Recipe and source notes

Mexican Chicken Corn Chowder

8 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1½ pounds chicken breasts, no skin, no bone
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • 2 cloves garlic — minced
  • 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 2 chicken bouillon cubes
  • 1 cup hot water
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 cups half and half — or light cream
  • 2 cups Monterey jack cheese — shredded
  • 16 ounces cream-style corn
  • 4 ounces canned chopped green chiles — undrained
  • ¼ teaspoon hot pepper sauce — or to taste
  • 1 medium tomato — chopped

Make it step by step

  1. Cut chicken into bite-size pieces.
  2. In a dutch oven, brown chicken, onion, and garlic in butter until chicken is no longer pink.
  3. Dissolve bouillon in hot water.
  4. Add to pan along with cumin; bring to a boil.
  5. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 5 minutes.
  6. Add cream, cheese, corn, chilies, and hot pepper sauce.
  7. Cook and stir over low heat until cheese is melted.
  8. Stir in tomato.
  9. Serve immediately.

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