Mushroom & Crab Chowder

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14 Ingredients

• 1 to 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 oz dried porcini mushrooms
• 3 slices thick-cut bacon, chopped
• 1 1/2 lbs mixed mushrooms (cremini, oyster, shitake, portobello, etc.), chopped coarsely or sliced
• 2 tsps minced fresh thyme
• -- Kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup sherry
• 3 Tbsps butter
• 1 onion, diced (about 2 cups)
• 1 large leek, sliced into half moons (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 1 1/2 lbs potatoes, peeled and diced
• 2 1/2 cups half-and-half
• 1/4 cup minced chives
• 1/2 lb Dungeness crab meat, picked over