Best 6 Squash Bacon And Swiss Cheese Soup Recipes

ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly oil a baking sheet or coat with nonstick spray. Place butternut squash, onion, bell pepper and bacon in a single layer onto the prepared baking sheet. Add olive oil and garlic; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Gently toss to combine. Place into oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until butternut squash is tender, stirring at halftime.* Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add bacon and cook until brown and crispy, about 6-8 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Heat a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add butternut squash mixture and thyme, and cook, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in chicken stock and puree with an immersion blender. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5-10 minutes. If the soup is too thick, add more chicken stock as needed until desired consistency is reached. Serve immediately, garnished with bacon, goat cheese and chives, if desired.

SQUASH, BACON, AND SWISS CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Cut the squash into large pieces. Using a sharp knife, carefully remove the skin, wasting very little. Scoop out and discard the seeds. Chop the squash into small chunks. Remove all fat from the bacon and roughly chop it into small pieces.
• 2. Heat oil in large saucepan. Add the onions and garlic and cook for 3 minutes, or until they begin to become soft. Add the bacon and cook for about 3 minutes. Stir in the spices and cook over low heat for a minute longer.
• 3. Add the chopped squash, potatoes, and stock. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes, and or until the squash and potatoes are tender.
• 4. Blend the cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water and add to soup with the sour cream. Bring to a boil and simmer, uncovered, for 3 minutes. Adjust the seasoning and add hot pepper sauce to taste. Ladle the soup into warm bowls and sprinkle cheese on top. Serve immediately with crusty bread to scoop up the melted cheese.

CHEESE AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• In a large heavy bottom soup pot cook bacon until browned and crisp.
• Remove and pour off 1/2 of the drippings.
• Cook the veggies over medium heat for around 5 minutes or until tender.
• Blendnd the flour, salt and pepper.
• Slowly stir in the half and half, milk and broth.
• Add 1/2 of the cooked bacon, crumbled.
• Cover and cook until thick and bubbly, stirring occasionally for 15 minutes.
• Add the cheese stirring untel melted and well blended.
• Crumble remaining bacon and garnish the soup.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Cook and stir bacon in large saucepan on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan with slotted spoon, reserving bacon drippings in pan; drain bacon on paper towels. Add onions and garlic to reserved bacon drippings; cook and stir 5 min. or until crisp-tender.
• Add broth, squash and sage; stir. Bring to boil; simmer on medium-low heat 20 min. or until squash is tender, stirring occasionally. Blend, in batches, in blender until smooth, returning each puréed batch to saucepan.
• Add cream cheese; cook 3 to 5 min. or until completely melted, stirring constantly with whisk. Serve topped with bacon.

ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH APPLES AND BACON

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place squash in a large bowl and drizzle with olive oil; mix to coat; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread squash into a single layer on a baking pan. Roast the squash in the preheated oven, turning once, until fork-tender and caramelized; 30 to 40 minutes.
• Place the bacon in a Dutch oven and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove the bacon slices to a paper towel-lined plate, reserving the drippings in the pan.
• Place the onion, celery, carrot, bay leaf, curry powder, thyme, and salt and pepper in the Dutch oven; cook in reserved bacon drippings until the carrots and celery are soft. Mix in the apples and cooked squash and cook another 5 minutes. Stir the garlic into the mixture and cook another 1 minute. Pour the apple cider over the mixture; reduce heat to medium-low and bring to a simmer; allow to reduce to about half its original volume. Stir in the chicken stock; simmer over medium-low heat for about 20 minutes.
• Puree the soup in small batches in a blender, or use an immersion blender. If using a blender, don't fill the blender more than half-way. Always remove the center lid piece of a stand blender when blending hot liquids so the steam can escape. Cover the hole with a dish towel while blending. Stir the nutmeg into the soup. Garnish each bowl with 1 tablespoon of sour cream and some of the bacon pieces to serve.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH BACON AND CHEDDAR

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan with a lid, melt butter and cook onion over low low heat until translucent and sweet. About 30 minutes.
• Add chopped bacon, butternut squash and stock.
• Cook 30 minutes or until squash is tender.
• Add sage and salt and pepper to taste.
• Using an immersion blender, blend soup until smooth.
• Add cream, sour cream and cheese and heat through, stirring to melt cheese.
• Serve with toasted bread croutons, or crostini.