When I woke up today and saw that it was gloomy out I decided that it was just the kind of day to make soup. Since I had plenty of vegetables in the fridge I though I would try out a recipe for Vegetable Chowder that I have been planning on making for a while. The recipe was fairly easy to make, however I would prepare all the vegetables before you start. This chowder has the three key ingredients needed in a chowder recipe: bacon, milk and potatoes. It turned out creamy but still tasted fresh because of the addition of the vegetables and herbs.
Hearty Vegetable Chowder
Recipe from Anna Olson
Ingredients
4 slices of bacon, diced
1 cup onion, diced
1/2 cup carrot, diced
1 cup broccoli florets
2 cups cauliflower florets
1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
2 cups chicken stock
2 cups 2% milk
1 cup frozen corn kernels
1 cup potatoes, peeled and diced
2 tsp fresh thyme
2 tsp dried oregano
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper
Cook bacon in a medium sauce pot until crisp. Remove from pan and set aside. Leave remaining bacon fat in pan add onions and carrots and cook over medium heat until onions are translucent. Add broccoli, cauliflower, and red bell pepper and continue to cook for 5 minutes.
Remove vegetables from pot and set aside. Melt 2 tbsp of butter in pot and add flour. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Whisk in chicken stock slowly to avoid getting lumps. Once chicken stock is fully incorporated slowly whisk in milk. Add the cooked vegetables back to the pot and add the potatoes, corn, thyme, oregano and bay leaf, bring to a simmer.
Cover the pot and cook for 20 more minutes or until potatoes are fork tender. Remove the bay leaf and add the cooked bacon, season with salt and pepper.
Comments
Oh my.. This looks so yummy!
can I use rice milk instead of cow’s and is there any alternative for the bacon? Maybe turkey bacon!
I think rice milk might work and the turkey bacon would be a good low fat alternative to regular bacon. Let me know how it goes!
Be careful with turkey bacon. There is often a ton of additives and significantly higher sodium levels than in regular bacon. Typically the calorie count is similar or only marginally better. Better off with the real stuff.
[...] the soup I made last week, seeing as it was DELISH! I followed Sweet And Savoury Kitchen’s recipe exactly. Only I used about double the potato because my potato was big and i did not want to waste [...]
I just wanted to say that this is now my go-to recipe for chowder (not that I had one before). I use it more as a guideline than anything. You can use virtually any vegetables on hand and leftover meat. I put meatballs in it 2 weeks ago. The pot was licked clean. I LOVE it!