Potato-Bacon Chowder

Name: Potato-Bacon Chowder
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter; 1 cup onion, diced; 1/2 cup celery, diced; 6 cups potatoes, peeled, diced (about 2 1/2 lbs.); 32 ounces chicken broth; 8 ounces light cream cheese; 1/2 lb bacon, cooked, chopped; 16 ounces milk; 2 tablespoons parsley, fresh, chopped; salt and pepper

Submitted by CookinDiva

"A satisfying comfort food that can be jazzed-up with the same toppings you would put on a baked potato (cheese, green onions, bacon). This is a great soup for a pot-luck, because it is universally enjoyed by kids and adults. NOTE: The original version called for Half 'N Half, but I've found that milk works just fine."

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photo by teresas

Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 10

ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
1 cup onion, diced
¹⁄₂ cup celery, diced
6 cups potatoes, peeled, diced (about 2 1/2 lbs.)
32 ounces chicken broth
8 ounces light cream cheese
¹⁄₂ lb bacon, cooked, chopped
16 ounces milk
2 tablespoons parsley, fresh, chopped
salt and pepper

directions

Prepare vegetables; dice onion and celery. Peel and dice potatoes into small pieces.
Saute onion and celery in butter about 8 minutes over low heat until softened.
Add potatoes and chicken broth. Simmer 15-20 minutes until potatoes are tender.
Add cream cheese to soup (Hint: pour some of the hot soup into a mixing bowl with cream cheese; whisk to blend, and then pour this back into the soup pot).
Add chopped bacon and milk (if you like a richer soup, use Half-n-Half instead of milk).
Option - add a pkg. of frozen broccoli, cooked, drained and chopped, or a package of frozen corn.
Season with salt and pepper.
Serve with additional toppings (cheese, chopped green onions, bacon).

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Reviews

We really enjoyed this. The flavor is very similar to my WW baked potato soup but this has more fat etc. I made the soup before the recipe was changed and the direction were different. So I have some yellow corn added into my soup. I used half-and-half which the recipe called for before the change. Very delicious soup. Thanks for posting. Made for PAC Fall 2008

teresas
Outstanding Soup ! Wow and wow again ! I made this on Saturday afernoon and enjoyed it for 3 days! I followed the recipe carefully and only change I made was to add the bacon into the soup. This has become my new favourite potato bacon chowder! Thanks, Diva, for a terrific soup that I will add to my other repeat recipes!

cfletcher