Recipe: Corn Chowder

Corn chowder might be one of my guilty pleasures. There’s very little in it that’s healthy, but its absolutely delicious. This is mostly my grandmother’s recipe, I’ve added a little to it to make it my own, but it definitely reminded me of growing up and visiting my grandmother.

For me, I took my immersion blender to the soup a few times just to make it a little creamier, and to break up some of the bigger veggie chunks. You don’t have to do this, but it definitely made my soup smoother.

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Ingredients

2 slices of bacon, julienned

1 medium onion, diced

1 medium green pepper, diced

2 cups milk

1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth

1 medium potatoes, peeled and diced

2 (15 ounce) cans whole kernel corn, drained

1 cup heavy cream, divided

¼ cup flour

Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions

In a large pot, cook bacon until crisp. Remove to paper towel to drain.

Saute onion and green peppers in drippings until tender.

Add broth, milk, and potatoes and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

Add salt and pepper, corn and ¾ cup of heavy cream.

Combine flour and remaining milk until smooth and add to soup.

Bring to a boil, cook and stir for 2 minutes.

Top with bacon.