add stock, kale, salt, and pepper and simmer for an hour, or until potatoes are soft.

Transfer soup to a blender or food processor and puree in batches. Return to soup pot and thin with stock if necessary.

Serve topped with bacon. 

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Under the guiding hand of its first editor, Robert B. Thomas, the premiere issue of The Old Farmer’s Almanac was published in 1792 during George Washington’s first term as president.Today, the Almanac...
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Comments

<span>Donna</span> Sat, 08/01/2020 - 12:44
Is there a sub for the bacon? We are vegetarians/vegan.
<span>Janice</span> Mon, 01/11/2016 - 12:48
A colleague made this and brought it to work one winter day and—wow! It is delicious, sooo thick (she has a super-high-speed blender), and smmoooooth! It's now high on my list of comfort foods!
<span>Debbie Steves</span> Mon, 09/21/2015 - 12:01
This is a fantastic recipe! I like that it does not include heavy cream in the recipe because I never have that around. The bacon gives it such a great flavor and the best part? My kids love it! I made a single batch the first time I tried it and it was inhaled! I now make it in double batches! I have searched all over the internet for this type of recipe and this is by far the simplest and most delicious! Thank you!