Spinach And Corn Chowder Food

CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat the butter and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, and thyme and cook until the vegetables are good and soft, 8 to 10 minutes. Dust the vegetables with flour and stir to coat everything well. Pour in the vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Add the cream and the potatoes, bring to a boil and boil hard for about 7 minutes, until the potatoes break down (this will help to thicken the soup and give it a good texture).
• Cut the corn kernels off the cob and add to the soup. Season with salt and pepper and simmer until the corn is soft, about 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in the parsley and give it another little drink of olive oil. Ladle the soup into bowls and serve.

SHRIMP AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Stir in the celery, scallions, potatoes and corn. Add the thyme, bay leaves, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper and cook, stirring, 3 minutes. Stir in the flour until incorporated, about 2 minutes. Stir in the milk, then cover and bring to a boil. Uncover, reduce the heat to medium low and gently simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 6 minutes. Remove from the heat. Discard the thyme sprigs and bay leaves.
• Transfer one-third of the mixture to a blender and puree until smooth, then return to the pot. Return to a simmer over medium-high heat. Stir in the shrimp and cook until opaque, about 4 minutes. Season with salt. If the soup is too thick, stir in up to 1 cup water. Divide among bowls and sprinkle with paprika.

SHRIMP CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer bacon slices to paper towels. Drain excess grease from the skillet.
• Crumble 4 slices bacon into the skillet. Add onion, celery, garlic, and thyme; cook and stir over medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer bacon mixture to a large pot. Add corn and chicken broth. Bring soup to a boil; cook until flavors combine, about 5 minutes.
• Pour 2 cups of soup into a blender. Cover and hold lid down; puree until smooth.
• Return pureed soup to the pot. Stir in half-and-half, pepper, and salt. Bring to a boil. Stir in shrimp; cook until shrimp are opaque, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Crumble remaining 2 slices bacon on top.

FRESH SUMMER CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Remove corn kernels from cobs and place in a bowl. Scrape 'milk' from cobs into bowl with the kernels. Reserve 1 cob.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onion, scallions, and garlic; cook until soft but not brown, about 3 minutes. Add corn kernels, corn milk, potatoes, and jalapeno. Cook, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes. Add milk, broth, and reserved cob. Simmer until potatoes are completely soft and soup is slightly thick, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove and discard cob.
• Season chowder with cilantro and pepper and serve.

CORN CHOWDER WITH POTATOES

Steps:

• Place a large saucepan coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until tender. Add potatoes, carrot, water, parsley and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook, covered, until potatoes are tender, 15-20 minutes., Stir in corn, 1-1/4 cups milk and bacon. In a small bowl, mix flour and remaining milk until smooth; stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Add cheese; stir until melted. Stir in beer and, if desired, liquid smoke; heat through.

SPINACH AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Over medium high heat, cook chopped bacon in olive oil until crisp, remove and set aside.
• Saute onion, green pepper, garlic and dried peppers (if using) in left over oil until soft but not brown (3-5 minutes).
• Reduce heat to medium, add flour and whisk to form roux; cook roux until slightly toasty - do not let brown (3 minutes).
• Add stock or water 2 cups at a time, whisking to prevent lumps.
• Add corn, spinach and butter; simmer 10 minutes.
• Add milk, cream, reserved bacon bits and seasonings to taste, stir and simmer 5-10 additional minutes.
• **Optional** If soup is not thick enough, dissolve cornstarch in cold water, then add to soup and stir until thickened.

SPINACH WITH CORN

Steps:

• Wash spinach and chop coarsely.
• Melt butter in large skillet, add garlic and shallot and cook over low heat until softened but not browned.
• Add corn, cover skillet, raise heat to medium and cook 3 minutes.
• Add spinach, basil (or other seasonings) and salt, cover skillet and cook until spinach is wilted (2-3 minutes.)

QUINOA CORN AND SPINACH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Simmer the quinoa in 7 cups boiling water for 10 minutes.
• While the quinoa is cooking, slice off the top half of the corn kernels, then reverse your knife and press out the milk with the dull edge running down the length of the cobs. Set aside.
• Drain quinoa, but reserve liquid.
• Heat the oil in a 3-quart saucepan with garlic and chile, cook for about 30 seconds over medium heat, then add the cumin, 1/2 tsp salt, and the potatoes.
• Measure 6 cups of the quinoa-cooking water and add it to the pot. Bring to a boil, then add the quinoa and simmer, partially covered, until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Add the corn and its scrapings.
• Turn off the heat, taste for salt, and season the soup with pepper.
• Add the cheese, then stir in the spinach and the green onions. As soon as the spinach is wilted, after 2-3 minutes, serve the soup, garnished with the cilantro and hard-boiled egg if you're using it.

CHICKEN AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cut the kernels off the corn and scrape the cobs with the back of a knife to remove the liquid. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a dutch oven or other large pot over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring, until crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate with a slotted spoon; remove 2 tablespoons of the drippings and set aside.
• Reduce the heat under the pot to medium and add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, the chopped onion, corn and liquid, and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until the onion is tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add the potatoes and chopped garlic to the pot and season with the smoked paprika and thyme; cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add the chicken broth and 1 teaspoon salt; cover and bring to a boil. Uncover and simmer until the potatoes are tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Smash some of the potatoes with a fork to thicken the soup. Stir in the chicken and heavy cream and cook until the chicken is warmed through, about 3 minutes.
• Heat the reserved bacon drippings in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sliced onion and cook until browned, 3 minutes, adding the sliced garlic during the last 30 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon to the plate with the bacon. Divide the soup among bowls; top with the bacon, onion and garlic.

GRAMMA BROWN'S CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Fry bacon in pan until almost done. Add onions and celery, and saute until lightly browned.
• Transfer to a cooking pot. Add cream-style corn, kernel corn, butter, and broth. Add carrots and potatoes. Cook for about 15 minutes.
• Mix together flour and a little water to form a paste.
• Add milk and flour paste. You might want to add more flour paste, depending on how thick you like your chowder. Simmer for 30 minutes or until you are ready to eat. Add salt and pepper to taste.

30 MINUTE SMOKED SAUSAGE AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In large saucepan, cook onions in oil over medium heat 3-4 minutes or until tender.
• Stir in sausage, broth, potatoes, corn and red pepper.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low.
• Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes.
• Stir in cream; heat through.
• Garnish with additional sliced green onions, if desired.

CLAM CHOWDER WITH SPINACH, BASIL AND CORN

Steps:

• In a large, deep pot, fry the pork in the water over medium heat until the water is gone and the pork is lightly browned and well rendered.
• Add onions and garlic and cook until the onion is translucent. Add wine and clams, then cover and steam until the clams open. Remove clam shells from clams. Chop the clams fine and return to the pot.
• Add spinach, basil and peppers and simmer four minutes. Run a sharp knife down all the rows of corn kernels and, using the back of a stiff knife, scrape the kernels off the cob onto a plate. Add kernels to the pot and boil one minute. Add milk and cream and return to the boil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

QUICK POTATO CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook and stir onion in oil over medium heat until tender. Add broth and potatoes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender., Stir in the corn, 1/2 cup milk, salt and pepper. In a small bowl, whisk flour and remaining milk until smooth. Stir into soup; return to a boil. Cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until thickened. Sprinkle with parsley if desired.

CORN CHOWDER - FAST AND GREAT

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, cook and stir the bacon until crisp, about 10 minutes. Drain off grease, leaving about 1 tablespoon in the pot. Break the bacon into pieces in the pot.
• Place the onion in the pot, and cook until transparent, about 5 minutes. Mix in the potatoes, and cook until they begin to turn translucent, about 10 minutes more. Stir in the chicken broth, and season with oregano, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over high heat, then cover, and simmer over low heat until the potatoes are soft, about 30 minutes. Pour in the cream-style corn and whole kernel corn, and cook for 10 more minutes.
• Stir in the cream, Monterey Jack cheese, and Cheddar cheese over low heat until the soup is hot and the cheeses have melted. Do not boil. Remove from the heat, and serve.

SAUSAGE CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the potatoes, water, salt, marjoram and pepper., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until potatoes are just tender. Add the corn, cream-style corn and milk; heat through.

HAM, POTATO, CORN AND SPINACH CHOWDER

Steps:

• melt about 1 tablespoon of butter in a pan (real butter is sooo much better than margarine, trust me on this).
• add in about a teaspoon of onion flakes to rehydrate and soften.
• when the butter gets a bit brown add 2 tablespoons of flour.
• whisk together until you have "cooked" the flour (about 30 seconds).
• add 2 cups of milk and whisk until smooth.
• add a cup of chicken broth. I actually used chicken bouillon because that is what I had.
• add one heaping tablespoon of greek sour cream (see notes about using regular sour cream instead).
• Add 2 nuggets of chopped frozen spinach.
• let simmer on low while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
• add a couple shakes of garlic powder.
• I put in A LOT of black pepper but do it to your taste.
• Add dill to taste as well, I used dry because that is what I had, but fresh would be super good.
• Chop up about 2 cups of ham into bite sized pieces.
• open the corn and drain.
• peel one big left over baked potato and chop into bite sized pieces.
• Add all the ham, potato and corn.
• Taste and add extra dill, pepper if desired. I added another tablespoon of sour cream because I thought it would taste good.
• Let simmer until all the ingredients are hot and the spinach is dispersed throughout.
• and eat!

CORN AND SAUSAGE CHOWDER

Steps:

• If using fresh corn on the cob, cook the corn in boiling water and sit aside to cool before cutting. If using canned or frozen corn, add to the soup pot with the creamed corn.
• Brown the sausage in a soup pot over medium heat for about 8 minutes. After 5 minutes of cooking, add the onion and garlic to the pot, stir well. Add the potatoes, salt, marjoram, pepper, and water. Bring to a boil and cook until the potatoes test done, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Add both corns and the evaporated milk and bring to a steaming heat. Don't boil.
• Note: You can substitute the fresh corn with a canned peg corn or frozen corn.
• Garnish with parsley and serve.