How to Make Yummy Smoked Sausage Chowder - receta de mamá

Smoked Sausage Chowder.

You can cook Smoked Sausage Chowder using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Smoked Sausage Chowder

1. Prepare 1 packages of Smoked sausage or similar sausage.
2. It's 1 medium of onion, chopped.
3. It's 3/4 cup of celery, chopped.
4. You need 7 large of potatoes, peeled, washed & cubed..
5. It's 2 of carrots, cleaned & sliced into bite size pieces.
6. It's 1 1/2 cup of milk.
7. It's 1 cup of chicken broth or stock.
8. You need 1 stick of butter or margarine.
9. It's of garlic powder.
10. It's of italian seasonings.
11. You need of salt & pepper.
12. Prepare of instant potatoe flakes for thickening.

Smoked Sausage Chowder instructions

1. Place peeled cubed potatoes & carrots into a 5 quart pot & cover with water..
2. Bring to a boil & cook until potatoes are fork tender. Carrots will be slightly hard but will continue to cook..
3. Cut sausage into bite size chunks.While potatoes cook, brown together in a frying pan sausage, onions & celery & garlic powder until tender..
4. When potatoes are tender drain off approximately half the water. Add the stick of butter, let it melt some. Then add milk & broth& stir. Add sausage & onion mixture & seasonings..
5. Add the instant potato flakes as needed for desired thickness. I use these because it easy. Alternative: (A person could add cornstarch if it is first stirred up in cold water. 1 or 2 Tablespoons to a half cup of cold water. Stir until smooth & add to soup. Repeat as needed for thickness).
6. Simmer until carrots are desired tenderness & serve!.