Take-out Tuesday, Winter Warmth Chowder
Much of the USA is dealing
with extremely cold temperatures this week,
it’s even 20 degrees in Birmingham Alabama where I live
🥶
You need a hot bowl of soup to warm you up!
This is a soup recipe full of short cuts to make it easy for you
to get out of the kitchen quickly
It’s a satisfying and hearty potato chowder,
loaded with vegetables
Frozen hash browns and corn, cheddar, mirepoix
{chopped carrots, celery & onion}
Chicken broth, cream cheese,
Cream of Chicken & Mushroom Soup,*
grated cheddar, bacon, tater tots and green onions for garnish
*You can use any cream soup you like, Cream of broccoli, Celery, Mushroom, Onion, Cream of Chicken or Cream of Chicken & Mushroom
Cook bacon strips,** then remove to drain on paper towels
Sauté carrots, onion and celery in 1Tbsp remaining bacon grease
until soft, covering with a lid to speed cooking along
**if you don’t want to use bacon,sauté the vegetables in a dash of olive oil and butter
Put potatoes in a greased or lined large slow cooker
and add broth, vegetables and cream soup
Stir to combine
Set the cooker to low and let the soup cook for 7 hours
After 6 hours, about 1 hour before serving, cube cheese
Stir the cubed cheese into the soup,
cover cooker and let the cheese melt into the soup
Cook Tater Tots according to package directions and keep warm
Stir soup again before serving
and garnish with bacon,
tater tots, sliced green onions, and grated cheddar
Winter Warmth Chowder with Potato Croutons
Ingredients
- 20 oz frozen shredded hash browns
- 16 oz corn
- 2 cups mirepoix {equal parts chopped carrot, celery, onion}
- 4 cups 32 oz. chicken broth
- 1/2 lb bacon strips {I used thick slices Applewood Smoked bacon}
- 1 can Cream Of Chicken & Mushroom Soup or cream soup of choice
- salt & pepper
- 8 oz cream cheese cubed {low fat is fine, but don’t use fat free, it won’t melt}
- 8 oz cheddar cheese cubed
- chopped green onions optional garnish
- 6 slices bacon optional garnish
- grated cheddar optional garnish
- cooked tater tots optional garnish
Instructions
- Cook bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Pour off grease from pan, reserving 1-2 T. Saute mirepoix in reserved bacon fat until softened, covering pan with a lid for a few minutes to steam the vegetables.
- Place potatoes in greased or lined slow cooker. Add broth and vegetables. Season with salt & pepper. Stir in cream soup. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours. Add cream cheese and cheddar cubes. Stir. Replace cover and cook for 1 more hour. Stir again before serving
- Just before serving cook tater tots according to package directions, and reheat bacon for a few seconds in microwave. Garnish soup with bacon, green onions, grated cheddar and tater tots
Stay Cozy!
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Sundays on Silverado/ Happiness is Homemade
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Your chowder sounds delicious Jenna, especially for this weather and I love the tater tots as garnish! I miss having a Trader Joe’s close by.
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Thank you Mary, it is definitely soup weather!!
This looks so delicious, pinned!
Thanks Rita, I hope you didn’t loose power and are staying warm and cozy!
That looks rich and so good with all the cheeses!
Thanks Angie!
Your winter warm chowder is perfect for your 20 degree weather in Birmingham. We got hammered with lake effect snow, but of course it was the best snow we have had for winter activities in a long while. They are comparing it to the blizzard of ’66 that we loved as children.
Thanks Deb, snow is predicted here for Friday ☃️
A warming bowl of soup indeed! Yum.
Thanks Dorothy!
Now this just looks delicious. And don’t you think tater tots are the most unsophisticated – yet secretly loved food in the world? Mmm. Sonic has my vote as the best, but to put tots in soup? You are a genius.
Tater tots make delicious soup croutons!
Jenna, this is soup weather. The chowder looks delicious and perfect on a cold day!
Stay warm!
Yes, it is freezing Pam, stay cozy!
This is perfect for the winter weather we are having and I love this recipe. I need to pop over to Publix for a few items to make this. Get your milk and bread for the weekend! 🙂
Thanks Emily, yes the dreaded snow word is in the forecast!!
This is a great motivator to have soup ingredients on hand in case of surprise weather. When I lived in Tennessee, snow was rarely an issue, but ice was treacherous. Don’t want to go to the store with black ice on the roads!
Yes, I am going to stock up on a few things tomorrow because snow is in our forecast for Friday ❄️
This is perfect to keep my family warm and full this winter!
Thanks Mary, it’s definitely soup season!
It does seem to be cold everywhere !
This is a perfect recipe for to get warmed up.
Thanks so much Judee, I hope you are nice and warm in Florida!
The soup looks good, I have never seen tater tots used a topping, good idea for a change from croutons. A good part of the country is getting unusually cold conditions, except for LA country which is burning to a crisp. At first glance at the news, LA could be mistaken for some of the places in the ME experiencing war related fires, strange that.
It. is cold here, too! I think soup is one of my fav foods, especially in the cold snowy winter – this looks delish
Thanks Patti, stay cozy!
Jenna, it is cold here too, and we are expecting snow tomorrow. This chowder looks delicious and is perfect for these cold winter days. Thanks for sharing! Stay warm and have a wonderful day!
Thank you Shannon, it’s definitely soup season!
Such an easy dish, but the tater tots added to the top make it look as special as I’m sure it is. Cold in OK too!
Tater tots make great soup croutons!
It is definitely soup weather here in Florida as well…40 degrees tonight. Your chowder sounds hearty and filling, perfect on a cold evening.
Oh goodness, I didn’t think it ever got that cold in Florida!!
I made homemade chicken noodle soup last night for dinner. Soup does hit the spot with these cold temps!
Definitely!!!
Wow, the 20’s is cold. The soup looks so hearty and comforting. I definitely will try making this soup this week. Who doesn’t love bacon?
Thank you Linda, I hope you enjoy!
What is not to like about this soup? Honestly, I could eat soup every day. I love it so much. We got 11.5 inches of snow this past week, so this looks really good to me at the moment. I love the idea of using tater tots as a topping. I’m going to remember that the next time.
Thanks Pattie, I love soup too, and the tater tots are a nice little extra!
Yup, I did miss it and I’m glad I caught it because this looks so delicious, especially with all that cheesy goodness! Pinned for sure and to the grocery store tomorrow! Thanks for sharing Jenna!
Oh good, I hope you enjoy!