Low Fat Corn And Potato Chowder Food

LOW FAT POTATO CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Prepare celery, carrot, and onions. (I use my vegetable chopper.)
• In a large pot, sauté onions, celery, and carrot in oil over medium heat until onions begin to appear translucent.
• Meanwhile, peel potatoes if desired. Dice into small dices. (I use my vegetable chopper to make fast work of this.)
• Turn heat to high and add potatoes, water, and seasonings. Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender (about 10 minutes).
• Meanwhile, pour milk into blender.
• When potatoes are tender, remove approximately 1 cup of soup from pan and add it to milk in blender.
• Stir diced pepper into soup and continue simmering.
• Add salt to blender mixture and blend until creamy. Add this mixture to pan along with corn and stir. Cook until hot.
• Discard bay leaf. Season to taste.
• Serve hot.

LOW-FAT CORN AND POTATO CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook the bacon over medium heat until crispy in a large dutch oven or pot. Remove the bacon using a slotted spoon, but leave the drippings.
• Add the onion and saute for about 2-3 minutes or until translucent. Add the potatoes and the carrots to the pot followed by the cumin, salt, pepper, and the flour. Stir until everything is well-coated with the flour. Pour the broth in. Lower the heat and bring to a simmer. Let the vegetables simmer for about 15 minutes or until mostly cooked and slightly thickened. Stir in the corn and let cook for another 10 minutes. Stir in the milk and half and half and let cook for another 5-10 minutes until the vegetables are cooked and the soup is heated. Season with additional salt and pepper if desired.
• Sprinkle some of the bacon on top of each individual bowl. Garnish with fresh chopped green onion or parsler or shredded cheese!

LOWFAT CREAMY POTATO CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, stir together the corn, potato, onion, water, chicken bouillon, and black pepper.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 10 minutes or just until potatoes and corn are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the half cup of milk and continue to simmer.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, stir together dry milk and flour.
• Gradually stir in the 1/4 C of milk until smooth.
• Pour the milk and flour mixture into to corn, potato, and onion mixture.
• Cook and stir until thick and bubbly.
• Top with cheese and ham or bacon, if desired.

CORN AND POTATO CHOWDER

Steps:

• Sling the butter into a soup kettle and melt over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook till crisp. Scoop out the bacon and drain on paper towels. Save for later--don't nibble too much.
• Pour off all but 1/4 cup of fat from the pot. Toss in the onions and peppers, seasoning them with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook till soft and then throw in the garlic, cooking it all for 1 minute more. Sprinkle on the flour and mix into the veggies. Dump in the broth and potatoes. Cover the pot and bring to a boil; then lower the heat and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes, or till the potatoes are tender. Add the shredded carrots and corn. Cover and simmer everything 5 to 6 minutes longer to blend the flavors.
• Stir in the half-and-half. Season with the thyme, cayenne, some more salt, and lots of freshly ground black pepper to taste. Sprinkle with parsley and the bacon bits you've been saving. Give it one last stir, and ladle it up piping hot.

LOW-FAT SHRIMP CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the potatoes, broth, celery, onions and red pepper to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 13-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in milk. Gently mash vegetables with a potato masher, leaving some chunks of potatoes., Combine flour and evaporated milk until smooth; gradually stir into potato mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Return to a boil. Cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until shrimp turn pink.

VIRTUALLY FAT FREE CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor combine 1 cup (8 oz) of vegetable broth, 1 cup corn kernels, half the onions and half the potatoes; process into a coarse puree.
• Pour puree mixture into a large non-stick saucepan and bring to an almost boil over medium-high heat.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally 10 minutes.
• Mix in the leeks, red peppers, green peppers, sugar (or sugar substitute) cumin, thyme and curry powder.
• Add the remaining corn kernels, onions, and potatoes.
• Cover and cook 10 to 12 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.
• Should a thinner consistency be desired simply add the additional 1/2 cup broth.
• Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Enjoy!

LOW FAT CRAB AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium heat.
• Add onion and garlic and saute for a few minutes, stirring often.
• Add celery, carrot, potatoes and peppers and saute until slightly softened, about 5 minutes (NOTE: if potatoes stick, add a little more oil).
• If you prefer thicker chowder, add the flour now and stir constantly for 2 minutes until cooked
• Add corn, broth and milk and Bay leaf and bring to a simmer.
• Simmer over medium-low heat for about 20-25 minutes or until vegetables are softened.
• Gently stir in can of crabmeat and Old Bay seasoning.
• Salt, Pepper and butter to taste.

LOW FAT CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Saute celery , carrots, onion in olive oil until tender.
• Add frozen corn.
• Add flour to make roux.
• slowly add in chicken stock and milk.
• last add in cans of cream corn and seasonings.
• Let simmer so flavors may meld. 1/2 -1 hours.
• Enjoy.

OLD FASHIONED CORN AND POTATO CHOWDER

Steps:

• Combine, in a large pot,all ingredients except milk and flour/water.
• Cook until potatoes are fork tender.
• Add milk and flour/water, stirring well.
• Bring to a boil and allow to cook for 10 minutes.
• Serve with chopped green onion and shredded cheese as a garnish.

LOW FAT CHICKEN CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Spray a dutch oven with butter-flavored cooking spray.
• Sauté chicken until all pink is gone.
• Remove from pan and set aside.
• Sauté onions until tender.
• Add potatoes and water.
• Cover and simmer 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except cheese.
• Add cooked chicken.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently until thoroughly heated.
• Portion chowder into bowls; top each portion with 1 Tsp cheese.