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