John K BBQ
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As with most nights, after work tonight the biggest problem was “What’s for dinner?”. My wife and I were both pretty much wiped from working and house breaking our new puppy, but when my 15 year old requested chicken and corn chowder, I had to go for it. This is probably my 5th or 6th batch and was probably my best yet. Here are a few pictures and my best approximation of what I did. After I cleaned up the kitchen, I had to float a few ice cubes with the Old Forester 90 proof. Have you made chowder lately? How’d it go?
Here's our new bundle of joy - she sleeps from about 10 PM till 3 AM, and it's a crap shoot after that. Good thing she's so cute
Here's the finished pot of chowder - the whole fam gave it 5 stars
Here's the garnish - chopped up tater tots rounds with bacon bits in the bowl, whole ones out on the board with some parsley.
And... desert
Old Forester is pretty good, but maybe a bit pricey for the flavor. I'm about to switch over to Wild Turkey 101. I had em' side by side and neat. I thought the Wild Turkey was just as good if not better for my taste.
Ingredients;
1.5 lbs chicken breast (boneless & skinless), 6 slices of thick bacon (cut into 2” pieces.
1.5 cups fine diced onion, 0.75 cup fine diced celery, 0.75 cups fine diced carrot, one head of garlic
About 4 cups diced potatoes (one small russet, one medium Yukon gold) diced like “casino dice”
About 4 cups whole milk, about 4 cups of chicken stock, about 2 tablespoons of butter.
0.25 cups of corn flour to make a slurry.
1 bag of frozen corn, 1 bag of Orida half round tots, and parsley or green onions for garnish
Salt, pepper, cajun seasoning, cayenne pepper.
Preheat oven, and prep ingredient. Prep the garlic for roasting & wrap up in heavy foil. Put the garlic in the middle of a sheet pan, and surround with the tater tots, and start frying bacon. When the bacon is done, remove from the dutch oven, and leave all the bacon fat in there. Keep and eye on the tater tots and remove from the oven when they’re nice and crispy. Tater tots will be done before garlic, so keep an eye on that two.
Flatten the chicken out a bit so it cooks more evenly, season with salt, pepper, and cajun seasoning, and then brown in the dutch oven on both sides (about 3 minutes each side). Once the chicken is well browned remove from the pan. It won’t be cooked thru, but that’s OK.
Dump the onions, carrot and celery along with salt and pepper. Saute in the bacon grease for about 15 to 20 minutes until very soft. Add the butter, and when melted, dump the potatoes in with more salt and pepper. Continue frying for about 3 minutes, then just barely cover with about 2 cups of whole milk and chicken stock.
Dice up the chicken so the pieces are about the same size as the potatoes and add to the pot so they’ll cook thru. Add the corn. Add equal parts whole milk and chicken stock until you’re happy with the ratio of liquid to other ingredients. Bring to a simmer and add the corn flour slurry to thicken. Simmer for about 15 minutes and taste for seasoning.
Mash your roasted garlic into about a ¼ cup of whole milk, mix well, then dump the mixture into the chowder. Add salt and pepper until happy, and cayenne until happy. I added about ¼ tsp of cayenne near the end.
Chop up about half of the tater tots and bacon to make a crispy garnish. Chop up your parsley and or green onions to make it look “fresh”.
Here's our new bundle of joy - she sleeps from about 10 PM till 3 AM, and it's a crap shoot after that. Good thing she's so cute
Here's the finished pot of chowder - the whole fam gave it 5 stars
Here's the garnish - chopped up tater tots rounds with bacon bits in the bowl, whole ones out on the board with some parsley.
And... desert
Old Forester is pretty good, but maybe a bit pricey for the flavor. I'm about to switch over to Wild Turkey 101. I had em' side by side and neat. I thought the Wild Turkey was just as good if not better for my taste.Ingredients;
1.5 lbs chicken breast (boneless & skinless), 6 slices of thick bacon (cut into 2” pieces.
1.5 cups fine diced onion, 0.75 cup fine diced celery, 0.75 cups fine diced carrot, one head of garlic
About 4 cups diced potatoes (one small russet, one medium Yukon gold) diced like “casino dice”
About 4 cups whole milk, about 4 cups of chicken stock, about 2 tablespoons of butter.
0.25 cups of corn flour to make a slurry.
1 bag of frozen corn, 1 bag of Orida half round tots, and parsley or green onions for garnish
Salt, pepper, cajun seasoning, cayenne pepper.
Preheat oven, and prep ingredient. Prep the garlic for roasting & wrap up in heavy foil. Put the garlic in the middle of a sheet pan, and surround with the tater tots, and start frying bacon. When the bacon is done, remove from the dutch oven, and leave all the bacon fat in there. Keep and eye on the tater tots and remove from the oven when they’re nice and crispy. Tater tots will be done before garlic, so keep an eye on that two.
Flatten the chicken out a bit so it cooks more evenly, season with salt, pepper, and cajun seasoning, and then brown in the dutch oven on both sides (about 3 minutes each side). Once the chicken is well browned remove from the pan. It won’t be cooked thru, but that’s OK.
Dump the onions, carrot and celery along with salt and pepper. Saute in the bacon grease for about 15 to 20 minutes until very soft. Add the butter, and when melted, dump the potatoes in with more salt and pepper. Continue frying for about 3 minutes, then just barely cover with about 2 cups of whole milk and chicken stock.
Dice up the chicken so the pieces are about the same size as the potatoes and add to the pot so they’ll cook thru. Add the corn. Add equal parts whole milk and chicken stock until you’re happy with the ratio of liquid to other ingredients. Bring to a simmer and add the corn flour slurry to thicken. Simmer for about 15 minutes and taste for seasoning.
Mash your roasted garlic into about a ¼ cup of whole milk, mix well, then dump the mixture into the chowder. Add salt and pepper until happy, and cayenne until happy. I added about ¼ tsp of cayenne near the end.
Chop up about half of the tater tots and bacon to make a crispy garnish. Chop up your parsley and or green onions to make it look “fresh”.
