Recipe: Appetizing Summer Fresh Corn Chowder (with Bacon)

Summer Fresh Corn Chowder (with Bacon).

You can have Summer Fresh Corn Chowder (with Bacon) using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Summer Fresh Corn Chowder (with Bacon)

1. 🢂 1/2 lb of bacon, diced.
2. 🢂 1 of medium onion, diced small.
3. 🢂 2 of celery, diced small.
4. 🢂 1 of large carrot, diced small.
5. 🢂 6 ears of fresh corn.
6. 🢂 3 cups of reserved "corn water" -stock.
7. 🢂 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
8. 🢂 1.5 cups of light cream (or half and half works).
9. 🢂 to taste of Salt and pepper.
10. 🢂 2 sprigs of fresh thyme.
11. 🢂 1 tbs of corn starch made into slurry with about 1/3 cup water.

instructions Summer Fresh Corn Chowder (with Bacon)

1. 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..
2. In the same pot(now that you've dumped everything out) crisp your bacon and set aside to drain..
3. In the SAME pot (1 pot wonder, here) saute your onion, garlic, potatoes, celery, carrots until the onions are translucent and veggies are glistening..
4. Add your thyme and salt and pepper to taste and now stir in your corn..
5. Pour in your reserved corn water. Bring everything to a boil, then reduce heat to medium/low..
6. Once potatoes are cooked through and veggies are soft, SLOWLY stir in your cream. Then stir in your cornstarch slurry..
7. Let everything come to a boil again, then reduce to low for 20 min.
8. Serve with shredded cheese (optional) and your crumbled bacon. YUM!! ☆☆few dashes of Frank Red hot 👌👌☆.