Easy Corn Chowder with Bacon

Easy Corn Chowder with Bacon

from thisisnotdietfood.com
25 min
457 kcal / serving

Easy Corn Chowder with Bacon is a hearty soup recipe perfect for cold weather. This creamy soup is loaded with corn and real bacon bits.

Ingredients

  • ½ cupbutter
  • 1yellow onion, diced
  • 1 tablespoongarlic puree
  • ½ cupflour
  • 10 ½ ozcan condensed chicken broth
  • 3 cupshalf and half
  • 17 ½ ozcanned whole kernel corn, ( 2 x 8.75oz cans)
  • 8 ¼ ozcream style corn
  • 1 cupreal bacon bits
  • ½ teaspoonsalt
  • ½ teaspoonpepper
  • 1 tablespoondried chives

Directions

  1. 1

    Dump butter, diced onions and garlic puree into a large pot over medium-high heat.

  2. 2

    Cook until onions are translucent.

  3. 3

    Add the flour to the pot and stir well. Leave flour to cook for three minutes, stirring occasionally.

  4. 4

    Add chicken broth to the pot and whisk well.

  5. 5

    Add half and half and whisk again.

  6. 6

    Bring the liquid to a boil.

  7. 7

    Add the canned corn, cream style corn, bacon bits, salt, pepper and chives to the pot. Stir well.

  8. 8

    Reduce heat to medium and leave soup to simmer for ten minutes, stirring occasionally.

  9. 9

    Serve and enjoy!