Dinner

Chicken, leek and sweetcorn chowder is for Dinner.

Chicken, leek and sweetcorn chowder takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Chicken, leek and sweetcorn chowder takes 35 minutes to cook.

Chicken, leek and sweetcorn chowder makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Chicken, leek and sweetcorn chowder are:

Ingredients
350 g (12 oz) chicken breasts
50g chopped bacon
1 bay leaf
6 black peppercorns
350 g (12 oz) sweetcorn, canned, or defrosted if frozen
250 g (9 oz) leeks, thinly sliced
Salt and black pepper
To serve: crusty wholemeal bread, optional

Here is how you make Chicken, leek and sweetcorn chowder:

Preparation method 1. Remove the skin and any fat from the chicken breasts and place them in a large saucepan. Add 800 ml (1 pint 9 fl oz) of water, the bay leaf and the peppercorns. Bring to the boil and skim off any foam that comes to the top, then cover the pan and let the chicken simmer for 20 minutes, or until the meat comes off the bones easily. Leave it to cool for 5 minutes.2. Lift the chicken from the liquid and slice the meat, or shred it with two forks, and set it aside. Strain the liquid and measure 150 ml (5 fl oz) into a bowl or jug. Add half the sweetcorn and pur?e it in a food processor or with a hand-held mixer. Return the pur?e to the pan, whisk in the remaining liquid and bring it to the boil.3. Add the leeks to the pan, then cover and simmer for 6-8 minutes until they are tender.4. Add the cooked chicken to the chowder with the remaining sweetcorn and simmer for 2-3 minutes to heat both through. Taste and adjust the seasoning then serve hot, with crusty wholemeal bread, if you like.5. Variation: for a quicker version, substitute ready-cooked, skinned chicken breasts and use chicken stock instead of water, to enhance the flavour.CopyrightCopyright by The Readers Digest Association, Inc. 1998Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JWOURMS.

The nutritional information for Chicken, leek and sweetcorn chowder is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 255.5

• Total Fat: 5.2 g
• Cholesterol: 50.8 mg
• Sodium: 84.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 28.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.7 g
• Protein: 26.6 g