Ingredients
- 1 pound bacon
- 1 large head cauliflower, broken into florets and cut smaller if necessary to get bite size
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 leeks, sliced in half and cleaned thoroughly then sliced thinly
- 1/4 cup carrot, grated or diced
- 5 cups mushrooms, sliced
- 60 ounces chicken broth
- 1 quart half-and-half
- 10 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
- Pepper
How to Make
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Step 1: Cut bacon into small pieces. In large stock pot over medium heat cook bacon until crisp. Drain off fat.
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Step 2: Add onions,leeks, thyme, bay leaves and garlic to pot with bacon. Saute until onions are translucent.
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Step 3: Add cauliflower, carrots and mushrooms to pot and saute for 5-10 minutes.
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Step 4: Add chicken broth and cook until vegetables are done.
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Step 5: Add blue cheese and cook until blue cheese melts.
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Step 6: Pour in half and half turn heat to low and cook approx 10-15 minutes until heated throughly, do not boil.
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Step 7: Delicious on a cold rainy night with some homemade bread. This makes a big batch, but when i fix it we have it for dinner then lunch the next day.
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