Flavorful creamy broth, with fresh green beans, potatoes and bacon, make this a great soup year round, but especially when you have those fresh garden green beans!
Potato, Green Bean & Bacon Soup — An Update! After posting this recipe in July of 2015, it went bonkers!! It’s been so well received, and pinned so many times!! I have had many readers write to me telling me just how much they love it, too.
“Yes! This was delicious! Thank you for sharing -its a keeper =)” – Kelly P.
Of course, when you can pick the beans right from your garden, this soup is extra special, but living in the midwest, that isn’t the case. These days, though, fresh green beans in the produce section a the grocery have been really good. So, we eat this soup year round. That makes my youngest son very happy!! Today when I updated this post, I also added a recipe video, so you could see how it’s done!
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Begin original post: Some of you may be thinking, “she is sharing a soup recipe, in July? In this heat?” We eat soup year round in our house. It’s one of our most favorite meals. The best part of this particular recipe is making it when the green beans are fresh from the garden, or your local farmer’s market.
This soup recipe is from my Mother-in-law, and was my husband’s favorite growing up. It was one, that I have never made in our 24 years of marriage. I guess the reason being, it took me until the last few years to really love fresh green beans. Weird, right? As a kid, I told my mom I didn’t like them because they were “fuzzy.” I am head over heels in love with them now, though, and am sorry I missed out on so many years of such a good thing!
Recipe Favorites with Fresh Green Beans:
- Roasted Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner with Potatoes & Green Beans
- Soy Balsamic Glazed Green Beans
- Green Beans with Tomato and Bacon
- Green Bean Salad with Quinoa
- Southern Style Green Beans with Tomatoes and Bacon
- Italian Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner with Green Beans
This recipe isn’t really a “recipe” when it gets told by my Mother-in-law, or my sister-in-law. “Throw this in, throw that in, sometimes I add this, sometimes I use that.” So, me making this for the first time, I measured while I cooked, and when he walked in the door, I waved him over to the stove, lifted the lid and said “I finally made your favorite soup!” He tasted it and said it was perfect!
#Winning
Ingredients in this Potato, Green Bean and Bacon Soup:
- green beans, onion and potatoes
- bacon
- heavy cream, milk
- salt & pepper
After you cook your bacon in your Dutch oven, remove it, and most of the grease, leaving some in the bottom of the pan. Add in onions and sauté them until translucent. While you are cooking your bacon and the onions, steam your green beans and your potatoes. Add bacon and green beans back into the pot.
Mash your potatoes, and add them back in. Add in cream and milk and Salt & Pepper to taste. Simmer until heated through.
You can lighten this soup up by using half & half or all milk, but I made it full on fat because I had heavy cream in the fridge to use. It was rich, creamy and so delicious!
Enjoy!! Until next time,
Potato, Green Bean & Bacon Soup
Ingredients
- 4 cups fresh green beans, ends snipped and cut into small pieces
- 1 pound bacon, cut into small pieces
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 4 medium sized potatoes, peeled and 1/8'd
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 2 cups 2% milk
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Peel and cut potatoes into 1/8s. Boil either on your stove or in the microwave until tender. Drain water and slightly mash. Set aside.
- Steam green beans until slightly tender. Set aside.
- n your dutch oven, cook bacon pieces until slightly crispy, remove bacon with a slotted spoon, drain excess fat, but don't wipe the bottom clean.
- Add onion to dutch oven and sauté in drippings until soft.
- Add bacon back in, add green beans, mashed potatoes, and cover with milk and cream.
- Warm for a bit until heated through, taking care not to boil.
- Salt & Pepper to taste.
Notes
This soup can be lightened up by using either half & half or all milk. If using all milk, it won't be quite as thick of a broth.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 600 Total Fat: 43g Saturated Fat: 21g Trans Fat: 1g Unsaturated Fat: 19g Cholesterol: 128mg Sodium: 1049mg Carbohydrates: 29g Fiber: 3g Sugar: 8g Protein: 26g
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Debi @ Life Currents says
July 29, 2015 at 2:07 pmThis looks so good! I adore soup any time of year, and green beans are one of my favorite veggies! Maybe I need to start growing them. Can’t wait to try this recipe. Yum!
