Bacon, leek & potato soup

A American lunch for the galley that copes with rough seas, one pot, can be made ahead and frozen, about 45 min hands-on.

  • Lunch
  • American
  • ⏱ 45 min
  • 🌊 Sea tolerance 4/5

Ingredients

For 4 servings (one normal-appetite adult each). Per serving in brackets.

  • Bacon120 g (30 g)
  • Leek280 g (≈ 3 leeks) (70 g (≈ 1 leek))
  • Potato600 g (≈ 3 potatos) (150 g (≈ 0.5 potato))
  • Onion (brown/yellow)120 g (≈ 1 onion) (30 g)
  • Vegetable stock cubes12 g (3 g)
  • Cooking cream (UHT)120 g (30 g)

Method

  1. Fry chopped bacon 4 minutes; add sliced leek and onion, 5 minutes.
  2. Add diced potato, stock cube and 300 ml water per serving; simmer 20 minutes.
  3. Mash roughly and stir in the cream.

In the galley

  • Copes with a seaway — 4/5 for sea tolerance.
  • Stow the main ingredients in the fridge.
  • Make ahead: cook in port and freeze in portions.
  • One pot — less to secure, less washing-up with fresh water.
  • Contains: Celery, Gluten, Milk / lactose — always check the labels of what you buy.

Per serving

kcal
360
protein
10 g
fat
18 g
carbs
42 g
sugar
7 g
fibre
5 g

From USDA FoodData Central, raw weights — a planning guide, not a label; a few values use a close stand-in.

Nutrition per serving: USDA FoodData Central — SR Legacy (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service), weighted by each ingredient's grams — a planning guide, not a label. Quantities follow standard portion sizes; this recipe hasn't been tested in a real galley yet. How we make recipes

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