Green Chile Turkey Chowder

Recipe credit to: Chef Hartley

Green Chile Turkey Chowder

Ingredients

• 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 slices bacon, diced
• 2 Tablespoons flour
• 1 yellow onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced fine
• 1 pound red potatoes, cut in ½ inch cubes (skin on)
• 1 pound turkey meat, shredded or cubed
• 1 pound diced frozen green chile
• 1 pound frozen cut corn
• 3 cups chicken broth (or turkey bone broth)
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tsp dry thyme leaves
• Salt & pepper to taste

Directions

1. In a medium pot, sauté bacon in vegetable oil until it just begins to turn brown.
2. Add onion and garlic, and sweat until onion is transparent.
3. Add flour, and stir until completely incorporated into the mixture, and all of the flour has been absorbed by the oil in the pot.
4. Add broth and all remaining ingredients except for cream, and simmer until potatoes