Smoky Cheese Chowder
Prep Time 10 min
Cook Time 20 Min
Servings 6
Difficulty Easy
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 1/3 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. ground black or white pepper
- 1 (14 1/2 oz.) can chicken broth
- 2 cups milk
- 3 cups shredded Colby or Cheddar cheese
- 1/8 tsp. liquid smoke
- Bacon bits
Directions
- Step 1
MELT shortening in 3-quart saucepan. Add celery and onion. Cook and stir over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes or until tender. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Cook and stir until bubbly.
- Step 2
BLEND in chicken broth and milk. Cook and stir 10 to 12 minutes or until mixture comes to boil and thickens. Remove from heat.
- Step 3
ADD cheese, 1 cup at a time, stirring to melt after each addition. Stir in liquid smoke. Garnish each serving with bacon bits, if desired.
Serving size
(1/6 of recipe)
- Calories 400
- Calories from Fat280g
- Total Fat 31g
- Saturated Fat 15g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 60mg
- Sodium 760mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 12g
- Dietary Fiber 0g
- Sugars 5g
- Protein 17g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet