Chicken and Corn Chowder with Sweet Potatoes

Our chicken soup contest brought in hundreds of recipes inspired by the great cuisines of the world including Italy, Thailand, and Mexico. Our grand prize winner, however, relied on a creative technique rather than exotic ingredients. Sweet potato and corn begin the process of transforming a basic chicken soup into a hearty chowder, but we were really impressed with her secret ingredient. Here’s what we discovered when we made Mary Ann Lee’s soup:

Test Kitchen Discoveries

• Corn muffin mix dissolved in milk and then stirred into the soup created a thickened, creamy consistency and added extra corn flavor.
• Although any yellow corn muffin mix will work in this recipe, Jiffy is the test kitchen’s favorite.