Corn Chowder
Yield:
4
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
45 minutes
Additional Time:
5 minutes
Total Time:
5 minutes
Corn chowder is the perfect dinner for a cold rainy day.
Ingredients
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- 1 Onion Chopped
- 250g Bacon bits
- 1kg Potatoes cubed
- 5 cups Milk
- 1 tbsp Mild Masala
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric
- 1/4 tsp Cumin
- 300g Frozen / canned corn
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- In a medium sized pot or saucepa, about 2-3 Litres capacity, fry the bacon, onion until lightly browned and bacon cooked through. Add the minced garlic and fry for 1 minute.
- Add the potatoes (they dont even need to be peeled, just washed and cubed in 1cm blocks). Then add the masala, turmeric and cumin, stiring to coat the potatoes.
- Add the milk, bring everything to the boil and let it simmer on low for 30-40 minutes or until the potatoes and cooked and fork tender.
- Add the corn, stir and cook for another 10 minutes until cooked through.
- Salt and pepper can be added to taste.
- If the chowder isnt think enough then you can mixture of 3 tbsp cornflour, 3 tbsp cold milk. Add the slurry to the chowder, until thickened up. The texture should be a thick soup consistency.
- Serve with fleshly baked bread. ENJOY!