Jalapeño Potato Chowder Food

CREAMY JALAPEñO CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Sauté the onion and celery: Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the celery and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion has softened, abut 5-8 minutes.
• Melt the butter in the pan and sprinkle with flour. Stir or whisk to combine until vegetables are coated. Cook for a few minutes to get rid of the raw flour taste.
• Turn the heat to high. Add in broth, milk, potatoes, jalapeños, thyme, garlic, salt, pepper and paprika. Bring this to a boil, then reduce heat to a gentle simmer and cover. Cook for ~8-10 minutes or until potatoes are tender but not mushy, stirring occasionally so nothing sticks to the bottom of your pot.
• Add in corn and heavy cream. Stir to combine.
• Blend some of the soup: Ladle 3 cups of the soup out of the pot and transfer to a high powdered blender (like a Vitamix). Blend until smooth and add back into the soup.
• Allow soup to come back to a simmer. Taste and adjust seasonings, if necessary. Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with bacon, cheddar cheese, chives, more jalapeños, etc.

JALAPENO POPPER SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot or Dutch oven, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat.
• To the pot with butter, add onion and garlic. Cook for about 3 minutes until onions are soft and translucent.
• Pour in chicken broth and potatoes. Bring to a boil, and allow to boil for about 10-15 minutes, until potatoes are soft.
• In a separate pot or large skillet, melt remaining butter over medium heat.
• Add flour. Stir to fully combine, then allow to heat through for about 2 minutes.
• Stir in half and half slowly, about a ¼ cup at a time, stirring constantly.
• When half and half is fully added, allow to warm to steaming.
• Begin adding shredded cheese, a little at a time, stirring constantly, until completely incorporated.
• Add cream cheese to cheese mixture, whisk until cream cheese is melted into sauce.
• Pour cheese sauce mixture into broth mixture. Stir to combine.
• Add chicken and jalapenos to soup, and stir to combine. Continue cooking until fully heated through.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve hot topped with croutons, bacon, and fresh jalapenos.

GINA'S SPICY CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a small saucepan over medium heat, saute the bacon until crisp and browned and the fat is rendered. With a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towel and reserve. There should be about 4 tablespoons of bacon grease in pan.
• Add the onions and red pepper to pan. Saute until tender and translucent, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add the jalapeno and garlic and saute until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the flour until thoroughly combined. Cook the flour until it reaches a slight blonde color, about 1 minute. Stir in the chicken stock and the potatoes and simmer for 10 minutes; potatoes will become soft. Add the cream, corn, cayenne and bay leaf. Simmer for 15 more minutes. Pour into a serving bowl and garnish with the reserved bacon.

JALAPENO CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cut off kernels from the ears of corn, if using whole fresh corn.
• In a blender container, combine half of the corn and the broth.
• Blend till nearly smooth.
• In a large saucepan, combine broth mixture and remaining corn kernels.
• Stir in milk or light cream, jalapeno peppers and red peppers or diced pimientos.
• Heat through.
• Top each serving with cheese.
• Serve hot.

JALAPEñO-POTATO CHOWDER

Steps:

• In 2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and bell pepper; cook 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender.
• Stir in flour. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly, until mixture is boiling.
• Stir in remaining ingredients. Cook 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until corn is tender. Serve soup topped with cheese if desired.

CREAMY SPICY CORN CHOWDER WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large saucepot over medium heat cook bacon until crispy and all fat has rendered out. Remove with a slotted spoon to a paper towel lined plate. Drain off all but 1 tablespoon fat, add onion, jalapeno, potato, red pepper, corn, salt and pepper and saute for about 5 minutes. Add thyme.
• In a blender, puree half the mixture and add back to the pan. Add milk, chicken broth, and chicken and let simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Transfer to serving bowls. Garnish each bowl with cooked bacon, fresh cilantro and a lime wedge.

JALAPENO POPPER AND POTATO CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place diced bacon in a skillet and over medium-high heat and cook until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon on paper towels.
• Meanwhile, melt butter over medium heat in a large stockpot. Add yellow onion and jalapeno peppers; cook and stir until slightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Add potatoes, chicken broth, 1 cup milk, salt, rosemary, garlic powder, paprika, oregano, black pepper, and red pepper flakes; bring to a boil. Boil until potatoes are tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and stir in cream cheese, heavy cream, and bacon; stir until cream cheese has melted.
• Add Cheddar, a little at a time, stirring to incorporate after each addition. If the chowder is too thick, you can add more milk to reach the desired consistency.
• Stir in most of the green onion and parsley until slightly wilted. Ladle into bowls and garnish with remaining green onion and parsley.

CORN CHOWDER WITH ROASTED JALAPEñO AND PARSLEY PURéE

Steps:

• Make the puree:
• Broil the jalapeños on the rack of a broiler pan under a preheated broiler about 2 inches from the heat, turning them every 5 minutes, for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the skins are blistered and charred. Transfer the jalapeños to a bowl and let them stand, covered tightly, until they are cool enough to handle. Wearing rubber gloves, peel the jalapeños, cut off the tops, and discard all but 1 teaspoon of the seeds. In a blender puree the jalapeños with the seeds, the oil, the lime juice, the water, the garlic, the parsley, and salt to taste. The puree may be made 3 days in advance and kept covered and chilled.
• Make the chowder:
• In a kettle cook the onion and the celery in the oil over moderate heat, stirring, until the celery is softened, add the broth, the water, the potatoes, peeled and cut into 3/8-inch cubes, and the ham, and simmer the mixture for 10 minutes. Stir in the corn and the thyme and simmer the chowder for 5 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. In a blender or food processor purée 2 cups of the chowder and stir the purée into the remaining chowder.
• Serve the chowder with a small dollop of the jalapeño and parsley puree swirled into it.

JALAPENO SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, saute bacon and onion in butter until just tender.
• Add garlic and cook about 2 more minutes.
• Add sweet potatoes, chicken broth, pickled jalapeños, jalapeño juice and comino.
• Cover and cook until potatoes are tender (approx. 20 to 30 minutes).
• When done, add soda, cilantro and milk.
• Coarsely mash potatoes with a potato masher.
• Stir well and re-adjust salt and pepper.
• Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
• NOTE: You may garnish with sour cream and 3 or 4 fresh jalapeños, cut in thin lengthwise strips.