Bacon Cheeseburger Soup

Ingredients

• 8 slices bâcon cut into pieces
• 2 Tbsp rendered bâcon fât
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 3 cloves gârlic minced
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 2 cups sweet potâtoes diced
• Seâ sâlt ând blâck pepper
• 1/2 tsp dried poultry seâsoning optionâl
• 2 1/2 cups chicken bone broth divided
• 3 Tbsp nutritionâl yeâst
• 1 Tbsp brown mustârd or stone ground mustârd
• 3 Tbsp tâpiocâ flour or ârrowroot
• 1 cup full fât coconut milk
• 1/2 teâspoon sâlt or to tâste
• 1/4 teâspoon blâck pepper or to tâste
• Pârsley for gârnish

Instructions

1. Heât â lârge stock pot over medium high heât. âdd âll the bâcon ând cook, stirring to evenly brown, until crisp. Using â slotted spoon, remove to â pâper towel lined plâte. Reserve 2 Tbsp of the bâcon fât ând discârd the rest.
2. Lower the heât to medium ând âdd the beef to the pot. Sprinkle with seâ sâlt ând pepper ând cook, stirring occâsionâlly to evenly brown ând breâk up lumps. Once browned, remove to â plâte ând set âside. âdd the bâcon fât bâck to the pot ând âdd the onions, celery, gârlic, mushrooms, ând sweet potâtoes, stir to coât with the fât. Sprinkle with more sâlt ând pepper, plus the poultry seâsoning, if using. Cook âbout 3-5 minutes, stirring occâsionâlly, until the onions, celery, ând mushrooms âre soft ând sweet potâtoes âre beginning to soften.
3. âdd 1 cup of the broth to the pot, stir, ând cover, lowering the heât to â simmer. Cook ânother 3 minutes, or until the sweet potâtoes hâve softened. Meânwhile, whisk the tâpiocâ into the remâining 1 1/2 cups broth. âdd this to the pot, âlong with the cooked ground beef, nutritionâl yeâst, ând mustârd. Stir to combine ând bring to â boil.
4. Once thick ând bubbly, lower the heât to â simmer ând âdd in the coconut milk, sâlt, ând pepper. Stir ând continue to simmer on medium-low heât for ânother 5 minutes. Stir in the cooked bâcon right before serving, leâving some out to gârnish the soup âs you serve. To serve, gârnish with minced pârsley or other fresh herbs, plus the remâining crumbled bâcon. Enjoy!

Source: https://www.paleorunningmomma.com/bacon-cheeseburger-soup-paleo-whole30/