Carb Smart Loaded Bacon, Chicken and Pepper Soup
with DIY Croutons
Carb smart soup can still have you saying, "mmm, good soup!" Bacon and peppers are best friends in this creamy, satisfying dish, which also features chicken, red pepper pesto and DIY ciabatta croutons.
Carb Smart (50 g carbohydrates or less) is based on a per serving calculation of the recipe's carbohydrate amount.
Ingredients: Chicken breast • Sweet bell pepper • Thaw-friendly corn (corn, modified vinegar) • Bacon (pork, water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, spices, smoke) • Ciabatta roll (unbleached untreated enriched wheat flour flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sea salt, yeast, malted barley flour) (barley, wheat) • Roasted red pepper pesto (roasted red pepper, soybean oil, water, sunflower seeds, garlic, parmesan cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, lipase, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, powdered cellulose), modified corn starch, salt, sugar, herbs, citric acid, spices, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • Cream cheese (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, lactic acid, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, cream, bacterial culture, salt, annatto, beta-carotene, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, cellulose, natamycin) (milk) • Green onion • All-purpose flour (wheat) • Vegetable stock powder (salt, sugars (corn syrup solids, sugar, dextrose), dehydrated vegetables (sulphites) (carrot, potato, onion, leek, red and green bell peppers, cabbage, celery, tomato, garlic), hydrolyzed vegetable proteins (corn, soy), potato starch, palm oil, corn starch, yeast extract, canola oil, spice extracts, herb, turmeric extract, natural flavour) (soy, sulphites) • Garlic.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
100 g
Bacon Strips
1 unit(s)
Ciabatta Roll
(Contains Wheat, Barley May contain Sesame, Soy, Walnuts, Oats, Rye, Triticale)
1 unit(s)
Sweet Bell Pepper
113 g
Corn Kernels
1 unit(s)
Green Onion
¼ cup
Cheddar Cheese, shredded
(Contains Milk)
¼ cup
Roasted Pepper Pesto
(Contains Milk May contain Milk, Soy, Sulphites)
1 unit(s)
Cream Cheese
(Contains Milk)
1 tbsp
Vegetable Stock Powder
(Contains Soy, Sulphites May contain Wheat, Mustard, Sesame, Sulphites, Soy, Tree nuts, Milk, Peanuts, Triticale)
1 tbsp
All-Purpose Flour
(Contains Wheat May contain Tree nuts, Wheat, Fish, Egg, Sulphites, Sesame, Peanuts, Crustaceans, Soy, Milk)
1 unit(s)
Garlic, cloves
2 unit(s)
Chicken Breasts
Not included in your delivery
0.13 tsp
Salt*
1 tbsp
Unsalted Butter*
(Contains Milk)
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
1 tbsp
Oil*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Instructions
- Arrange bacon in an even layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake in the middle of the oven until crispy and cooked through, 12-14 min.**
- Using tongs, transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate.
- Meanwhile, cut ciabatta into 1-inch pieces.
- Toss ciabatta with 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil on an unlined baking sheet. Season salt and pepper.
- Toast in the bottom of the oven until croutons are golden and crisp, 8-10 min.
- While the croutons bake, core, then cut pepper into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Thinly slice green onions, keeping white and green parts separate.
- Peel, then mince or grate garlic.
- Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat.
- When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil, then chicken. Pan-fry on one side until golden, 6-7 min. Flip, then cover and continue cooking, until cooked through, 6-7 min.**
- Meanwhile, heat a large pot over medium-high heat.
- When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter, then stir until butter melts.
- Add garlic, peppers, corn and green onion whites. Cook, stirring occasionally, until peppers start to soften and corn begins to brown slightly, 3 min. Season with salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle flour over veggies. Cook, stirring often, until veggies are coated, 1 min.
- Add cream cheese, stock powder and 1 1/2 cups (3 cups) water. Carefully whisk until cream cheese is well combined. Bring up to a simmer. Once simmering, stir occasionally, until soup thickens slightly, 2-3 min.
- Remove from heat, then stir in red pepper pesto. Season with pepper, to taste.
- Crumble or cut bacon into bite-sized pieces. (TIP: Use kitchen shears to cut bacon with ease.)
- Thinly slice chicken, then add to soup.
- Divide soup between bowls. Top with bacon and croutons.
- Sprinkle with cheese and green onion greens.
If you've opted to add chicken breasts, pat dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat. When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil, then chicken. Pan-fry on one side until golden, 6-7 min. Flip, then cover and continue cooking, until cooked through, 6-7 min.**
Thinly slice chicken, then add to soup.