February Pinterest Challenge-- Cheesy Chicken Chowder in a Bread Bowl

Welcome to the February Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen!

I have been eyeing Simply Stacie's Cheesy Chicken Chowder pin for a long time and finally decided to make it one cold day last month.  It was AH- MAZE-ING!!!

I did have to make a few adjustments; mostly because I really need to go grocery shopping and partly because I wanted to make it just a bit healthier.  I added a bit more vegetables and cut back on the cheese.  I also wanted to get the chowder started while we were out hiking and prepared part of it in the crock pot.

Ingredient list:

3 cups chicken broth
1 Tablespoon onion flakes
1 cup celery, sliced
2 1/2 cups potatoes, diced (though I think I had closer to 3)
1- 12 oz bag frozen mixed vegetables
3 cups diced, cooked chicken
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup flour
2 cups milk, skim
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
individual bread bowls (We used 3 but the chowder made enough for 5 or 6 of them easily).

In the crock pot I combined the chicken broth, onion flakes, celery, potatoes and frozen mixed veggies and cooked it on low for 7 or 8 hours.

Once we arrived back home and the potatoes were fork tender I added the chicken.

My intent had been to cook up the cream sauce and add it to the crock pot but the cream sauce was quite thin and I wanted to thicken it up so I ended up pouring everything from the crock pot into my pan.  Luckily I had used one big enough to hold it all.

In a large sauce pan I melted the butter and added the flour to make a roux.  I poured in the milk slowly making sure to dissolve the roux.  I added the shredded cheese and all the contents of the crock pot.

Over medium high heat I brought the chowder to a low boiling stirring frequently to prevent any burning or anything sticking to the bottom of the pan.  Once it had thickened up nicely I took the pan off the burner to cool for a bit while I prepared the bread bowl.

I cut a hole in the top of each loaf and scooped out enough of the bread to make room for the chowder.

Then I ladled the soup into each bowl and served with the pieces of bread I had cut/ scooped off.  It made for a delicious and hearty winter meal!

You can check out last year's projects by clicking here.

In January we tried making our own marshmallows

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