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BACON CHEDDAR GNOCCHI SOUP An Easy Mock Potato Soup
Oct 7, 2025
BACON CHEDDAR GNOCCHI SOUP An Easy Mock Potato Soup #soup #gnocchi #catherinesplates Today's Recipe: https://catherinesplates.com/bacon-cheddar-gnocchi-soup/
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Hello everyone, welcome back. Today is
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soup day and I am going to show you how
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to make a bacon cheddar
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soup. Now, this is a mock version of a
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potato soup. And aki is a little formed
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kind of like of a dumpling that has
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potato in it and it's nice and pillowy
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and soft. And when you pick them up from
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the store and you cook them, it takes no
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time at all to make it. And that's why
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we're calling this like a mock version
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of a potato soup. You don't have to peel
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your potatoes, chop your potatoes, cook
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them for a long time. Woo! This soup is
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going to come together quickly. And
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we're going to start off with the first
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layer of flavor, bacon. Now, we're going
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to cook our soup in a large Dutch oven
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or a large soup pot, whatever you have.
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That's the only vessel we are going to
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be using today. And we're going to go
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ahead and get that onto a medium heat.
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And we're going to place six pieces of
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bacon in the pan here. I'm just going to
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lay them in there.
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Now, we're going to need the bacon
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grease, and we're also going to need the
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bacon once it's nice and crisp up at the
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end of the recipe. So, it's going to
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serve two parts to this recipe.
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Keep pushing them in.
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All right. Now, once they start getting
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nice and crispy on one side, we'll flip
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them over and crisp them on the other
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side.
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All right. I'm going to start turning
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the bacon.
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Y'all, this is the longest part of the
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recipe right here. Once you get the
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bacon done, everything else comes
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together pretty quickly.
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Look at that.
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All right, pulling all of my crispy
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bacon out.
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Now, while the oil is still hot, we're
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going to leave it in the pan here as
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flavor for our soup.
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We're going to take one yellow onion
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that I diced up, and we're going to add
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it. And we're going to cook it down for
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a few minutes so it gets nice and soft
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and lightly browned.
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We got some garlic there we're going to
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save.
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All right, our onions are done and
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they're looking really good in there.
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We're going to add in about two cloves
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of minced garlic
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and then we'll mix that in for one
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minute.
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[Music]
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We are getting some flavors going on in
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here.
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I love potato soup. I love this fast
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version, too. I love though. I like to
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make it in skillet meals. Oh, those are
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so good. They absorb all the flavors cuz
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they're little pillowy goodness. Right.
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All right. Now, what I'm going to do,
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add in two tablespoons of flour.
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We're going to create a r.
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And we're going to add in one tablespoon
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of butter because we've already got some
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bacon grease in there. Probably about a
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tablespoon. So, when you make a r, you
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want equal portions
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of your butter or grease to the flour.
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We're going to cook this down for 2
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minutes.
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That'll help melt that butter into the
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flour and the onions and it'll cook out
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that rawness from the flour.
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Now, the rue will make a delicious
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creaminess to our soup,
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which will be nice. All right. Now,
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we're going to add in four cups of
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chicken broth. Now, I have very low
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sodium. That way, we can adjust the
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seasonings later. So, I'm going to
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slowly add it in.
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Make sure it's well combined.
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All right, we're going to go grab a
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whisk.
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All right, I'm using a silicone whisk so
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I don't tear up my enameled pots here.
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Now, we're going to put this on a high
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heat and bring it to a boil.
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after we get it all in. I want to make
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sure the flour is incorporated so we
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don't have the lumps other than the
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onions.
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Okay, we've got a simmer going.
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We're going to add one cup of heavy
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whipping cream.
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And then we're going to start seasoning
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this up. I've got half a teaspoon of
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garlic powder, half a teaspoon of onion
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powder, half a teaspoon of smoked
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paprika, 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper.
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We're going to add that. And then I'm
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going to add the salt separately.
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I'm going to crack it in.
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[Applause]
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And then grab a spoon and give it a
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taste.
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I'm not going to overs salt because we
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do have cheese going in our soup later.
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We don't want to over overs salt it.
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That's a good brothy soup right there.
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I'm going to add a little bit more salt
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and we're going to talk about that.
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That looks good right there.
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And you can adjust the seasonings later
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if you want. All right.
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I'm using this right here. We got a
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pound of potato. These are pillowy
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Italian dumplings
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and they're made with 85% potato. This
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box right here was made in Italy. So,
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we're going to go ahead and open this
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up. Oh, and we're going to place it into
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our soup.
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Now, I find this in the pasta aisle of
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your store,
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and they look like this. Come on up.
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All right. So, I just opened up the
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package here.
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These are what these littlekies look
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like. You can make your own homemade if
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you want. Also, I'm going to take this
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out.
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We ought to do that one. Make some
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homemade.
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Yeah. If you want to see that, let us
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know. We'll make them for you.
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I love them.
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All right. Come on in.
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one pound.
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These take about 3 to 5 minutes to cook
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through.
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Now, once they're cooked through, they
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should start floating on top of the soup
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and they'll be nice and pillowy. And we
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got a few more things to add to it. We
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should be done.
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Time to eat.
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Yeah. Grab a bowl and a spoon.
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Now, while this soup is cooking until
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the are done, we're going to go ahead
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and grate some cheese. I've got sharp
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cheddar cheese, eight ounces.
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We'll get that ready to go.
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Now, it's been sitting out, so it's
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going to
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be a little soft.
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Get my little holder there.
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There we go.
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Help it out.
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Okay, this soup is smelling delicious.
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Got my cheese
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and we're going to add it all in. I'm
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going to put some in. Stir it in. Put
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some more in. Stir it in.
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Stir that in.
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You can see those floating at the top
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there.
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We're going to give it some color.
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That looks good. Yum.
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We're going to put spinach in.
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We're going to let it wilt on in there.
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Another little handful.
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You certainly can leave it out if you
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want to. We're add it in.
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Let that welt down in there. We're going
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to give it a try. Taste for any more
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salt seasoning.
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And we got the bacon.
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Now, you can add the bacon into your
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soup if you want to do that, but I'm
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going to crumble it on top of my bowl.
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That's how we like it.
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Let me bowl this up, put some bacon on
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it, and I'm going to give it a try. Let
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you know how those are. All right. What
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do y'all think? Oh,
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love this for the fall. Got the bacon,
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spinach,
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and we have the
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Oh, get it. There it is. And that
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delicious
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soup creaminess right there. Here's my
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bite.
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Those
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neokis are like little puffs of
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goodness. Absorbs all those flavors.
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M. That creamy broth that we built
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and that bacon that adds nice little
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saltiness to the dish.
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That's our mock version of potato soup.
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Mhm.
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All right, you guys. Have you ever heard
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of before? Let me know if you want to
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make my mock version of potato soup.
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This is the bacon cheddari
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soup,
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and it's delicious. All right, you guys.
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I'll see y'all on the next episode. Bye.
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