SMOKY CHICKEN CORN CHOWDER - Sanderson Farms

Ingredients

• 1 each Sanderson Farms Whole Roasting Chicken
• 2 each vidalia onions, peeled and quartered
• 2 each fresh peaches, quartered and pit removed
• 6 cups fresh corn kernels
• 2 each smoked ham hocks
• 1 cup sweet onion, diced
• 1 cup yellow pepper, diced
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 12 cups chicken broth, reserved from poaching chicken
• 4 each Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and diced.
• 4 each garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 each bay leaves
• 3.5 tsp sugar
• 1/2 cup scallion whites, chopped
• 1 cup heavy cream
• extra virgin olive oil
• scallion greens, chopped
• fresh basil, chopped
• salt and pepper, to taste
• goat cheese, crumbled