Tomato and bacon chowder
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | pounds | Bacon, diced |
| 1 | quart | Stewed tomatoes |
| 1 | quart | Chicken broth, divided |
| ¼ | cup | Butter |
| 1 | small | Onion, diced |
| ¼ | cup | Flour |
| 2 | cups | Warm milk |
| Shredded lettuce, to garnish | ||
| Croutons, to garnish | ||
Directions
Fry bacon and drain well; set frying pan aside. Put bacon into a large kettle; add tomatoes and three-fourths of the chicken. Deglaze frying pan wit remaining chicken broth; add mixture to kettle. In another pan, melt butter and saute onions until tender, but not brown. Add flour and stir well. Add to tomato mixture. Slowly stir warm milk into tomato mixture.
Heat well. Before serving, top each bowl with lettuce and croutons. Serves 8 to 10 Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@... Source: The Harvest Collection.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Cindy Hartlin" <cjhartlin@...> on Feb 20, 1998