what's cooking wednesday - chowdy doody

How can you tell it's fall? There's a pot of soup simmering away on my stove. We love soup here. And by we I mean Mike and I, because the girls.. meh not so much. I thought soup would be the perfect thing for Mike's surgery day. Something simple to make that he could easily eat with one hand. It also seemed like a great time to crack the spine on my new Eat, Shrink and Be Merry cookbook.



Chowdy Doody aka Chicken Corn Chowder

4 slices bacon, chopped
1 cup diced onions
1/2 cup each diced celery and diced red bell pepper
2 tsp minced garlic
1 1/2 tbsp minced fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried
2 tbsp all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 can (12oz/385ml) fat free evaporated milk
1 can (19oz/540ml) diced tomatoes, well drained
1 can (14oz/398 ml) cream style corn
2 cups chopped roasted chicken breast
1 tbsp hickory flavoured barbecue sauce
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/4 tsp salt (or to taste)

Cook chopped bacon in a large non-stick soup pot over medium high heat until lightly browned but not crisp. Stir in onions, celery, red pepper and garlic. Cook and stir until vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes.

And thyme and flour. Mix well. Stir in broth and evaporated milk. Bring mixture to a gentle boil and stir continuously until soup thickens slightly.

Reduce heat to medium low. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and let simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Serve hot.

Recipe Notes: Well this was a huge hit. Mike loved it. Personally I felt the thyme was a little over powering and will likely use half the amount next time around. Mike claims he didn't notice the taste of any thyme at all. Also Mike has a severe aversion to creamed corn, so I used a can of regular old peaches and cream corn instead. Worked out just fine. And to make things easier I used the breast of an already roasted chicken you can pick up at the deli counter at just about every grocery store in the free world. Usually for the same price as the uncooked version.




What is What's Cooking Wednesday and how can I play?

What's cooking Wednesday was born out of a desire to get out of that what's for dinner rut. Playing is easy, on Wednesday post a recipe that has been tried and tested by you and then pop over here and add your name to the Mr. Linky. When entering your name also add the name of the recipe in brackets and make sure you link to your What's Cooking Wednesday post and not just your blog's front page. And don't forget to link back here, the home of What's Cooking Wednesday.

So for example I would write Shan (Speedy Chicken Stir Fry) in the name section. For the URL section I would post this: http://shanrev.blogspot.com/2007/10/whats-cooking-wednesday-speedy-chicken.html

I'll let you in on a little secret. Much to Kaffy's chagrin, my WCW recipes are almost never made on a Wednesday. So feel free to cook and photograph whenever you have time and join us posting on Wednesday.