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Sweet Potato Soup

with Chicken & Bacon

I made roasted chicken for dinner last night and today I was looking for a way to use up the leftovers. I threw together this super easy but totally delicious soup recipe with sweet potatoes, bacon, leeks and the leftover chicken. I served my soup with some Pillsbury country biscuits for a comforting winter meal.

 

This recipe would be great with leftover turkey too!

Sweet Potato, Chicken & Bacon Soup

Prep Time: 10 min                Cooking Time: 1 hr              Total Time: 1 hr 10 min

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients

3 sweet potatoes

9 cups water

2 tbsp chicken soup base

6 slices bacon

1 cup chicken, cooked, shredded

2 cups leeks, chopped

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp ground sage

1 tsp onion powder

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Instructions

  • Pour 8 cups of water into a large pot and place on burner at medium-high.

  • Wash and peel sweet potatoes and add them to the pot along with the chicken base.

  • Cook until potatoes break apart easily, about 45 minutes.

  • While potatoes are boiling cook bacon on a plate in the microwave until crispy ( about 8 minutes on High).

  • Pour grease from bacon plate into the potato pot and chop up the bacon.

  • Once potatoes are breaking apart easily reduce heat to medium and mash them up with a potato masher until your soup has a nice smooth consistency.

  • Add the chicken, bacon, leeks, salt, pepper, sage and onion powder to the soup and stir well.

  • Add a cup of water and continue cooking for another 15 minutes.

  • Serve and enjoy!

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