Bacon Sweetcorn And Sweet Potato Chowder Food

SWEET POTATO AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the bacon and cook until crispy and most of the fat is rendered, about 8 minutes. Set the bacon aside for later use, leaving the fat in the pot.
• In the same pot over medium heat, saute the sweet potato, shallots, garlic and bell pepper, stirring frequently, until the shallots are tender and translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the thyme, sage and bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Add the flour and curry to the vegetables and stir until incorporated. Cook for another 2 minutes.
• Add the corn, chicken stock, heavy cream and sherry vinegar. Bring to a simmer and cook, covered, until the sweet potato is tender, another 20 to 25 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Plate into individual bowls and garnish with the crispy bacon and chives.

SWEET POTATO CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, render the bacon over medium-low heat until crispy, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a plate and reserve the fat in the pot. Turn the heat up to medium, add the sweet potato to the bacon fat and cook to al dente, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer the sweet potato to the bacon plate.
• Add the garlic, bay leaves, celery, onion, bell pepper, salt and pepper to the bacon fat. Add a tablespoon of butter if there's not enough bacon fat to saute the vegetables. Cook over medium heat until the vegetables are translucent and soft, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Add the flour to the pot and stir with the vegetables until fully incorporated. Stir in the vegetable stock and canned corn with its liquid. Bring to a simmer. Add the bacon and sweet potatoes back to the pot and slowly stir in the heavy cream. Cook for a few minutes to warm through.
• Garnish with freshly ground black pepper and sliced green onions before serving.

WALTER'S POTATO, BACON, CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook bacon in skillet till crisp-add onions until limp-drain on paper towels.
• Put potatoes and celery in large stock pot and add enough water to just cover.
• Boil until not quite tender.
• Do not drain.
• Add bacon, onions and rest of ingredients and simmer for 1/2 hour--eat & enjoy.

SWEET POTATO CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In stock pot, sauté bacon over medium heat until crisp and browned.
• Remove bacon and set aside.
• Add onion, red pepper, leek, thyme, marjoram, salt and pepper to bacon drippings.
• Sauté for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add sweet potatoes, corn, chicken broth and 2 1/2 cups water to mixture in stock pot.
• Cook until sweet potatoes are tender (approx. 15 to 20 minutes).
• Mix cornstarch and 1/2 cup water and stir into soup.
• Heat to boiling, stirring constantly and cook until thickened.
• Reduce heat to low, stir in half and half or milk, bacon and cooked chicken.
• Garnish with fresh thyme, if desired.

CREAMY CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In 4-quart Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat 7 to 10 minutes, turning once, until crisp. Drain on paper towels; leave bacon drippings in pan. When cool, crumble bacon and set aside.
• In same pan, cook butter, onion, carrot, celery and garlic over medium heat 10 to 12 minutes, stirring constantly, until vegetables soften but do not brown.
• Sprinkle flour over vegetables and stir well with wire whisk to incorporate. Cook about 2 minutes. Stirring constantly, slowly add broth and wine (make sure to scrape bottom of pan as flour tends to stick). Stir in corn, potatoes, half-and-half, thyme, salt, pepper if desired, bay leaf and nutmeg. Heat soup to a gentle simmer. Cook 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender. (Corn can be naturally salty depending on the season, so make sure to taste before adding extra salt.) Remove bay leaf.
• Garnish with parsley if desired, and crumbled bacon.

BACON AND POTATO CHOWDER

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crisp, and chop. Drain and use paper towel to soak up excess fat.
• In a large pot, sautee onion and garlic with 2 tbsp bacon drippings.
• Add potatoes, water, bouillon cubes to pot.
• Heat to boiling, then cover and simmer until potatoes are cooked, then add bacon.
• Mix flour with a small amount of evaporated milk, making a paste.
• Gradually stir in remaining milk.
• Add to potato mixture.
• Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and thickens.
• Stir often to ensure the soup doesn't burn on the bottom of the pot.

BACON CORN CHOWDER WITH POTATOES

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large pot over medium heat 8 minutes or until crisp. Drain on paper towels; reserve bacon drippings in pot.
• Add onion and celery to pot; cook and stir 3 to 4 minutes or until almost translucent. Increase heat to high; add 1/2 cup of the broth, stirring to scrape up any browned bits from bottom of pot. Add reserved corn cobs, remaining 1 1/2 cups broth, potatoes, thyme, bay leaves, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Cover; reduce heat to low.
• Simmer 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender; uncover.
• Add milk and hot sauce; simmer 5 minutes.
• Add corn kernels; simmer 3 to 4 minutes.
• Remove and discard corn cobs and bay leaves.
• Stir in bacon just before serving.

SWEET POTATO/BACON CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large soup pot cook bacon over medium high heat until almost crisp.
• Add white potatoes and onions. Cover and cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add sweet potatoes, bay leaves, Old Bay, salt and pepper. Cover and reduce heat to medium; cook a few minutes more - until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add remaining ingredients. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until heated through (approx 10 minutes).
• Remove bay leaves and serve.