Joanne T Ferguson says
July 29, 2015 at 8:14 pmWhat a hearty and delicious soup Michaela! Pinned and shared!
justine says
July 30, 2015 at 7:57 pmI love soup in the summertime (or really anytime) and this one looks delicious!
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life says
August 6, 2015 at 2:02 pmLooks scrumptious to me, and we eat soup in the summer too. I made a red lentil soup the other night! 🙂 Definitely want to try this one!
plasterer bristol says
August 19, 2015 at 10:29 amThis was really good. Thanks for sharing this. Top marks.
Simon
Michaela Kenkel says
August 19, 2015 at 7:54 pmGlad you enjoyed! 🙂
Kelly Pennington says
November 8, 2015 at 7:00 pmYes! This was delicious! Thank you for sharing -its a keeper =)
Michaela Kenkel says
November 9, 2015 at 8:26 amI am so happy that you enjoyed it!! My son is requesting it for his birthday — he loves it too!
Dianna says
November 29, 2015 at 7:58 pmI blended my soup up. Made it creamy. It was yummy!
Michaela Kenkel says
December 3, 2015 at 7:18 amFantastic! Glad you enjoyed!
Julie says
January 2, 2016 at 1:43 pmLoved it!
Michaela Kenkel says
January 2, 2016 at 3:22 pmI’m so glad! 🙂
Jessie says
June 21, 2016 at 1:14 pmMy Grandmother from Belgium made a soup like this minus the bacon all the time! She used half-half and buttermilk equil parts of both. Over the years I foynd that she also added celery while sauting onions. She also would thicking with flour and water if to thin. I loved when she wrnt to the farmers market and brought back fresh green beans it meant we were having green bean soup with homemade bread!
Michaela Kenkel says
June 22, 2016 at 10:41 pmThank you so much for sharing your memory with me! ❤️
Sidney says
November 17, 2016 at 8:58 amHow would the recipe be if I wanted to put it into the crock pot???
Chriistine says
January 23, 2019 at 9:09 pmYour soup sounds good.
Sabrina says
January 24, 2019 at 2:26 pmThis looks so filling and hearty! Perfect way to warm up on a chilly day!
Pam says
January 24, 2019 at 2:53 pmWhat a beautiful and delicious sounding soup! I get soup in the summer because we grill out in the winter. Each to his own, right?
Tayler Ross says
January 24, 2019 at 3:24 pmI’ve been craving a comforting soup, and then I come across this! I can’t wait to try it!
Jillian says
January 24, 2019 at 3:35 pmThis soup has my name all over it! I love soups like this year round!! Delish!
Kellie Anderson says
January 24, 2019 at 3:55 pmHow delicious does this look! And easy, too
Karen @ Seasonal Cravings says
January 24, 2019 at 4:45 pmThis reminds me of a soup my mom used to make when I was growing up. It’s the perfect dinner for a cold night in my jammies. I will have to try it out for my mom!
Pam Greer says
January 27, 2019 at 4:18 pmYum! I’ve made lots of potato soups, but I never added green beans to them! Such a good idea! i’ve also been impressed with the green beans in the store lately!
Shanika says
January 27, 2019 at 6:30 pmI always love a great soup recipe! This recipe looks so delish!
Adrianne says
January 27, 2019 at 7:11 pmI love a hearty bowl of soup and the fact that this one includes bacon is right up my alley! Cheers, can’t wait to give it a go, it sounds delicious.
Laura | Wandercooks says
January 27, 2019 at 8:13 pmHaha it’s so funny how our tastes change over time right? For me it was mushrooms – couldn’t stand them as a kid, I thought they were ‘icky’ – now I can’t get enough! This soup sounds so delicious espeeeecially with the bacon and beans. Easy to see why it’s such a favourite!
Jere Cassidy says
January 27, 2019 at 8:45 pmI can’t say I have ever seen a green bean soup and since I love green beans this is a must try.
Michaela Kenkel says
January 28, 2019 at 3:39 pmIt certainly is! 🙂