Dairy-Free Chicken Corn Chowder |
Cuisine: American
Author: Rachel Hanawalt
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 1 hour 30 mins
Total time: 1 hour 50 mins
- 4 slices uncured bacon
- 2 bone-in skinless chicken breasts (about 1 pound)
- 1½ C chopped sweet yellow onion
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- ½ tsp paprika
- 1½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 8 C reserved chicken broth
- 4 C sweet yellow corn (fresh or frozen)
- 1½ Tbsp corn starch
- ¾ lb. chopped yukon gold potatoes
- 1 C chopped red pepper
- 4 Tbsp chopped green onions for garnish
- In a stock pot, bring 2 bone-in chicken breasts in three quarts (12 C) of water to a boil, and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 1 hour and remove from the heat. Remove the chicken and set aside to cool, reserving the broth for your soup. Once the chicken is cool, chop it into small pieces.
- In a large pot, cook 4 slices of uncured bacon over medium heat until it's crispy. Remove from the pot, cool on paper towels, and set aside for later as garnish for your soup.
- Add 1½ C of chopped sweet yellow onion to the pot with the bacon fat. Cook over medium heat for 3-5 minutes, or until the onions are translucent. Add the spices, including the paprika, black pepper, minced garlic, and salt to the pot and cook 1 more minute.
- Measure 8 C of the reserved chicken broth, the sweet yellow corn, and the corn starch to the pot. If the broth is warm, dilute the corn starch in about ¼ C of cold water before adding it to the pot so that it doesn’t clump. Bring the soup to a boil and then reduce to a hard simmer and cover. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and then, using an immersion blender, purée the soup until the corn is in fine pieces and the soup appears creamy.
- Add the chicken, potatoes, and red pepper to the pot and bring the soup to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cover. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. The soup is done when the potatoes are fork-tender.
- Serve hot and garnish with crumbled bacon and freshly chopped green onions.
Recipe by Simple Seasonal at https://simpleseasonal.com/recipes/dairy-free-chicken-corn-chowder
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