Fresh Corn Chowder With Ham Ala Leah
From divaliscious 15 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Easy quick chowder idea for using up leftover ham and doing something with the corn you bought the other day since it was in season. Affordable meal goes a long way to feeding everyone nicely, served up with nice hearty garlic bread and a salad, and you have made yourself a meal to be remembered!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup or more diced cooked ham shopping list
- 1 can of cream style corn (no. 2 can) shopping list
- 2-4 ears of fresh corn on the cob, with corn removed and 'milk' reserved shopping list
- 4 slices bacon shopping list
- 1 large onion diced shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves finely minced shopping list
- 1 tablespoon dry mustard shopping list
- 1-2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce shopping list
- 1 quart milk shopping list
- 2 tablespoons flour (optional thickener) shopping list
- 4 cups potatoes, skins removed and diced - keep in large bowl of water to prevent browning until ready to throw in soup pot shopping list
- 1/2 cup minced and drained of their juices pimento shopping list
- 3 tablespoons fresh parlsey chopped for garnish shopping list
- 2 tablespoons green onions/scallions for garnish and extra zing shopping list
- salt and pepper shopping list
- soup pot/stock pot shopping list
- could be done in slow cooker while first browning bacon, ham, onions and fresh corn. shopping list
- tablespoon or two of olive oil shopping list
How to make it
- Either in stock pot or soup pot, add olive oil to cool pot.
- Add bacon and onions and let sautée and brown slightly till bacon is almost cooked through.
- And minced garlic and diced ham, cook for two more minutes to heat through. Remove all from stock pot and drain from pot and set aside but reserve fat.
- Add one tablespoon of the bacon fat back into the pot and add drained fresh corn (remember to save the milk from the fresh corn - you can add it to the milk you will be adding)
- Cook corn till slightly browned, then if using flower to thicken soup, add flour now stirring it until absorbed.
- Add milk and stir in slowly.
- Add potatoes, and all other ingredients to the pot (except for green onions and parsley).
- Taste first, then add salt and pepper per your liking.
- Once at a boil, turn down heat and let cook for 30 minutes.
- Serve in pretty bowls and top with fresh garnishes of minced chives/green onions and parsley.
- Add some fresh cracked pepper to the top and serve it up.
- I grabbed photo from tesco.com but looks quote close to my version indeed, except for mine has larger pieces of potatoes and its missing my fresh suggested garnishes!
- Enjoy this affordable quick meal to feed your family fast and deliciously!
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
What a fabulous recipe..hearty and so yummy looking! Many thank WAY high 5!! :) * * * * *
lanacountry
in Macon loved it
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Sounds great, can't wait to try it. Thanks
chiki_minki
in Epsom,Surrey, UK loved it
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I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff. Thanks for sucking me in on this one!
mark555
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