• Onion Chowder with Cheesy Onion Popovers

  Filed under Soup
  Jan 19
  As much as I hate winter, and especially this inversion we are experiencing here, I do love how it gets you in the mood for a good bowl of soup. I can really eat soup year round, but somehow, it just isn’t the same when the temperature is 90 degrees outside versus a chilly 20 degrees. A good bowl of soup will warm you from the inside out and leave you feeling satisfied like many other foods could never do. In fact, when many people are having a bad day, they reach for the chocolate, but I really think that a warm bowl of soup has the same effect on me. I could spend most winter nights cuddled on the couch in a big blanket with a bowl of soup, and I’d be a happy girl.

  So needless to say, I’m always drawn to soup recipes. In fact, just this morning I saw this recipe, and now I can’t stop thinking about it. (Maybe that will be dinner tonight!!) And with the chill of winter in full force right now, I can’t think of a better time to break out the soup recipes.

  This soup was delicious. Really, we all know that anything with bacon is delicious, but I really liked this recipe. The popovers, on the other hand – I didn’t really love them. Maybe I did something wrong, because mine ended up completely hollow in the middle. But I didn’t really care, because I really loved this soup. And it really takes so few ingredients – and ingredients that I usually have on hand!!

  I guess even though I’m not loving the winter, at least I can satisfy myself with soup!!

  Onion Chowder with Cheesy Onion Popovers
  from Every Day with Rachael Ray November 2008

  Serves 6

  1 pound sliced bacon, chopped
  4 white onions, chopped
  salt
  1 1/4 cups flour
  1 32-ounce container chicken broth
  2 cups milk
  2 large eggs
  2 tablespoons butter, melted
  2 ounces cheddar cheese, cut into 12 1/2-inch cubes
  1/4 cup finely chopped chives

  Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

  Grease a standard 12-cup muffin pan.

  In large Dutch oven, cook the bacon over medium heat until crisp, about 12 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels to drain. Add the onions to the pot, season with salt and cook for 8 minutes. Set aside 1/4 cup of the cooked onions. Sprinkle the remaining onions with 1/4 cup flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in the chicken broth and bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 8 minutes.

  Meanwhile, in blender, mix the reserved onions, 1 cup milk, the remaining 1 cup flour, the eggs, butter and 1/4 t salt until smooth. Fill each muffin cup halfway with batter and place a cube of cheese in center of each. Bake for 25 minutes, then lower the heat to 350 degrees; bake for 15 minutes more.

  Stir in the remaining 1 cup milk into the soup and heat through.

  Garnish with bacon and chives.

  Serve with the popovers.

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  24 Comments

24 Responses to “Onion Chowder with Cheesy Onion Popovers”

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   Sylvie said on January 19th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

   Being a fellow soup lover I just know that this soup must have been delicious!

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   Ryley said on January 19th, 2009 at 4:59 pm

   what are you doing still posting?? Where’s that baby??????????

   Enjoy the onion soup while you can.. Onions are another thing you shouldn’t eat while you are nursing!!

   I realllly hope you get a nice calm baby that isn’t effected by that kind of stuff!

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   JennDZ - The Leftover Queen said on January 19th, 2009 at 5:33 pm

   Yum, I love soup too! This looks wonderful!

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   Tasty Trends said on January 19th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

   looks delicious! i love soup in the winter…i always crave it!

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   Mary said on January 19th, 2009 at 5:57 pm

   I totally love soup too! Yours looks terrific!

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   kat said on January 19th, 2009 at 6:44 pm

   That soup does look fantastic. I always thought popovers were supposed to be hollow in the middle

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   Rosa's Yummy Yums said on January 19th, 2009 at 7:04 pm

   Totally scrumptious! Both the chowder and popovers look fantastic!

   Cheers,

   Rosa

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   Debbie said on January 19th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

   Looks delicious. Just right for this kind of cold weather.

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   sunita said on January 19th, 2009 at 7:53 pm

   Deb, we are soup lovers too and yours looks very delish

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    Risa said on January 19th, 2009 at 10:49 pm

    hey this looks easy and yummy! I so want to try this tonight! Thanks.

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    Grace said on January 19th, 2009 at 11:19 pm

    what an interesting chow-dah! eating tasty soups like this is the only way i can survive the winter.

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    Paula said on January 19th, 2009 at 11:51 pm

    Ohhhh yeahhh, I’m a soup girl for sure. This looks terrific! I’ve never really had an onion chowder … onion soup, but not chowder. By the way, I ate regular meals (healthy) while I was breastfeeding my youngest daughter. I ate everything … Thai food, onions, garlic, etc. … without any ill effects on my wee one. In fact, she’s now 9 and is my least picky eater. She eats just about everything. Just my experience … everyone’s different … plus I don’t get bothered by those foods, so it makes sense my little one didn’t either.

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    glamah16 said on January 20th, 2009 at 12:13 am

    That really looks fantastic and hearty. And I love that its served alongside Popovers. Baby is eating well.

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    bakergirlcreations said on January 20th, 2009 at 12:56 am

    Sounds delicious! There’s nothing like soup to warm you up :_

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    Claire said on January 20th, 2009 at 1:44 am

    Yum! This looks soo good! I, too, love soup! It’s the perfect meal and I can even do it in the summer time.

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    Patsyk said on January 20th, 2009 at 2:26 am

    That soup looks wonderful. I love onion soup, and that you also get popovers with this recipe is a bonus.

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    Colloquial Cook said on January 20th, 2009 at 3:28 am

    “Onion Popovers”? You must be joking. It’s the best name ever.

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    Elizabeth said on January 20th, 2009 at 5:07 am

    Deborah this looks so good.And since it has been snowing here in PA for well over a week (come on,spring!) I am making soups for lunch just about every day.This one is next!

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    noble pig said on January 20th, 2009 at 7:52 am

    How yummy! I love the idea of onion chowder!

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    Kristin said on January 21st, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    Shoot! Anything with a pound of bacon for 6 servings is GONNA be GOOD! Duh!

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    Cynthia said on January 22nd, 2009 at 3:03 am

    I like this idea of an onion chowder.

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    eatme_delicious said on January 22nd, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    What a yummy meal! The cheesy onion popovers look so good.

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    Kristen said on January 22nd, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    That looks like a fantastic flavorful soup. Wonder if I could get my kids to eat it. Hmmmm.
    Love that photo, by the way!

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    Sophie said on January 23rd, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    The soup looks beautiful! I’d take it with the panini from the previous post .

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