Bacon And Kidney Bean Soup

Delicious, easy and full of flavour winter warmer

Ingredients

• 1 potato peeled and cubed
• half a white onion thinly sliced
• 2-3 rashers of bacon cut into pieces
• half a tin of kidney beans
• half a pint of chicken stock (use instant soup mix if you don’t have any stock)
• half a tin of tinned tomatoes
• a few pieces of broccoli (frozen is fine)
• 3 spring onions or 1 leek
• 1 glove of garlic finely chopped or crushed
• salt
• black pepper
• mixed herbs
• chilli sauce (optional)
• squeeze of ketchup

Instructions

STEP 1:

1. Soften leeks, garlic,onions in a pan with a teaspoon of oil

STEP 2:

2. Cook bacon and add to pan

STEP 3:

3. Add stock and seasoning (not ketchup or chilli sauce)

STEP 4:

4. Add potatoes and kidney beans then simmer for 20 minutes

STEP 5:

5. Add tomatoes, ketchup, chilli sauce and broccoli and simmer for a further 15 minutes.

STEP 6:

6. Enjoy with crusty bread, brown rice or alone!