Chicken and Vegetable Wild Rice Chowder

This quick and tasty chowder is sure to keep you warm on cold winter nights.

Chicken and Vegetable Wild Rice Chowder
Photo:

Carson Downing

Total Time:
40 mins
Servings:
6

For autumn’s nippy nights, serve a smoky, bacon infused chowder that gets a head start using rotisserie chicken, a ready-to-use wild rice blend, and purchased roasted red peppers. Complete this weeknight-friendly supper with chunks of warmed baguette for dipping.

Ingredients

  • 2 slices bacon, roughly chopped

  • 1 large carrot, thinly sliced

  • 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced

  • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped

  • 2 tsp. dried sage

  • 4 cups low sodium chicken broth

  • 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken

  • 3 clove garlic cloves, minced

  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour

  • 2 cups milk

  • 8 oz packet cooked wild rice blend

  • 1 cup corn

  • 1/2 cup jarred roasted red peppers, chopped

Directions

  1. Heat 2 Tbsp. olive oil in a pot or Dutch oven over medium. Add bacon and cook, stirring frequently, until crisp, about 7 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon; leave drippings in the pot.

  2. Add carrot, celery, onion, and sage to pot; cook until vegetables begin to soften, 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Add 1/4 cup all-purpose flour and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Stir in broth, milk, wild rice blend, corn, and roasted red peppers; bring to a simmer, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.

  3. Add chicken and cook, uncovered, until chicken is just heated through, 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, and top with the reserved bacon. Serves 6.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

349 Calories
14g Fat
28g Carbs
30g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 6
Calories 349.3
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 14.1g 18%
Saturated Fat 4.3g 22%
Cholesterol 102.8mg 34%
Sodium 457.6mg 20%
Total Carbohydrate 27.8g 10%
Dietary Fiber 1.9g 7%
Total Sugars 7g
Protein 29.7g
Vitamin D 1mcg 5%
Vitamin C 22.8mg 114%
Calcium 137.6mg 11%
Iron 1.7mg 10%
Potassium 657.4mg 14%
Fatty acids, total trans 0.2g
Vitamin D 40.5IU
Alanine 1.4g
Arginine 1.7g
Ash 3g
Aspartic acid 2.1g
Caffeine 0mg
Carotene, alpha 7.8mcg
Choline, total 83.3mg
Copper, Cu 0.2mg
Cystine 0.3g
Energy 1462.1kJ
Fluoride, F 3.3mcg
Folate, total 40.9mcg
Glutamic acid 4.1g
Glycine 1.3g
Histidine 0.9g
Isoleucine 1.2g
Leucine 2.2g
Lysine 2.3g
Methionine 0.8g
Magnesium, Mg 54mg
Manganese, Mn 0.4mg
Niacin 9.5mg
Phosphorus, P 385.8mg
Pantothenic acid 1.7mg
Phenylalanine 1.1g
Phytosterols 6mg
Proline 1.6g
Retinol 58.1mcg
Selenium, Se 29.9mcg
Serine 1.1g
Starch 1.8g
Theobromine 0mg
Threonine 0.8g
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0.6mg
Tryptophan 0.3g
Tyrosine 0.9g
Valine 1.3g
Vitamin A, IU 675.4IU
Vitamin A, RAE 81.8mcg
Vitamin B-12 0.9mcg
Vitamin B-6 0.4mg
Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 9.2mcg
Water 357.1g
Zinc, Zn 2.4mg

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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