GCH:What’s on Your Plate? – Chicken Corn Chowder

Chicken Corn Chowder

Ingredients

1/2 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 onion, diced

1 carrot, diced

1 celery stalk, diced

1 garlic cloves, minced

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts – cut into bite size pieces

2 pieces cooked bacon – crumbled

1 cup milk

1 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 20-ounce package frozen corn, thawed

½ teaspoon dried cilantro

Chives to garnish

Instructions

 Using a lidded soup pot, place pot on stove over medium heat, and add olive oil.

 Stir in chopped onion, carrot, celery, and minced garlic. Cover pot with lid and cook for about 5 minutes.

 Add diced chicken breasts to vegetables. Add enough water to slightly cover all ingredients.

 Cover pot with lid and cook for about 20 minutes until chicken is done.  Stir occasionally.

 Remove lid from pot, and add bacon to the chowder.

 Combine milk and flour in a measuring cup and stir well. Add to chowder.

 Add package of frozen corn and dried cilantro to the chowder, and stir.

 Reduce heat to low, and simmer in covered pot for about 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.

 Serve in soup bowls.  Garnish with chives.

 Great served with Homemade Bread.

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