Bacon Cheese Potato Chowder Recipes

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crisp, and chop. Drain and use paper towel to soak up excess fat.
• In a large pot, sautee onion and garlic with 2 tbsp bacon drippings.
• Add potatoes, water, bouillon cubes to pot.
• Heat to boiling, then cover and simmer until potatoes are cooked, then add bacon.
• Mix flour with a small amount of evaporated milk, making a paste.
• Gradually stir in remaining milk.
• Add to potato mixture.
• Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and thickens.
• Stir often to ensure the soup doesn't burn on the bottom of the pot.

Steps:

• Prepare vegetables; dice onion and celery. Peel and dice potatoes into small pieces.
• Saute onion and celery in butter about 8 minutes over low heat until softened.
• Add potatoes and chicken broth. Simmer 15-20 minutes until potatoes are tender.
• Add cream cheese to soup (Hint: pour some of the hot soup into a mixing bowl with cream cheese; whisk to blend, and then pour this back into the soup pot).
• Add chopped bacon and milk (if you like a richer soup, use Half-n-Half instead of milk).
• Option - add a pkg. of frozen broccoli, cooked, drained and chopped, or a package of frozen corn.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve with additional toppings (cheese, chopped green onions, bacon).

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 5 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until potatoes are tender. , Add cream cheese; stir until blended. Garnish with bacon and chives if desired.