Potato, Leek and Chard Chowder

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This chowder is simply a cleanable illustration of however to strategically usage tiny amounts of high-fat ingredients. Its fewer ounces of smoky bacon supply a large spirit boost. To support things thin and clean, I drain disconnected the rendered bacon fat.

Adding chard to what is fundamentally a healthful mentation of potato-leek crockery lends a somewhat bitter spirit and a bully punch of green.

The chowder tin beryllium made a time successful advance. If it seems excessively heavy erstwhile you reheat it, disturbance successful h2o oregon broth.

From Nourish columnist Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Ingredients

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Servings: 10 Makes astir 10 cups

4 ounces smoked bacon, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces
1 tablespoonful olive oil
2 pounds leeks (white and light-green parts), chopped successful fractional lengthwise, each fractional thinly sliced and rinsed good (about 4 1/2 cups)
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
2 pounds baking potatoes, specified arsenic russet, peeled and chopped into 1/4-inch dice (about 4 cups)
3 cups homemade oregon no-salt-added chickenhearted broth
3 cups water
4 ounces trimmed Swiss chard, chopped into pieces astir 1 inch agelong and 1/2-inch thick

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
140
Fat
4 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
23 g
Sodium
180 mg
Cholesterol
10 mg
Protein
5 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Nourish columnist Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Tested by Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Published October 16, 2012

Updated March 14, 2026