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Fresh Sweet Corn Chowder Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Krumkake / All my dishes 2 years, 3 months ago When sweet corn comes into season, I like to strip it off the cob to freeze the corn, and then I save the stripped cobs for this soup in the fall. I've made this less fat by using fat-free half-and-half and omitting the bacon, and it still is very f... More Prep:25m Cook:60m Servings:4	Krumkake
	creamy rich sweet corn chowder

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Kernels and corn "mi

Making the soup stoc

Smell the fresh corn

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Ingredients

4 ears sweet corn, husks removed (I like to use the bi-colored corn)

4 slices fried, crumbled bacon (optional - use a bit of butter to saute veggies if you omit bacon)

½ medium onion, finely diced

1 medium potato, baked and cut into small dices (I like to leave the skin on, but remove it, if you prefer, after baking the potato)

dash of dried thyme

some sea salt and black pepper

1 cup milk or half-and-half (I use fat-free half and half)

Directions

Remove corn kernels from cob by running a sharp knife from top to bottom of cob – rotate cob, cutting kernels off all sides.

Use a spoon to run down the sides of the stripped cobs to extract as much of the "milk" as possible from the cob, letting the milk fall into the corn kernels.

For soup stock, break the stripped corn cobs into thirds and place in a medium saucepan with 3 cups of water.

Bring to a boil; reduce to simmer and cook cobs for 20 minutes. Remove cobs from pot and strain the liquid – you should have about 2 cups of corn stock.

In a medium saucepan, cook bacon until crisp; drain bacon and crumble into small pieces.

Remove bacon, leaving 1 tablespoon bacon grease in pan (if you don’t use the bacon, add 1 tablespoon butter to pan).

Saute onions in bacon grease (or butter) until translucent, about 5 minutes.

Add the diced potato, corn kernels and any "milk" that you extracted from the cob, 2 cups corn stock, thyme, and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Bring to a simmer; cook, partially covered for about 30 minutes, skimming any foam from the top as necessary.

Taste and adjust seasoning, if needed. If you like a thicker chowder, thicken with a roux of equal parts flour to melted butter, OR use a few tablespoons dried potato flakes until desire consistency is reached.

Add milk or half-and-half.

Heat through (don’t boil).

Serve, topping each bowl with some crumbled bacon.

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msloyola 2 years, 3 months ago said:
Yum! This sounds delicious.

absinthebride 2 years, 3 months ago said:
Huge fan of anything with bacon. :) This sounds wonderful.

recipediva 2 years, 3 months ago said:
Sounds yummy.

erisgrrrl 2 years, 3 months ago said:
OMG this looks so easy! I just got a slew of corn from my ma's garden and this would be a perfect way to use them! :D

peetabear 2 years, 2 months ago said:
This sounds good.. there's a bunch of corn coming in our garden, yummy

inmaculada 2 years, 1 month ago said:
A very good friend of mine, Katie from South Carolina, many years ago, taught me how to make several kinds of chowder and since her hubby was from Maine, New England Clam and Shrimp Chowder was the first I tested and I LOVED IT!!. After that I cooked many chowders and my favorite is Shrimp and Corn Chowder, but never tried with fresh corn, so I will cook this as soon as here in Mallorca gets a little cold (now it´s about 26ºC) and we are still coming to the beach and watching for sun burns...

wynnebaer 2 years, 1 month ago said:
Made this last night and my husband used the word "great." I will be making this again, that's for sure. Thanks Krumkake.

rosej 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Yum! I'll be trying this soon. Where does anyone get fresh corn this time of year? I'm going to have to use frozen for the time being.

debwin 1 year, 6 months ago said:
This sounds fabulous. I have never thought to use the cobs for the stock...can't wait to try this recipe. Deb

mrtnzangel8 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Wynne gave me the heads up on this recipe...will definitely give it a try! :)

annieamie 1 year ago said:
Krumkake, this sounds so delicious! I can't wait to taste your chowder! Everyone is going to love this recipe! Thanks so much for posting this one as this is just what I was searching for!

notyourmomma 3 months ago said:
Okay, you sold me on the chowder and then you added the bacon too!!!!!!!!! Yum.

gagagrits 1 month ago said:
This is one I missed, see you think like me, use the FF half and half which allows the calories to be used for the bacon, makes sense to me. this sounds like dinner tommorrow nite..

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