Cheesy Bacon & Chorizo Bread Soup Recipe

An incredibly tasty, yet easy cheesy bacon and chorizo bread soup recipe. Uses stale bread of your choice, toasted in the oven, and stirred into a creamy yet chunky peasant-style dish.

Hello! Did you catch my recent boat York trip on Twitter recently? Well, if not, we finally gained the courage to travel on the River Ouse from the Selby lock and ended up spending two nights in York.

We moored up in front of the Museum Gardens, did a LOT of shopping and met up with friends, who coincidentally, gave us the gift of BREAD!

It wasn't any ordinary bread. It was The Shamble's Bluebird Bakery's 7 Seed Sourdough bread, which we initially indulged with hummus and croutons on salad. And the following day, I was inspired to create what I'm about to share with you. A delicious poor man's (sort of), bacon and cheese bread soup.

What Bread Should I Use?

You can use whatever bread you like! But because we'll be adding moisture to soften the bread, it makes it one of the best stale bread recipes to use it up!

It doesn't have to be artisan bread like this. You can opt for cheap white bread instead. And if you don't have stale bread, then not to worry as we'll dry it our and bake in the oven.

However, while baking stale bread, I like to give it a toss of olive oil and seasoning first for extra flavour.

Tips For Batch Cooking

If you're batch cooking, then really, it's best to only stir in the bread as and when you're about to eat it. But in reality, I'm a "chuck it all in and deal with it later" kind of girl.

At this point, once you've reheated it, the bread obviously loses its crunch. And instead, results in a thicker soup, which is also yummy.

Equipment I Used

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You'll find that while cooking on a narrowboat, I aim for fuss-free family recipes that require very little equipment due to limited space. Here's all I used:

• Chopping board
• Chopping knife
• Saucepan
• Spatula
• Measuring cup (or a jug and kitchen scales)
• Baking tray
• Baking paper or sometimes silicone baking mats
• Ladle

Alternative Ingredients

If you'd like a lighter consistency, then you don't need to add double cream (AKA heavy cream). I just love the extra creaminess it gives.

Instead, you may prefer it as it, or even cook with some shredded cabbage.

Making It More Italian

For some extra Italian depth, why not saute minced garlic while you're cooking your onions? The only reason I avoid cooking with garlic while touring the canals is that you'll often meet new people.

I don't want to kill them with garlic breath during a daytime meal. Unless it's evening time and we're moored up for the night!

More Easy Narrowboat Recipes You Might Like

• Leek and bacon soup without potato (keto friendly)
• Chunky courgette and cheese soup
• Cauliflower and courgette soup recipe
• Slow cooker minted lamb stew (or stove pot!)
• Cheesy leeks and bacon linguine (one of our regular boat recipes)
• Easy cheesy broccoli soup
• Italian peasant bread soup with cabbage (low fat Slimming World version)

You can find hundreds of more recipes over on my dedicated food blog, Tastefully Vikkie.

How to Make Bread Soup Recipe