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Chile and Corn Chowder & a BigKitchen Le Creuset Giveaway

Dinner· Soups, Stews and Chowders

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Our final Soup Kitchen Monday is here! I’m kind of sad about this one, as my inner obsession with soup really made itself known during the last 13 weeks.

We’re going out with a bang though! The wonderful people over at BigKitchen worked some Christmas magic, and were able to send me a beautiful Le Creuset French Oven to whip up these classic soups and stews for you while I was running the Soup Kitchen. Talk about making the holidays cherry and bright!

The French Oven has pretty much replaced all of my old stock pots, except for that giant over-sized one that I use for turkey brining.  The value of the product speaks for itself the first time you lift the sturdy handles of this hefty cast iron behemoth. If you have never experienced the joy and quality that is Le Creuset, rush on over to BigKitchen and check out all that they have to offer! Start small, as their collection can quickly add up. But in the long run, it’s worth every penny, as it’s probably the last one you will ever need to buy. Call it an investment when you are justifying it to your spouse. 😉

Or try your luck at winning one of your own!

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Chile and Corn Chowder with Roasted Red Pepper Puree

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Ingredients:

  • 2 tbs olive oil, divided
  • 1 1/2 lbs chicken, boneless, skinless, skins or thighs
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 tbs canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped
  • 4 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels, divided
  • 1 14.5oz can low sodium chicken broth
  • 1 12oz can fat-free evaporated milk
  • 3 tbs fresh cilantro, snipped
  • 1 7oz jar roasted red peppers, drained
  • 1/2 teas smoked paprika

Preparation:

Heat 1 tbs olive oil in a large stock pot over medium heat.  Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Add the chicken and brown on all sides. Remove the chicken from the pot, cover and set aside.

Add the remaining tbs olive oil to the pan. Saute the onion and chipotle peppers until soft, about 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of the corn and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and with an immersion blender, carefully process the soup until smooth.

Add the evaporated milk and chicken to the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Using a flat spatula, break the chicken into large chunks. Stir in the remaining corn and let heat through.

Meanwhile, make the roasted red pepper puree. In the bowl of your food processor, pulse the red peppers and paprika until smooth.

Serve the soup in bowls with cilantro and red pepper puree as toppings.

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Le Creuset French Oven #Giveaway

To enter to win your own Le Creuset French Oven hop over to BigKitchen then come back here and tell me what the dreamiest product was.

Earn Extra Points by doing the following and leaving me a comment saying you have:

Entrees accepted through midnight Sunday December 23rd 2012. Winner will be announced on December 25th’s post. Winner must live in the United States.
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Comments

  23. Scott says

    What I wouldn’t give for one of these:
    ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS BOB KRAMER EUROLINE CARBON COLLECTION CHEF’S KNIFE, 10 INCH

    Good night. I’ve always wanted to own (or use) a high quality, extremely sharp knife.

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  26. courtney says

    aaaand pinned that ridiculously delicious looking chowder! i am dying for a pot / oven large enough to cook it in my teeny nyc apartment so everything will smell of corn chowder 🙂

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  27. Khanh says

    Well, if we’re going to dream, might as well dream big….the Le Creuset Mixed 20 Piece Cookware set for me, please =) But a single french oven would make me exceedingly giddy as well, thank you for the chance!

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  44. German Lopez says

    Having an arsenal of pots, pans, skillets, is indispensable for a complete kitchen. I would love to have top knotch pots and pans.

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  56. German Lopez says

    Now that all that is out of the way. This is a cool site with great recipes. My wife and I recently started cooking together in order to make it more fun and finding awesome recipes is part of the fun. Great site.

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  62. Winston says

    OK – done. Now, as to the bribery. Do you take cash? food? travel? gifts? Just say and they are yours. I know, it’s the curse of the beautiful woman to always be getting gifts, but they do seem to enjoy it.

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  63. Justine Navarro says

    Honestly, the dreamiest products for me are the Le Creuset items in the Caribbean color! I’ve been wishing and waiting for a French Oven for a long time now! And unless I win it or win the lottery, I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to get one! GREAT giveaway.

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  97. Hawley says

    I have wanted a Le Creuset piece for so long. I liked many of the products on the website, but was drawn to the skimmer tool as I need one of those. I did all of the things for extra points except tweet about the giveaway and heart the store on Twitter. I couldn’t find the heart to click on the page it took me to, so I followed them instead. New to Twitter, can you tell?

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  116. Tanya C. says

    I love these, still in the dreaming stage though! I mention them in passing to DH but I think he is scared to buy me anything domestic related for the holidays. Follow you on facebook, twitter, and pinning this.

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  122. Hanna says

    Wow, Big Kitchen has tons of Le Creuset to choose from! I really like the stoneware pitcher- I’ve been eyeing it for a while!

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  132. Peggy says

    I could pretty much fall in love with everything on that site! Just like I’m drooling over this wonderful soup! What a great way to end the Soup Kitchen series =)

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  136. Grace says

    I love Le Creuset! The DREAMIEST product on Big Kitchen store would have to be the Le Creuset Soup Toureen, for serving Chili and Corn Chowder with roasted red pepper pureee, of course!

    I gleefully follow Pass the Sushi on Facebook, joined the email subscription list, follow Pass the Sushi and BigKitchenStore on Twitter, Tweeted about this giveaway including @passthesushi, subscribe to PasstheSushi on my RSS Feed (Google Reader), Google +ed this post, Pinned this post and sent general positive vibes toward you and your awesome blog! You rock, Kita!

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  140. Amanda Thompson says

    The Zojirushi Pressure Rice Cooker & Warmer is pretty darn dreamy, along with the Breville Programmable Espresso Machine with Grinder and the Nespresso D60 Pixie Automatic Espresso Machine!!!!

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  147. Jeffrey says

    The product that I would like the most from Big Kitchen in a Cuisinart Elite Collection 14 Cup Die Cast Food Processor but a Le Creuset French Oven would tickle my fancy also!

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  152. Kimberly says

    I am lusting over the Wusthof Classic High Carbon Stainless Steel Knife Block Set. I have one Wusthof knife that I adore. A whole set would make me giddy.

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  156. Emily says

    I would love to win the Le Creuset, of course, but what I want even more is the ActiFry fryer, I’m dying to know if you can really make french fries with just a few tsp of oil 😉

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  173. Jenn B says

    I am ogling the KitchenAid pasta attachments…homemade pastas are so delicious and my hand crank machines keep breaking on me!

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  210. Karen D says

    VITAMIX CIA PROFESSIONAL SERIES BRUSHED STAINLESS STEEL BLENDER or LE CREUSET CHERRY ENAMELED CAST IRON 6 PIECE CLASSIC SET

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  242. Kim - Liv LIfe says

    I have to admit to not really being much of a soup fan… however!!! This one is one that I think I could love. My husband adores soup though, and I’m fairly certain that he would love me even more if I made this for him!!

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  243. Janet says

    Another beautiful post!!

    I zipped over to Big Kitchen and immediately fell in love with that English tea kettle – perfect balance of sophisticated and sexy – Love it!

    I follow you on Twitter, like you on FB, pinned this recipe – and would do all those things without the opportunity to win a fabulous LeCreuset oven!!

    xo

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  244. sig says

    The Le Creuset French Oven is actually #1 on my kitchen wishlist, whether on BigKitchen or anywhere else! They are infinitely useful in the kitchen! Thanks for hosting such a magnificent giveaway!

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