Excellent dish. This can also be made vegetarian by increasing the potatoes and eliminating the chicken, which doesn't change the dish much at all. We served it over saffron rice and with grilled Naan bread. Very easy to prepare.

Reviewed On: Oct. 15, 2010

Outstanding. My family adored this chowder. We served it in hollowed out sourdough bowls, toasted in a 400 degree oven before pouring the soup in. If you live in Texas, Central Market has the Knorr Leek Soup mix. Some variants that work really well: 1/2 onion sauteed in the bacon fat, 1/2 cup celery added with the carrots. A really great soup.

Reviewed On: Sep. 27, 2010

Really good and satisfying with some crusty bread and a salad for dinner. I doubled the recipe and that worked well. I made a few very minor changes. I sauteed the onions and garlic in a butter/olive oil mixture, instead of margarine. I did swap the light beer for some German Oktoberfest brew (it's against our religion to have light beer in the house). I boiled it a bit longer to make sure the alcohol was cooked off, since the German beer is stronger. I also didn't have enough cornstarch because of said doubled recipe, so I substituted brown rice flour for the cornstarch 1 for 1, and it worked fine. I imagine flour would be OK, too, or even potato starch. Instead of bacon, which I was too lazy to cook up, I sprinkled fresh chives on top. Would definitely make again.

Reviewed On: Sep. 25, 2010