Little House in the Valley

Corn Chowder Recipe

I just finished making a pot of Corn Chowder and I thought that I would share the recipe with you just in case your interested : )

Ingredients:
2 ~ 398 ml cans of creamed corn
8 medium sized potatoes peeled and cubed
1/2 pound of bacon chopped into small chunks
1 large walla walla onion diced
2 ribs of celery diced
3 Tbsp flour
2 liters of milk
salt & pepper


In your soup pot fry your bacon, onion & celery until tender. We like our pieces of onion and celery fairly small but you can chunk them as small or large as you like : )


While your bacon mix is frying peel and cube your potatoes. I like to cook them ahead of time so that it cuts the time down on the entire soup making process. So I place them in my steamer basket so that they don't loose any nutrients by boiling and steam until my fork just goes through. Don't overcook them since they'll be doing a bit more cooking in the soup pot : )


As soon as your bacon, celery & onion are cooked put in your 3 heaping Tbsp. of flour....


and stir it all together to make a thick & pastey roux. This will make mixing the flour and milk together easy so that you don't get lumps! Now it's time to add your milk. I start with 2 liters and go from there. You don't want to add more than that to start with or you may not have room for your potatoes and corn to be added in : ) Another secret is if you want to have a lower calorie soup make it with powdered milk which is what I did today. It tastes the same and is easier on the waist line *grin*


Start by pouring in about 1/2 a liter of your milk into your soup pot and then whisk it all together well to incorporate the flour covered veggies and the milk. It will be quite thick at this point but as your pour in the rest of your milk it will thin out again : )


Now add in your 2 cans of creamed corn and your pre-steamed potatoes. Stir it all together and season it with salt and pepper until it tastes just perfect : )


Here it is. I'm going to let it simmer on the lowest setting for a bit until we're ready for dinner : )


We're going to have bruschetta with it. Mmm all I have to do is add the Asiago cheese and melt it in the oven and we're in business.

Enjoy,
HuberHof

mmm.....

04:45, Thursday, August 16 .. Posted by Vickie

The chowder looks great & easy! Just my style!!! I am definately going to try to make it. Thanks.

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April

chowder

07:28, Saturday, August 18 .. Posted by Anonymous

Yummy! I love chowder! Thanks for the recipe.
Jenn
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