Chicken & Chipotle Chowder with Sweet Potatoes and Poblano

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Soup

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 1 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 cup diced onions
  • 1 cup diced poblano chiles
  • 1 tbsp. fresh minced garlic
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 6 cups chicken broth
  • 1 lb sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • 1 chipotle in adobo sauce, minced
  • 1 tbsp. adobo sauce
  • 1 dried bay leaf
  • 3 cups cubed cooked chicken
  • 15 oz can white hominy, drained and rinsed
  • 1/2 cup half-and-half
  • Salt, black pepper and adobo sauce
  • Seeded and chopped Roma tomatoes
  • Chopped fresh cilantro
  • Lime wedges

Directions

  1. Melt butter with oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onions, poblanos, garlic, cumin, coriander, and oregano and sweat until vegetables are softened, about 5 minutes.

  2. Whisk in flour; cook 1-2 minutes. Whisk in broth, then add sweet potatoes, chipotle, 1 tbsp. adobo sauce and bay leaf; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer soup until potatoes are fork-tender, about 10 minutes.

  3. Add chicken, hominy and half-and-half; cook to heat through, about 5 minutes. Season chowder with salt, pepper and adobo sauce. Discard bay leaf.

  4. Garnish servings with tomatoes and cilantro; serve with lime wedges.

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