Slow Cooker Chicken Corn Chowder

Perfect cold-weather soup — This is the cool-weather dinner of my dreams. Honestly it just doesn’t get much better than chicken corn chowder. Put everything in the slow cooker and let its delicious aromas fill your kitchen all day while you snuggle in with a good book by the fire…then warm up with a delicious bowl of soup at dinner time. The best!

So easy — Step one, dump everything into your slow cooker. Step two, shred chicken with two forks. Step three, stir in a few more ingredients. DONE. A lovely, easy, chicken corn chowder dinner is served.

Great for dipping — I’m not saying you absolutely have to but I highly recommend serving this slow cooker corn chowder with potatoes with a load of French bread on the side. I’d eat a loaf of French bread by itself but have you ever dipped a few morsels into the leftover chowder at the bottom of your bowl? If you don’t have French bread, any bread (or chip) will do! Just don’t skimp on the dipping. It’s the best part.

Simple ingredients — Chicken breasts, broth, a few potatoes, some diced chilies, bacon, onion, corn, heavy cream — all things you probably have in your house right now or a quick trip to the store can fix.

• 3 medium boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
• 5 small red, gold, or brown potatoes - cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 8-ounce can diced green chiles
• 1 small white or yellow onion - diced
• 2 cans cream-style corn
• 2 cups heavy cream - (may sub half & half for a lighter version)
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 4-6 bacon strips - diced and cooked til crispy
• salt and pepper to taste
• freshly chopped parsley