Hearty Vegetable Chowder

By AzWench

Warm up during the holiday season with this chunky vegetarian chowder that will give you the comfort of a creamy soup without all the calories. Make this in your Blendtec blender using either the FourSide Jar or WildSide Jar.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 clove garlic, quartered
• 1/2 medium onion, roughly chopped
• 2 c frozen corn kernels
• 2 c vegetable broth
• 1/8 tsp ground white pepper
• 1/4 tsp kosher or sea salt
• 1/4 tsp fennel seeds
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1 c red potato, baked
• 1 c frozen carrot coins

Details

Adapted from blendtec.com

Preparation

Step 1

Heat butter in 3-quart saucepan. Add onion and garlic, and sauté until tender. Add broth, 1 cup corn, pepper, salt, fennel seeds, and chili powder; bring to a boil, and then simmer for 10 minutes. Add soup to FourSide or WildSide jar and secure lid. Select “Soup” setting. Add potato, and press “Pulse” 5–7 times, or until desired texture is reached. Transfer soup back to saucepan, and add carrots; heat until corn and carrots are tender.

VARIATIONS

To make the recipe vegan, substitute coconut oil for butter.

Garnish with a sprinkle of brown sugar.

Garnish with bacon.