02/12/2024
✨ The Coziest Corn Chowder Ever 🌽🥓 Creamy Countryside Comfort ✨
Recipe Name: Creamy Countryside Corn Chowder
Recipe Description: Everything you want in a chowder: sweet corn, smoky bacon, hearty potatoes...all in a velvety cream broth. It's like a warm hug in a bowl, and surprisingly easy to make!
Recipe Cost: $$ (Moderately priced due to bacon/cream)
⏰ Prep Time: 20 minutes
🍳 Cooking Time:
* Stovetop: 30-40 minutes
* Instapot: 20 minutes
🍽️ Total Time: Under an hour
🍲 Yield: 7quarts
👨🍳 Servings: 8-10 hungry folks
🍲 Equipment Needed:
Large pot or Dutch oven
Instant Pot (optional)
🛒 Shopping List/Ingredients:
½ lb bacon, diced
1 medium onion, diced
3 celery stalks, sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp dried thyme
2 tbsp Better than Bouillon (chicken flavor)
2 chicken bouillon cubes
2 lbs potatoes (Yukon Gold = perfect), diced
5-6 cups corn (fresh off the cob is AMAZING, or frozen)
3 cups milk OR cream (half and half works too)
2 tbsp cornstarch
🔥 Stovetop Instructions:
Bacon & Flavor: Cook bacon, remove, leaving grease. Sauté onion, celery, and garlic until softened. Stir in thyme.
Soup Time: Add bouillon, potatoes, corn, and enough water to cover everything. Simmer until potatoes are tender (check them!).
Creamy Finish: Whisk cornstarch into milk/cream, stir into soup. Add cooked bacon bits, heat through.
🌟 Instapot Instructions:
Use 'Sauté' mode to cook bacon as above, then sauté veggies.
Add remaining ingredients, pressure cook (High) for 10 minutes. Quick release, then continue as on stovetop, blending if desired.
Notes:
For extra oomph, stir in cooked diced ham OR shredded rotisserie chicken at the end!
Crusty bread on the side makes it a meal.
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