Chicken Chowder

Total Time: 10 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 9 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb bacon, diced
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 2 cups diced celery
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 -3 cups diced potatoes
• 2 cups chicken, diced and cooked
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 2 cans clams, with juice or 2 bottles clam juice
• 1 can corn, undrained
• 3/4 cup flour
• 4 cups milk
• 4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup whipping cream, unwhipped

Recipe

• 1 saute bacon in skillet until bacon is crisp, you may have to do this in stages.
• 2 reserve a portion of the bacon drippings saute onions dn celery in bacon drippings until limp, add salt and pepper.
• 3 combine all ingredients except flour, milk, cheese, and cream cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours, mixture will need a large crockpot whisk flour into milk.
• 4 stir into soup along with cheese and whipping cream.
• 5 i had to transfer have of the chowder to the stove to have enough room.
• 6 if finishing on stove, stir until chowder thickens.
• 7 if finishing in crockpot, cover and cook one hour on high.