Potato Soup With Crispy Bacon - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 teaspoons oil
4 slices bacon (chopped)
1 brown onion (chopped)
1 garlic clove (minced)
1 1/2 kg potatoes (sebagoa starchy potato peeled and chopped)
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 liters chicken stock
1 1/2 cups water (375ml)
1 cup cream

Preparation

Heat 2 teaspoons of oil over high heat and add 4 rashers of bacon and cook for 2-3 minutes or until crip and then set aside.
Heat another 2 teaspoons of oil in the pan and add chopped brown onion and garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Add potatoes, 2 sprigs thyme, chicken stock and water and bring to the boil and then reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
Blend until smooth and stir through cream.
Divide into serving bowls and top with crispy bacon to serve.