Warm and Cozy Clean Chicken Corn Chowder

I made this on Christmas day for a family gathering, and it was a hit-warm, cozy, filling, flavorful and healthy-it's the perfect cold-weather meal! 

What you need: 

• 1 lb cooked and chopped chicken thighs* or shredded rotisserie chicken 
• 1 red bell peppers, chopped
• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
• 1 can corn
• 1 small can green chilis
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 2 baking potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 1 jalapeño, chopped
• 1 tbsp minced garlic 
• 3 cups far free chicken stock
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin 
• 1 tbsp corn starch
• 1 cup milk of choice (I like coconut milk for this)
• Fresh cilantro 
• Salt and pepper to taste

What you do; 

1. Put chicken, peppers, onions, corn, chilis, garlic, chicken stock, and tabasco in a crock pot and cook on low all day or on high for 3-4 hours.
2. 30 minutes before serving, whisk together milk and corn starch until smooth and stir into crockpot
3. Chop cilantro and stir in right before serving

That's it! :) 

If you want to be "extra" and like your soups a bit on the thicker, stew-side, before serving, when you do the cornstarch and milk-of-choice deal, put a cup of the soup (with everything in it) into a blender and whip...add it back in-trust me...it's a good step!

Enjoy!

*do the chicken thighs in advance and freeze if more than a day before you do the soup. 3 hours in the crockpot on high-that's it!