Double Corn Chowder With Chipotle And Bacon Recipes

CHIPOTLE CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until crisp, remove and drain on paper towels; set aside (reserve a couple tablespoons of bacon fat).
• In the same saucepan add in the chopped onion, garlic and celery; saute for about 5 minutes.
• Add in chicken broth and diced potatoes; bring to a boil, cover and simmer for about 10-12 minutes or until potatoes are slightly tender.
• Add in red bell pepper, corn, whipping cream and diced chipotle pepper; continue to simmer for 10 minutes, or until veggies are soft.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste (for even more spice season with cayenne).
• Crumble the reserved cooked bacon and stir into the soup.
• If the chowder is too thick, adjust with up to 1/4 cup half and half cream or milk and just reheat slightly.

DOUBLE CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In large saucepan, cook bacon until crisp. Remove cooked bacon, drain on paper towels, and crumble. Cook onion in bacon drippings until crisp tender.
• Add remaining ingredients, cover, bring to a boil, and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Add bacon and serve.
• To freeze, cool soup quickly in refrigerator, then pour into plastic freezer
• container. Attach a small freezer bag with the cooked bacon. Then freeze solid.
• When ready to eat, place soup in saucepan with 1/4 cup water. Stir and heat until bubbly. Warm bacon in the microwave until crisp, then sprinkle over soup.

CHIPOTLE SHRIMP AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Saute bacon in a large pot over medium heat until crisp.
• Add onions,celery and garlic and saute 3-4 minutes, being careful not to burn the garlic.
• Stir in flour and cook one minute.
• Deglaze with sherry, stirring to scrape up bits from the bottom of the pot.
• Stir in broth, corn, potatoes, milk, chipotles, and thyme. Bring to a simmer and cook 15 minutes.
• Add shrimp and cream to soup.
• Add salt to taste.
• Simmer 5 minutes to cook shrimp.
• Serve.
• * This is very spicy. Start with 1/2 -1 Tbsp and work your way up according to taste.