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American · Soup

Vegetable Soup with Lemon

A plain, honest root-vegetable soup sweated in bacon fat for depth, simmered gently in the slow cooker and brightened at the end with fresh parsley and lemon juice.

  • YieldServes 6
  • Hands-on30 min
  • Total5 h 2 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 2 tbspbacon drippings
  • 1yellow onion, large, chopped
  • 3 clovesgarlic, peeled and smashed
  • 8carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 4 stalkscelery, chopped
  • 2yellow-fleshed potatoes, such as Yukon gold, peeled and chopped
  • 2 tspsalt, plus more to taste
  • 6black peppercorns
  • 1.4 Lwater, about 6 cups, enough to just cover
  • 2 tbspfresh flat-leaf parsley, washed and coarsely chopped
  • 1lemon, juiced, use up to the whole lemon, to taste

Contains

  • Celery
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Carrot
  • Parsley
  • Black and white pepper
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Pork
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Tender-braised
  • Brothy

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Slow cooker

Season

  • Spring
  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Meal prep

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 1
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: low
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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