Recipe: chilli, tomato & bacon soup
This is one of my go-to batch cooking recipes as it provides lots of portions of soup, perfect for taking to work. And who could resist a tomato and bacon soup? It has bacon in it, after all. Depending on what I have at home, I often use tinned tomatoes, instead of fresh. I tend to have chicken stock in the freezer, but otherwise, try it with bone broth – or even water if you have neither.

- Dash of extra virgin olive oil
- 2 large brown onions, finely diced
- 8 bacon slices, chopped
- 15 - 20 tomatoes, chopped (depending on your preference you may choose to peel and de-seed)
- 1½ litres of chicken stock
- 4 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 5 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
- sea salt and black pepper
- Heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat and gently fry the onions and bacon.
- When the onions become soft, add in the tomatoes, stock, paste, chili and seasoning
- Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, stiring occasionally
- After about 20 minutes, remove from the heat
- Blitz in a blender until your desired consistency has been reached
- Serve and enjoy!
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