Summer Fresh Corn Chowder (with Bacon) - Turned out great! Very moist.. Today I am sharing this Summer Fresh Corn Chowder (with Bacon)! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 25 minutes!
You can cook Summer Fresh Corn Chowder (with Bacon) with 11 Ingredients and 8 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Summer Fresh Corn Chowder (with Bacon):
- 1/2 lb bacon, diced.
- 1 medium onion, diced small.
- 2 celery, diced small.
- 1 large carrot, diced small.
- 6 ears fresh corn.
- 3 cups reserved "corn water" -stock.
- 2 cloves garlic, minced.
- 1.5 cups light cream (or half and half works).
- to taste Salt and pepper.
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme.
- 1 tbs corn starch made into slurry with about 1/3 cup water.
Step by step how to cook Summer Fresh Corn Chowder (with Bacon):
- In a pot, boil ears of corn in water. Once cooked, reserve 3 cups of the water and cut the corn off the cobs and seg aside..
- In the same pot(now that you've dumped everything out) crisp your bacon and set aside to drain..
- In the SAME pot (1 pot wonder, here) saute your onion, garlic, potatoes, celery, carrots until the onions are translucent and veggies are glistening..
- Add your thyme and salt and pepper to taste and now stir in your corn..
- Pour in your reserved corn water. Bring everything to a boil, then reduce heat to medium/low..
- Once potatoes are cooked through and veggies are soft, SLOWLY stir in your cream. Then stir in your cornstarch slurry..
- Let everything come to a boil again, then reduce to low for 20 min.
- Serve with shredded cheese (optional) and your crumbled bacon. YUM!! ☆☆few dashes of Frank Red hot 👌👌☆.