Chicken, Bacon Crock Pot Chowder

Chicken, Bacon Crock Pot Chowder

Category: Soups, Stews and Chili

Cuisine: Chowder

Ready in 45 minutes
by deacongs1

Ingredients

4 cloves Garlic minced

1 each Shallot minced

1 each Leek, small Cleaned, trimmed and sliced

1 ribs Celery diced

1 oz Cremini Mushrooms sliced

1 medium Onion, sweet Thinly sliced

4 tbsp Butter divided

2 cup Chicken Stock divided

1 lb Chicken breast

8 oz Cream cheese Room temperature

1 cup Heavy cream

1 lb Bacon cooked crisp and crumbled

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Pepper

1 tsp Garlic powder

1 tsp Thyme, dried


Directions

1. Heat slow cooker on low setting. Add garlic, shallot, leek, celery, mushrooms, onions, 2 tbs butter, 1 cup chicken stock, salt and pepper. Cover and cook vegetables on low for 1 hour. While cooking: 2. Pan sear chicken breasts in remaining 2 tbs butter until browned on both sides. About 5 minutes on both sides. Chicken will not be fully cooked at this stage. Set aside 3. Deglaze the pan with one cup of stock scraping up any chicken bits. Add to cooker. 4. Add heavy cream, cream cheese, garlic powder and thyme to cooker. Stir until well blended and there are no chunks of cream cheese. 5. Cut chicken into bite sized pieces along with bacon. 6. Stir all ingredients until well combined. Cook 6-8 hours

Review this recipe »

Related Recipes

Get the BigOven app!

Find any recipe, add your own, make grocery lists easily from recipes. Enter any 3 ingredients and BigOven will tell you what you can make. It's free! (4.5/5 stars)