Chicken Lentil Sweetcorn Chowder Recipes

CHICKEN, LENTIL & SWEETCORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place the spring onions in a large pan with 6 tbsp stock and seasoning. Cover and cook for 2-3 mins until softened. Add the potatoes, the rest of the stock and the milk. Bring to the boil and simmer gently, partially covered, for 10 mins or until the potatoes are just tender. Ladle out about a quarter of the mixture into a blender and whizz until smooth. Stir back into the pan.
• Add the chicken, sweetcorn and lentils to the pan and cook for 5-7 mins more or until the chicken is cooked. Check the seasoning and serve in warm bowls, scattered with chopped chives (if using).

CHICKEN, SAUSAGE AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place a 4-quart heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat and add the oil.
• When the oil is hot, add the kielbasa and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, about 4 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer the kielbasa to a double layer of paper towels.
• Set aside.
• Add the onion to the pan and cook, stirring frequently, until golden, 6 to 7 minutes.
• Add 1/2 cup of the broth and simmer for 2 minutes, scraping up the browned bits.
• Add the remaining 2 1/2 cups broth, kielbasa, corn, potato, chicken, lentils and bay leaf.
• Reduce the heat to medium and simmer, covered, for 25 minutes, or until the potato and lentils are tender.
• Whisk the sour cream into the soup.
• Stir in the spinach, salt and pepper, reduce the heat to low and cook until the soup is just heated through and the spinach is wilted, 2 to 3 minutes. (Do not let it boil.)
• Remove the bay leaf and serve immediately, sprinkled with the parsley.
• Nutritional information per serving: 250 calories (14.7% from fat), 4.1 g fat (0.9 g saturated fat), 19.8 g protein, 35.6 g carbohydrate, 15 mg cholesterol, 709 mg sodium.

EASY CHICKEN AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir carrot, celery, onion, and garlic into hot butter until slightly softened, about 2 minutes. Stir flour into mixture to make a paste; cook until lightly browned and flour gives off a slightly toasted smell, about 5 minutes. Watch carefully, flour burns easily. Remove saucepan from heat and set aside to cool, about 15 minutes.
• Stir white and yellow corn, potatoes, chicken, and 3 cups of chicken stock in a large soup pot over medium heat. Whisk remaining 1 cup chicken stock into vegetables and flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Stir mixture into ingredients in soup pot. Bring to a simmer, stirring constantly, until thick, about 5 minutes.
• Stir half-and-half, nutmeg, salt, and black pepper into chowder. Bring back to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.