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Corn Chowder
Ingredients
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6
ears of fresh corn or 3 cups frozen whole kernel corn
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1/2
cup chopped onion (1 medium)
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1/2
cup chopped green sweet pepper
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1
tablespoon cooking oil
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1
14 ounce can chicken broth
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1
cup cubed, peeled potato (1 medium)
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2
tablespoons all-purpose flour
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1/2
teaspoon salt
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1/4
teaspoon black pepper
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1 1/2
cups milk
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3
slices bacon, crisp-cooked, drained, and crumbled or 2 tablespoons cooked bacon pieces
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2
tablespoons snipped fresh parsley (optional)
Directions
1. If using fresh corn, use a sharp knife to cut the kernels off the cobs (you should have about 3 cups corn). Set corn aside.
2. In a large saucepan cook onion and sweet pepper in hot oil until onion is tender but not brown. Stir in chicken broth, potato, and corn. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
3. In a small bowl combine flour, salt, and pepper. Stir milk into flour mixture; add to corn mixture in saucepan. Cook and stir until slightly thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 1 minute more. Add bacon; heat through. If desired, garnish each serving with parsley.
4. Makes 6 servings (5 1/2 cups)
From the Test Kitchen
- Variation Corn and Crab Chowder:Prepare as above, except omit bacon. In Step 3, after cooking for 1 minute, stir in one 6- or 6-1/2-ounce can crabmeat, drained, flaked, and cartilage removed. Heat through.
Nutrition Facts
(Corn Chowder)
- Servings Per Recipe 6,
- Calories 192,
- Protein (gm) 8,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 29,
- Fat, total (gm) 7,
- Cholesterol (mg) 9,
- Saturated fat (gm) 2,
- Monosaturated fat (gm) 3,
- Polyunsaturated fat (gm) 2,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 3,
- Sugar, total (gm) 8,
- Vitamin A (IU) 340,
- Vitamin C (mg) 19,
- Thiamin (mg) 0,
- Riboflavin (mg) 0,
- Niacin (mg) 3,
- Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
- Folate (µg) 56,
- Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 0,
- Sodium (mg) 572,
- Potassium (mg) 515,
- Calcium (DV %) 81,
- Iron (DV %) 1,
- Starch () 2,
- Fat () 1,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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LOVED it. It took only 4 ears of corn to get 3 cups. I'll probably do more potatoes and peppers next time (hardly noticed them). And will probably use thick cream instead of regular milk, to make it creamier. It was really delicious, though, as it was! It was a perfect balance of flavors. Will make this all fall and winter!!
8/27/2011 06:53:01 PM Report Abusemy favorite corn chowder recipe!
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