JALAPENO CHEDDAR CHICKEN SOUP

This soup was one of three options for using up jalapenos, chicken, and bacon in my fridge. I went with soup as it gave me a bit more to work with, which meant more soups for my lunches.

I originally wanted to put cream cheese in, but it seemed to be the only cheese I didn’t have in my fridge. So I used cream (light half n’ half) instead and a bit extra cheese and it came out as a creamy tasty soup. I might try cream cheese next time just to see what flavour is added, but would make again with the cream no problem.

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Jalapeno Cheddar Chicken Soup

Ingredients

• 2 jalapenos
• 1 small onion
• 4 strips of bacon cut into small pieces
• Thickening agent of choice **
• 6 chicken breasts sprinkled with garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, and paprika, then cut into 1" cubes
• 1 heaping tablepoon minced garlic
• 4 cups stock i used a blend of chicken and vegetable stock
• 1 cup cream
• 1/2 teaspoon yellow curry
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• Few dashes of worcestershire sauce
• S&P to taste
• 1/2 c aged red leicester cheddar
• 1 cup tex mex shredded
• 1/2 cup grana padano parmesan

Instructions

• Place the bacon pieces in a large soup pot and render down until the bacon is slightly crisp.
• Whiz the onion and jalapenos in a small food processor and add to the bacon fat.
• Saute until the onion is soft.
• ** At this point if you would like to add flour to make a roux, do so. As I used a low carb thickener, I add it at the end of cooking.
• Remove the onion, jalapeno, and bacon mix and set aside. Add the minced garlic to the pile.
• Add the chicken to the pot in the. Saute until browned and they have somewhat cooked through.
• Add the jalapeno, onion, bacon mix back in.
• Add the stock, cream, worcestershire sauce, and spices and bring to a simmer.
• Add the cheese, letting simmer for about 15 minutes.
• At this point I added my low carb thickener.
• Bring to a boil

Notes

I found bringing it to a boil at the end caused everything to blend well instead of having the spices floating on the top.