Potato and Canadian bacon slow cooker chowder
3
Points®
Total Time
6 hr 25 min
Prep
25 min
Cook
6 hr
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
This rich, chunky chowder is extremely satisfying and is comfort food at its finest. It requires some prep in terms of chopping up the veggies before adding them to the slow-cooker; otherwise, this recipe is extremely hands-off and will be ready to go after a long day of work. It features potatoes, carrots, leeks, pearl barley, bay leaves, and dried thyme, while it gets its luxuriously creamy consistency from evaporated milk and half-and-half. Lean Canadian bacon also gives it great flavor without adding too much fat. Simply toss everything together but the milks in the slow cooker, then set it and forget it for 6 hours. Stir in the milks when it's done cooking, and your delicious chowder is ready to go.
Ingredients
Uncooked potato
2 cup(s), cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Carrots
1 large, diced
Uncooked leeks
1 cup(s), chopped, white part only
Garlic
1 clove(s), minced
Fat free chicken broth
4 cup(s)
Uncooked pearl barley
½ cup(s)
Bay leaf
1 leaf/leaves
Dried thyme
¼ tsp, crushed
Black pepper
¼ tsp
Uncooked Canadian bacon
4 oz, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
Fat free evaporated milk
½ cup(s)
Fat free half and half creamer
2 oz