Creamy Homestyle Corn Chowder Food

HOMESTYLE CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook bacon until almost crisp.
• Add onion and cook until soft.
• Add potatoes and water; cover and simmer until tender (about 10 minutes).
• In a medium saucepan, melt butter; blend in flour, and gradually add milk stirring until thick and smooth.
• Add thickened flour, ham, corn, salt, and pepper to large pot.
• Bring almost to a boil (don't boil!).
• Add milk if chowder is too thick.
• Serve warm.

CREAMY CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Dissolve bouillon in water; set aside. In a large Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon to paper towels to drain; crumble and set aside., In a large skillet, saute green pepper and onion in the drippings until tender. Add flour; cook and stir until smooth. Gradually stir in milk and dissolved bouillon. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add corn and seasonings. Cook for 10 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with bacon.

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.

CREAMY HOMESTYLE CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• With sharp knife, cut the kernels from the corn cobs. Refrigerate kernels.
• Place the stripped corn cobs in small stockpot and add the poultry stock, bayleaf, spices, and parmesan rind. Cover. Bring to a boil over medium heat then reduce heat to low and slowly cook mixture for about an hour. Strain mixture in fine wire mesh sieve. Discard cobs and solids.
• While the stock is cooking, fry the bacon until crisp. Blot bacon on dry paper towel. When cool break into bite-sized pieces. Set aside for chowder garnish. Remove all but 1½ tablespoons of bacon fat from frypan.
• Cut up onion, celery, carrot, and red pepper. Mince the garlic cloves. When stock is almost done cooking, melt butter in the frypan with the bacon fat over medium heat. When butter is melted, add the onions, celery, and carrot. Cook, stirring briskly, for 3-4 minutes then add the red pepper. Cook for another 1-2 minutes, until onion starts to become translucent and the vegetables are slightly softened. Add the minced garlic and cook, stirring continuously, for about 30 seconds, just until the garlic becomes fragrant.
• Transfer the sautéed vegetables to a medium-sized stockpot. Add the corn kernels and diced potato. Stir in all of the strained stock except for ½ cup which will be used to mix with the cornstarch to thicken the chowder. Cover stockpot and bring mixture to a boil over high heat then reduce heat to medium low and cook for about 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are just barely fork tender.
• Whisk 2½ tbsp cornstarch into the reserved ½ cup of poultry stock until somewhat smooth. Add 2-3 tablespoons hot mixture from the stockpot to temper the cornstarch mixture then add the thickener into the stockpot, stirring until mixture starts to thicken.
• Transfer approximately 3 cups of the mixture to a blender and purée until somewhat smooth. Don't over-purée the mixture as it can become very watery and more difficult to thicken. Pour puréed mixture back into the stock pot. Stir to combine with remainder of unpuréed chowder mixture.
• Stir in the maple syrup. Whisk sour cream into the 10% blend cream until blended. Slowly whisk the dairy into the stockpot mixture. Heat thoroughly. Add the cheeses and stir until melted and blended into the chowder. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Ladle chowder into bowls. Garnish with crisp bacon pieces and, if desired, fresh chopped chives or parsley. Serve with rolls or bread.

CREAMY CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Peel and dice potatoes into small pieces (should equal 1 c); cook until just tender; set aside.
• Fry bacon until crisp; set aside to drain on paper towel; when cool, crumble bacon into small pieces.
• Discard all but 3 Tbsp bacon fat; saute onion and celery in bacon fat until soft.
• Sprinkle flour over onion and celery; cook, stirring constantly, for one minute; gradually stir in milk; bring to boiling over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in corn, potatoes, bacon, and seasonings; serve hot.

THICK AND CREAMY CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a soup pot, combine potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, and salt. Barely cover veggies with a small amount of water, and bring to a boil. Cook until tender (about 15 minutes), Once finished cooking most of the water should have evaporated leaving only a small amount of liquid. Do not drain.
• When tender mash or beat with a mixer into a thick paste.
• Make a white sauce from butter, four, milk and cheese. Heat until thick then add white sauce to mashed vegetables. Add creamed corn and stir into soup mixture.

CREAMY COMFORT CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• 1. In stock pot, bring to a boil carrots, celery, onions, thyme, white pepper, salt, and chicken stock, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• 2. Prepare Roux: Melt butter; whisk in flour until smooth paste.
• 3. To stock pot, add creamed-style corn, ham, potatoes, cayenne; bring back to simmer.
• 4. Stir in roux; simmer/low boil covered 20 minutes.
• 5. To stock pot, add heavy cream and frozen corn; return to boil and simmer uncovered 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

CLASSIC CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion in butter until tender. Add the water, corn and potatoes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 16-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Reduce heat to low. Stir in the milk, salt and pepper. Cook for 5-10 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with parsley.

GRANDMA'S CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place the bacon in a large pot over medium-high heat, and cook until crisp. Drain and crumble, reserving about 2 tablespoons drippings in the pot.
• Mix potatoes and onion into the pot with the crumbled bacon and reserved drippings. Cook and stir 5 minutes. Pour in the water, and stir in corn. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cover pot. Simmer 20 minutes, stirring frequently, until potatoes are tender.
• Warm the half-and-half in a small saucepan until it bubbles. Remove from heat before it boils, and mix into the chowder just before serving.