Potato and Canadian Bacon Slow Cooker Chowder
3
Points® value
Total Time
6 hr 25 min
Prep
25 min
Cook
6 hr
Serves
8
Difficulty
Easy
This rich and chunky chowder is the next-best thing to being wrapped in a warm quilt. Canadian bacon makes all the difference.
Ingredients
Uncooked potato
2 cup(s), cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Carrots
1 large, diced
Uncooked leek
1 cup(s), chopped, white part only
Garlic
1 clove(s), large, minced
Fat free chicken broth
4 cup(s)
Uncooked pearl barley
½ cup(s), pearl
Dried thyme
¼ tsp(s)
Black pepper
¼ pinch(es)
Cooked Canadian-style bacon
4 oz, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
Bay leaf
1 tsp(s), crumbled or 1 whole leaf
Fat free evaporated milk
½ cup(s)
Fat free creamer
2 fl oz, such as fat-free 1/2 and 1/2