Comforting Celery and Bacon Soup

• 1 stalk Celery
• 1/2 Onion
• 2 to 3 slices Bacon
• 5 cm Carrot (optional)
• 1 large Soup stock cube
• 1 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 dash Coarsely ground black pepper
• 1 bunch Mitsuba (optional)

1. Slice the onion, and cut the bacon into easy to eat pieces.
2. Juilenne the carrot.
3. Heat up a pan and saute the bacon over medium heat.
4. When some fat has started to come out of the bacon, add the onion and saute until wilted.
5. Add the carrot too and saute briefly.
6. Add 4 cups (800 ml) of water to the pan, as well as the soup stock cube, cover with a lid and simmer.
7. In the meantime, remove the thick outside fibrous parts of the celery and cut into 5 mm thick slices.
8. Cut up the mitsuba into easy to eat pieces too.
9. When the soup comes to a boil, skim off the scum, add the celery and bring to a boil again.
10. Add the soy sauce and it's done.
11. Ladle into soup bowls and garnish with some mitsuba.
12. Sprinkle some coarsely ground black pepper on top and enjoy.

celery, onion, bacon, carrot, cube, soy sauce, ground black pepper

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/168914-comforting-celery-and-bacon-soup (may not work)