Fiesta Chicken Chowder Recipes

EASY CHICKEN AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir carrot, celery, onion, and garlic into hot butter until slightly softened, about 2 minutes. Stir flour into mixture to make a paste; cook until lightly browned and flour gives off a slightly toasted smell, about 5 minutes. Watch carefully, flour burns easily. Remove saucepan from heat and set aside to cool, about 15 minutes.
• Stir white and yellow corn, potatoes, chicken, and 3 cups of chicken stock in a large soup pot over medium heat. Whisk remaining 1 cup chicken stock into vegetables and flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Stir mixture into ingredients in soup pot. Bring to a simmer, stirring constantly, until thick, about 5 minutes.
• Stir half-and-half, nutmeg, salt, and black pepper into chowder. Bring back to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.

MEXICAN CHICKEN CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, brown chicken, onion, and garlic in butter until chicken is no longer pink.
• Dissolve the bouillon in hot water; Pour into Dutch oven, and season with cumin. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Stir in cream, cheese, corn, chilies, and hot pepper sauce. Cook, stirring frequently, until the cheese is melted. Stir in chopped tomato. Garnish with cilantro.

FIESTA CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the soups, tomatoes, picante sauce, green pepper, onion and chili powder. In a greased 13x9-in. baking dish, layer half of the tortilla strips, chicken, soup mixture and cheese. Repeat layers. , Cover and bake at 350° until bubbly, 40-50 minutes. Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked casserole. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake casserole as directed, increasing time as necessary to heat through and for a thermometer inserted in center to read 165°.

FIESTA CHICKEN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine flour and 2 tablespoons fajita seasoning; add chicken. Seal bag and shake to coat. In a large saucepan, saute chicken in oil until no longer pink. Remove and keep warm., In the same pan, saute onion until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the water, beans, tomatoes, corn, rice, chilies and remaining fajita seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until rice is tender. , Stir in the soup, cilantro, lime juice and chicken; heat through.

FIESTA CHOWDER

Steps:

• Combine flour and 2 tablespoons fajita seasoning in a heavy-duty zip-loc plactic bag; add chicken.
• Seal and shake to coat.
• Cook chicken in hot oil in a large Dutch oven over high heat, stirring often, 4 minutes or until browned.
• Reduce heat to medium-high; add onion and garlic; saute 5 more minutes.
• Stir in remaining fajita seasoning, corn, black beans, tomatoes, green chiles, water, brown rice and olives.
• Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove lid and stir in nacho cheese soup, chopped cilantro, and lime juice.
• Serve with breadsticks and garnished with additional fresh cilantro.

FIESTA CHICKEN CHOWDER RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine flour and 2 tablespoons fajita seasoning; add chicken. Seal bag and shake to coat. In a large saucepan, saute chicken in oil until no longer pink. Remove and keep warm. In the same pan, saute onion until onion is tender; add garlic, cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the water, beans, tomatoes, corn, rice, chilies and remaining fajita seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in the soup, cilantro, lime juice and chicken; heat through.

FIESTA CHICKEN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large resealabel plastic bag combine flour and 2 tablespoons fajita seasoning; add chicken. Seal bag and shake to coat.
• In a large saucepan, saute chicken in oil until juices run clear.
• Stir in chicken broth, onion powder, garlic powder, remaining taco season, beans. Bring to a boil, reduce heat; cover ans dimmer 5 minutes or until rice is tender.
• Stir in soup, cilantro, lime juice, heat through.

FIESTA CHICKEN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cut the bacon into short pieces and brown in the skillet. Remove to drain on paper towels. Repeat for chicken breast. Sweat the onion and add cumin and oregano.
• To a large stock pot, add the chicken, chicken stock, bacon, onions. Add the potatoes, cream, and all the vegetables. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes.
• Garnish with cilantro and cheese if desired.