Papa Dar's Green Chile and Chicken Corn Chowder

Ingredients

• 0.5 pound bacon smoked chopped
• 0.3 cup butter 
• 32 ounce regular corn cream-style canned
• 24 ounce mild chile peppers green chopped canned
• 4 cloves garlic chopped
• 15 servings salt and ground pepper black to taste
• 1 pint heavy whipping cream 
• 1  onion chopped
• 1.5 pounds russet potatoes cubed
• 2.5 pounds chicken breast halves boneless skinless cubed

Equipment

• pot
• wooden spoon

Directions

1. Place bacon in a large stockpot; cook and stir over medium-high heat until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
2. Add onion and saute until onion is tender, about 10 minutes.
3. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
4. Stir green chiles into bacon-onion mixture and bring to a simmer; add chicken. Simmer mixture until chicken is almost fully cooked, about 10 minutes.
5. Add potatoes and butter to green chilies-chicken mixture and reduce heat to medium; cook until potatoes are almost tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
6. Stir corn and cream into mixture and reduce heat to medium-low; cook, stirring frequently and scraping bottom of pot with a wooden spoon, until potatoes are tender, about 10 more minutes. Season with salt and pepper.