Wild Mushroom, Smoked Chicken And Corn Chowder - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    6 slices of thick sliced bacon, diced
    1 large onion, chopped
    1 red bell pepper, chopped
    1 green bell pepper, chopped
    3 cups of frozen white shoepeg corn, thawed, divided
    1 1/2 cups chopped smoked chicken or 1 1/2 cups turkey
    3 medium red potatoes, peeled, and, chopped
    1/2 cup sliced and diced wild mushroom
    3/4 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
    1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
    4 cups water
    2 cups half-and-half, divided
Preparation
    In large pot or dutch oven, cook bacon over medium-high heat 4 to 6 min until browned. Place on paper towel-lined plate.
    Drain all but 1 tablespoon of the drippings from the pot. Cook onion, red pepper, and green pepper, for 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Return the bacon to the pot.
    Stir in 2 cups of the corn, chicken, potatoes, mushrooms, salt, cayenne pepper,and black pepper.
    Add 4 cups of water or enough to cover.
    Partially cover pot and bring to a boil.
    Reduce heat to low; cook for 30 minute.
    Meanwhile in blender or food processor, blend remaining 1 cup of corn and 1 cup of the half-and-half until almost smooth.
    Just before serving, stir the pureed corn mixture and remaining half-and-half into the soup bring just to a simmer.
    (DO NOT LET BOIL SOUP WILL CURDLE).

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