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Title: Clam Chowder w/Bacon & Green Chilies
Categories: Soups, Seafood, Pork, Dairy, Chilies
Yield: 8 Servings

8 sl Thick-cut bacon
1 md Onion; minced
3 Celery ribs; chopped
4 md Potatoes; diced in bite
- size pieces
2 qt Chicken broth
8 oz Diced green chilies
1 tb Homemade taco seasoning;
- below
1 tb Ground cumin
Salt
3/4 c Butter
3/4 c Sprouted flour or regular
1 qt Cream
13 oz (2 cans) minced clams, or
- similar amount of fresh
- clams
8 oz Sour cream
6 oz Grated cheddar cheese; (opt)
1 bn Chopped cilantro or sliced
- green onions; (opt)

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6 ts Mexene chilli spice mix
5 ts Paprika
4 1/2 ts Ground cumin
1 tb Onion granules
1 tb Garlic granules
1/4 ts Cayenne; more to taste

Mix well in a bowl.

Makes about 1/2 a cup of mix.

Keep unused portion in a sealed container in the ice box
to keep the herbs/spices fresh.

2 heaping tablespoons equal a packet.

Begin by frying up your bacon in a medium cast-iron
skillet. Rather than crumbling hot bacon after it's
cooked, I prefer to just cut my raw bacon with kitchen
shears and allow it to fry into already-crumbled bits. To
your fried bacon bits, add the onion and celery and allow
to cook until the veggies turn translucent.

Meanwhile, bring chicken broth to boil in a 6 quart soup
pot and add diced potatoes, green chilies, taco seasoning,
cumin, and salt. Allow potatoes to cook in the boiling
broth.

About 10 minutes before broth and aromatic veggies are
ready, begin making your roux in a small sauce pan. Melt
butter over medium heat; then add flour, stirring
constantly to create a pasty roux. To the hot roux, add
cold cream. (REMEMBER: HOT roux + COLD cream = NO LUMPS!)
Continue stirring over medium heat until it thickens into
a nice, creamy gravy.

Transfer bacon and aromatic veggies into your large soup
pot. Add thickened gravy to the large soup pot. Stir until
evenly mixed. Remove from heat. Add clams and sour cream
and stir until evenly mixed.

Serve up your extra tasty clam chowder in bowls, topped
with grated cheese and cilantro or sliced green onions.

From: http://www.foodrenegade.com

Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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Title: Real Bacon Popcorn
Categories: Five, Appetisers, Pork, Grains
Yield: 16 Servings

1 lb Bacon; in 1/2" dice
1/4 c Oil
1 c Unpopped popcorn
Salt

Place bacon and vegetable oil in a large, deep pot with
a tight-fitting lid over medium heat. Cook and stir
bacon until crisp and brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Scatter
the popcorn into the pan with the bacon and drippings
and cover with the lid. When you hear kernels begin to
pop, shake the pan vigorously until popping slows to 1
or 2 pops per about 30 seconds.

Remove lid facing away from you to avoid steam and
transfer bacon popcorn to a large serving bowl. Season
to taste with salt if desired.

To do in a "stir-crazy" popper crisp cook the bacon and
place the bacon and dripping in the base of the stir-
crazy, add the popcorn, pop the lid on and let it go to
town. You won't need the extra oil in the ingredients
list. When the popping dies off, taste for salt and
adjust to taste. Some powdered cheese adds a nice
touch. - UDD

RECIPE FROM: http://allrecipes.com

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