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CHICKEN CORN CHOWDER 
1 1/2 cups cooked chicken or turkey
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1 large sweet onion, chopped
3 or 4 medium red potatoes, 1/2-inch cubes
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
4 tablespoons flour
2 cups chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon salt
pinch cayenne pepper
pinch thyme and sage
1 14-15oz can cream style corn
1/2 cup heavy cream

In a Dutch oven or large saucepan, heat oil and butter. Sauté onions, pepper, and potatoes for 5 minutes, adding garlic last.

Stir in flour, broth, seasonings. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer and cover. Cook over low heat until potatoes are tender.

Stir in cream style corn, chunks of chicken or turkey, and cream. Cook on low heat only until heated through and steaming hot (about 5 minutes); do not allow to boil. If the chowder is not the desired consistency, add a few tablespoons of milk (if too thick) or a tablespoon flour (if too thick). Cook for another 10 minutes after adding flour to prevent a raw flour taste.

When chowder is ready, taste and adjust seasonings. Serve in chowder bowls with Pilot or milk lunch crackers.

Cooks Note: Any kind of chicken or turkey may be used. This is a good lunch dish to use up leftovers. For a dinner, poached chicken breasts cut into large chunks make this dish special. Evaporated condensed milk may be substituted for the cream, if desired.

Serves 4.

Submitted by: CM

recipe reviews
Chicken Corn Chowder
 #32635
 Amy (Pennsylvania) says:
Tried this and it was very tasty. I didn't have red bell pepper or cream so I used carrots and non fat milk and it turned out just fine (of course I think the bell pepper and cream would have made it better). I also added about 4 oz of pepper jack cheese at the very end and it gave it a GREAT kick! Good recipe!
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 Cadillac Matt P. (New York) says:
Depends how big your potatoes and onion are. I used about 3 cups of chicken broth n just eye balled the cayenne, sage and thyme. Came out killer!
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 Wendy (New York) says:
I had some turkey broth in the freezer, left over from Thanksgiving, and some fresh turkey thighs. Thawed the broth the night before and then poached the thighs in the broth. Once the meat was falling off the bone I took them out of the broth and shredded the meat, discarding the skin, tendons, bone, etc. Then I followed the recipe as written, just used "turkey" when the recipe called for "chicken". I also used more like 4 cups of broth instead of 2. Also used half-and-half (coffee cream) instead of heavy cream. I'm sure that fat-free evaporated milk would work well too.
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 Jillian (Indiana) says:
Hard to mess up. May use your own judgement. Very good!
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 Andrew (Georgia) says:
This recipe makes a awesome crab stew if you substitute the chicken with crab.
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 Laura (Connecticut) says:
Very delicious! Whole family loved it and really easy to make!
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 Jean (Massachusetts) says:
Delicious on a cold winter night. Everyone in my family loved it. Mild flavor, which we like in a chowder, but different and better than regular corn chowder. I also used more than 2 cups of chicken broth (closer to 3)
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 John Rountree (Florida) says:
A good, basic recipe which admits of variation and improvisation - celery for peppers, just onions for sweet onions, white potatoes for red ones, etc. What in the world is a "milk lunch cracker?"
 #134288
 Cooks.com replies:
Hi John,

A milk lunch cracker is an old time cracker that I understand was found mostly around the New England area. They were about 3/8-inch thick, and unsalted, slightly sweet. They probably got their name from a practice of soaking them in milk much like a bread pudding.

The original company seems to have gone out of business.

-- CM
   #193296
 Melanie (United States) says:
One of my family's favorite soup! Definitely an easy soup to make. I usually add more red peppers in (due to everyone wanting more in their soup). Delicious!

 

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