Best Creamy Vegetable Chowder Recipes

CREAMY VEGETABLE CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook until tender.
• Add carrots and celery and cook for 10 minutes or until carrots become a little tender. Add water or broth, potatoes, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil and allow to simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until all vegetables are tender.
• Add milk and parsley and heat just to boiling.
• In a separate bowl stir cornstarch into cold water. When completely dissolved add to hot soup, stir and serve.

CREAMY VEGETABLE CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels; drain, reserving 3 tablespoons drippings. Chop the onions, carrots, celery, parsnips and turnips; add to the pan. Cook and stir for 6-8 minutes or until fragrant., Sprinkle vegetables with flour, salt and cayenne; stir until blended. Gradually add broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the sweet potato, potatoes, bay leaves, Worcestershire sauce and pepper sauce., Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Stir in cream and parsley; heat through. Discard bay leaves.

VERY CREAMY VEGETABLE CHOWDER A LA MOOSEWOOD

Steps:

• In a large soup pot on medium heat, sauté the onions in the butter and oil for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir in the celery, cover, and cook until just soft, stirring occasionally.
• Add the carrots, potatoes, water or stock, thyme, bay leaf, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil; then reduce the heat, cover, and simmer until the vegetables are just tender, about 5 minutes.
• With a strainer or slotted spoon, remove about 1 1/2 cups of the cooked vegetables and set aside in a blender or food processor.
• Add the green beans, bell peppers, and zucchini to the soup pot and cook until the green beans are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the peas and parsley, simmer for 2 more minutes, and then remove from the heat.
• Discard the bay leaf.
• Puree the reserved vegetables with the milk and cheeses to make a smooth sauce.
• Stir the sauce into the soup and gently reheat.
• Serve hot.

CREAMY VEGETABLE CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until tender.
• Add carrots and celery and cook for 10 minutes or until carrots become a little tender. Add water or broth, potatoes, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil and allow to simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until all vegetables are tender.
• Add canned and skim milk and parsley and heat just to boiling.
• In a separate bowl stir cornstarch into cold water. When completely dissolved add to hot soup, stir and serve. Top with chives.
• If you want a less chunky soup, puree half of the veggies before adding the cornstarch and then use half the amount of cornstarch.

CREAMY CHICKEN-VEGETABLE CHOWDER

Steps:

• In 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven, combine milk, broth, potato soup and chicken soup; blend well. Add all remaining chowder ingredients except cheese; mix well. Cook over medium heat for 5 to 8 minutes or until onions are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Add cheese; stir until melted.
• While chowder is heating, bake crescents. Heat oven to 375°F Shape dough as directed on can. Gently press top of each roll in crushed chips. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375°F for 11 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Serve chowder with crescents.

CREAMY WILD RICE AND VEGETABLE CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt margarine in 4-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook onion, carrots and mushrooms in margarine, stirring occasionally, until tender.
• Stir in broth, rice and contents of seasoning packet. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer about 5 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
• Stir in corn, soup and milk; cook until heated through.

CREAMY CHICKEN VEGETABLE CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in onion, garlic, and red bell pepper; cook until tender. Mix in potatoes, carrots, and chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 20 minutes.
• Stir chicken into the pot. Season soup with ranch dressing mix, crushed red pepper, salt, and pepper. Stir in processed cheese until melted. Mix in green beans just before making the roux.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat and stir in flour to form a thick, golden brown roux. Mix into the soup to thicken. Continue cooking 5 minutes.

CREAMY ROASTED WINTER VEGETABLE SOUP OR CHOWDER

Steps:

• 1. Put all vegetables in a large roasting pan and toss with olive oil, herbs and spices.
• Pour in 1 cup veg. broth and 1/2 cup wine
• Roast at 400 degrees stirring occasionally until vegetables are fork tender and slightly brown. (40 minutes to 1 hour)
• In a large dutch oven or soup pot heat 2 tbls butter. Add roasted vegetables making sure to get all of the good juices and scrapings from the bottom of the roasting pan. Next add the remainder of 1 qt of vegetable broth bring to a simmer, then puree with an immersion blender or in small batches in a blender. If it seems too thick thin down with more broth.
• Add one cup milk and one cup of defrosted corn and heat through. Season with salt and pepper to taste. At this point if you like hot sauce ( we use tabasco) add to taste. Sometimes I add a little curry powder at this point instead of tabasco. Either hot sauce or curry could be added to the bowls of those eating the soup.

CREAMY CHICKEN VEGETABLE CHOWDER

Steps:

• 1. Coat chicken breast in olive oil, salt, and pepper; roast in the oven until browned. OR this can be done in the pot on the stove that you will be cooking the chowder in. This is the best way because all the drippings can be scraped from the bottom and adds flavor. Oven is easier, but stove top is tastier. IMHO
• 2. Remove chicken and let rest on a chopping board. Add butter and flour to pot drippings and make a roux. Stir until lightly browned and flour is cooked.
• 3. Pour in chicken broth; shred chicken and add back to the pot.
• 4. Add all diced vegetables. (corn is optional also) Add thyme, bay leaf, ranch dressing mix, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. More chicken broth (or water) may be added if needed.
• 5. Add cheese slices, stir until melted and blended, then add heavy cream. Cook on low heat for 1 hour, stirring occasionally from bottom of pot.
• 6. Remove bay leaves before serving.

CREAMY CHICKEN VEGETABLE CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven, combine milk, broth, potato soup and chicken soup blend well. Add remaining chowder ingredients except cheese mix well. Cook over medium heat 5 to 8 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Add cheese stir until melted.While chowder is heating, bake rolls. Shape dough as directed on package. Press top of each roll in crushed chips. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375°F. for 11 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Serve chowder with crescents.Nutrition Per Serving: Calories 520 Protein 30g Carbohydrate 40g Fat 27g Sodium 1730mgFrom "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.