Basic Chicken Chowder

Basic Chicken Chowder 4 servings 5 1/2 cups 30 minutes

4 slices bacon 1 (4 ounce) can mushrooms, sliced & drained 1/2 cup yellow onions, chopped 1/8 teaspoon thyme 1 (10 ounce) can cream of celery soup 10 ounces water (1 soup can's worth) 1 (10 ounce) can condensed chicken vegetable soup 1 (8 ounce) can whole kernel corn 1/2 cup canned tomatoes, chopped 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken, diced pepper, to taste

In a dutch oven, cook the bacon until crispy; remove, drain on paper towel and crumble. Reserve 2 tbsp of the fat in the dutch oven and drain off the rest. In the reserved fat, in the dutch oven, saute the mushrooms, onions and thyme until the onion is translucent/tender. Return the bacon to the dutch oven and add all the other ingredients and pepper to taste. Heat until piping hot and serve

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