Farmhouse Chicken and Corn Chowder

This robust chicken chowder has a surprising number of different ingredients, but if you don’t tell, even unadventurous eaters will consume and enjoy this. I hate creamed corn, but even I tolerated it in this chowder. The complex and intense flavors come from a little bit of bacon, chipotle chili in adobo as well as the chicken thighs and lots of fresh vegetables and herbs. There is quite a bit of fussing at the end with microwaving remaining ingredients and adding last minute fresh herbs. This was for a potluck where it would have been hard to do that (so I just threw all those ingredients before traveling except for the cream which I did add at the last minute) and it still turned out fabulous.