Cooking Light's Cheddar Chicken Chowder

I love corn chowder but have never attempted to make it. As I scanned my 1997 Cooking Light Annual Recipes cookbook, I found a Cheddar Chicken Chowder recipe on page 290. This recipe made 7 servings and was great the first, second and third night.

When I make this recipe again, I will change the bacon cooking part. The recipe called for me to cook the bacon in a Dutch oven. I understand why which was to coat the pan for cooking the chicken. My problem, I burnt the bacon and scorched my chicken. I was able to salvage the chicken but the bacon had to be trashed. When I remake this recipe, I will cook the bacon on my griddle then transfer the grease to my stock pot. This will save me time because I am familiar with this cooking method plus I won't burn the bacon.

The only thing I changed about this recipe was to omit the table salt and used my old standby of Herb Ox sodium free chicken broth. Directions were easy to follow making this a fun, hearty, warm, and filling winter dish.

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