Best 6 Blt Chicken Soup Recipes

PAULA DEEN'S BLT SOUP

Steps:

• 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 until well blended.
• Remove pot from the heat and add 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.

BLT AND P (BACON, LEEK, TOMATO AND POTATO) SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a medium soup pot or deep sided skillet over medium-high heat. To the hot pan add a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil and the bacon. Cook bacon until brown and crisp. Add the chopped celery. Take peeled carrots and lay flat on cutting board. Hold each carrot at root end and use the vegetable peeler to make long, thin strips of the carrot. Chop the thin slices into small carrot bits or carrot chips, 1/2-inch wide. Add the chips to celery and stir. Cut leeks lengthwise and then into 1/2-inch half moons. Place the leeks into a colander and run under rushing cold water, separating the layers to wash away all the trapped grit. When the leeks are separated and clean, shake off water and add to celery and carrots. Stir veggies together, add a bay leaf and season with salt and pepper. While the leeks cook to wilt, 3 to 4 minutes, slice the potatoes.
• Cut each potato across into thirds. Stand each piece of potato upright and thinly slice it. The pieces will look like raw potato chips.
• Add stock to vegetables and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and add potatoes and tomatoes. Cook 8 to 10 minutes until potatoes are tender and starting to break up a bit. Add bacon and parsley and stir. Adjust seasonings. Serve immediately with crusty bread.

GRILLED CHICKEN BLT WITH GREEN GODDESS SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat a grill to medium high. Make the green goddess sauce: Combine the mayonnaise, chives, parsley, tarragon, capers, anchovy, garlic, lemon juice and a pinch each of salt and pepper in a small food processor. Puree until bright green and smooth. Transfer to a small bowl and stir in the sour cream. Season with salt and pepper. Thin with water if needed. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Make the sandwiches: Season the chicken with salt and pepper and rub with the olive oil. Grill, flipping once, until well marked on both sides and cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove to a plate. Grill the buns until toasted.
• Serve the chicken on the buns with the green goddess sauce, tomatoes, bacon and lettuce.

BLT CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients; mix well. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Place salad greens in a large bowl. Sprinkle with tomatoes, chicken and bacon; garnish with eggs. Drizzle with dressing.

BLT SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat butter and oil over medium heat. Add bread cubes; stir until crisp and golden brown. Remove and set aside. In the same pan, cook bacon until crisp. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup drippings; set bacon aside. , Saute celery and onion in drippings until tender. Add sugar; cook and stir for 1 minute or until sugar is dissolved. Gradually stir in flour; cook and stir for 1 minute or until blended. Add the broth, picante sauce, tomato sauce and pepper; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Just before serving, add lettuce and heat through. Sprinkle with croutons and bacon.

JUICY BLT

Steps:

• Working in batches if necessary, fry bacon in a large skillet over high heat until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a large cutting board.
• While bacon cooks, slice tomato crosswise into thin rounds. Transfer to a plate and marinate with red wine vinegar, 1 tablespoon olive oil, salt and pepper.
• Spread toast generously with mayonnaise on one side, follow with remaining 1/2 tablespoon olive oil.
• Divide the tomatoes with some of their vinegar marinade among 2 slices of toast. Top with the lettuce.
• Lay the bacon on the remaining slices of toast. Form sandwiches by piling the bacon-topped slices on top of the remaining toasts. Squeeze to close, cut in half and serve immediately.