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2020 CookbookShaina’s Chicken Chowder
- Heat
- See method
- Time
- 10 min
- Makes
- Not recorded
Shaina’s Chicken Chowder, preserved in the Brown Family Cookbook 2020.
01
Ingredients
- 2 T butter or olive oil
- ¼ cup heavy cream (or evaporated milk)
- 6 carrots sliced + a shot of milk ~⅛ of a big onion
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 clove minced garlic
- 1 large chicken breast, chopped up (or
- ¼ tsp thyme (or herbes)
- ½ a rotisserie chicken)
- 3 T flour
- 3-5 medium potatoes, cut in cubes
- 2 cup chicken broth + 4 cup water + a ~2 tsp fresh parsley little bouillon
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1. Cook carrots, onion, and salt in the butter, in a pot, until soft (~7 mins)
- 2. Stir in garlic and thyme (15 sec) and then add flour, taters, broth, water, cream,
- and bay leaf. Simmer till thickens, about 10 mins.
- 3. Add salt and pepper to taste
- 4. Add raw chicken chunks and continue to simmer till cooked through, about 10
- more mins.
- 5. Remove bay leaf and add fresh parsley and corn
- 6. Eat up! Good with fresh bread :)
02
Method
- 01
2 T butter or olive oil ¼ cup heavy cream (or evaporated milk) 6 carrots sliced + a shot of milk ~⅛ of a big onion 1 bay leaf 1 clove minced garlic 1 large chicken breast, chopped up (or ¼ tsp thyme (or herbes) ½ a rotisserie chicken) 3 T flour 3-5 medium potatoes, cut in cubes 2 cup chicken broth + 4 cup water + a ~2 tsp fresh parsley little bouillon Salt and pepper to taste
- 02
Cook carrots, onion, and salt in the butter, in a pot, until soft (~7 mins)
- 03
Stir in garlic and thyme (15 sec) and then add flour, taters, broth, water, cream,
- 04
and bay leaf. Simmer till thickens, about 10 mins.
- 05
Add salt and pepper to taste
- 06
Add raw chicken chunks and continue to simmer till cooked through, about 10
- 07
more mins.
- 08
Remove bay leaf and add fresh parsley and corn
- 09
Eat up! Good with fresh bread :)