Tortellini Chowder
From mark555 16 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Keeping with truth in advertising, this recipe started life in a Comforts of Home cookbook compiled form Midwest living Magazine. Yes, like everyone else out there I can't leave well enough alone so it is a bit different. Read more Very tasty great chowder ..............on a cold night, I made this when we were experiencing some of those balmy 11F degree heat waves recently. See less
Ingredients
- 2 Cups refrigerated or frozen cheese filled tortellini shopping list
- 1 Cup onion chopped shopping list
- 1/3 Cup chopped fresh green chile pepper (Anaheim or Poblano) seeded shopping list
- 2 TBS minced garlic shopping list
- 1 fresh jalapeno pepper chopped and seeded shopping list
- 1 chicken breast cubed about a cup more if you like shopping list
- 2 TBS butter or margarine or vegetable oil shopping list
- 4 potatoes cubed and peeled shopping list
- 2TBS butter or margarine shopping list
- 3 Cups chicken broth shopping list
- 1 can corn (15 1/4oz) shopping list
- 1 Cup half and half shopping list
- 1 Cup skim milk (or use 2 Cups half and half, just trying to cut down on some of the fats) shopping list
- 3 TBS all purpose flour shopping list
- 1 tsp ground cumin shopping list
- 1/4 tsp black pepper shopping list
- 1/8 ground red pepper (optional) shopping list
- broken tortilla chips shopping list
How to make it
- Cook tortellini according to package directions set aside (no hurry on these as you add them towards the end)
- In a Dutch oven cook onion, chile peppers, garlic and chicken until vegetables are tender and chicken is cooked.
- Carefully stir in broth potatoes, corn, cumin. black pepper, and red pepper.
- Bring to boil and reduce heat.
- Simmer until potatoes are tender (25-30minutes) depending on how fine a cube you used!
- In a small bowl stir together the flour and 3TBS butter; add to soup mixture.
- Stir and cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
- Reduce heat add tortellini, milk and half and half.
- Heat through and top with broken tortilla chips to serve.
The Rating
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OMG!!!!!!!!!! HE LIVES!!!! I THOUGHT YOU WERE STUCK IN THAT RABBIT HOLE SOMEWHERE IN THE LAND OF OZ !!!!! HAHAHA
OK MARK I LOVE THIS RECIPE SAVING IT COPIED IT THE WHOLE NINE YARDS HAHA
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND GLAD TO SEE ELMERS BACK YEAH!!!!...more
minitindel
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11 Degrees ? That's jackets optional weather around here. The soup sounds great. I have to try it. Say hi to Dorothy for me.-Lori
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Mmmmmm.....how hearty and comforting does that sound! Love that tortilla topping, too!
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