Fiesta Corn Chowder

Total Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups frozen corn, cooked
• 2 (14 3/4 ounce) cans creamed corn
• 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 -2 garlic clove, pressed
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cups whole milk, see note
• 2 cups chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
• 1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese, grated
• 1 -2 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• salt
• tortilla chips

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot over medium heat, saute onion in butter until tender -do not brown, add garlic and cook for one minute more.
• 2 puree all the corn with the chicken broth in a blender, add to onions and simmer 20 minutes.
• 3 add the rest of ingredients and stir until cheese melts, simmer about 10 minutes.
• 4 adjust seasoning to taste.
• 5 serve with a few tortilla chips broken over the top, you could also top with black olives or salsa,.
• 6 note:.
• 7 i will often buy whole milk for this recipe, but will also mix some half and half into non-fat milk. it would probably be fine with just the lower fat milk, but not as rich.