Bacon Cheeseburger Soup

Ingredients

• 1 lb - 80/20 Ground Chuck
• 1 lb - Bacon
• 1 lb - Velveeta Cheese
• 2 Cups - Water
• 2 Cups - Milk
• 1 TBS - Chicken Base
• 1/4 Cup - Flour
• 1 - Yellow Onion (diced)
• 2 - Tomatoes (diced)
• 3 Cups - Chopped Lettuce
• 1 Cup - Pickles

Directions

• In a large skillet render down and fry bacon until crisp
• Drain all but 1 TBS of the bacon grease and begin to brown the ground beef.
• Add chopped onion and cook until the onions begin to soften.
• Add chicken base and flour and stir in.
• Add water and cook until thickened.
• Add milk and return to a simmer and add Velveeta in small chunks.
• Cook on medium low for 20 minutes and taste for salt and pepper.

* Serve in bowl and garnish with bacon, lettuce, tomato and pickles.  The original recipe has these stirred in during the cooking process.  I prefer garnishing and stirring them in as I ate the soup

ENJOY!