Creamy Corn Chowder
Creamy Corn Chowder makes the house smell like Granny's been putting up corn all day, and the flavor is out of this world!
Servings: 4
Calories: 497kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cobs of fresh corn shucked
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- ½ sweet onion diced
- ¼ cup cilantro chopped
- ½ cup mixed sweet peppers chopped
- ½ cup baby carrots chopped
- 6 medium red-skin potatoes diced
- 1 Tbsp. flour
- 32 oz. carton chicken or vegetable broth
- dash of garlic powder
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- ½ cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Cut corn off of 4 cobs with a sharp knife.
- In a large dutch oven, (ad) melt butter.
- Add corn, onion, cilantro, peppers, and carrots to the butter and saute' until tender.
- Add red-skin potatoes and stir.
- Sprinkle flour in pan and cook on medium heat for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Slowly add the chicken or vegetable broth, garlic powder and pepper, then bring to a boil.
- Simmer for 30 minutes until potatoes are soft.
- Stir in heavy cream.
- Ladle into bowls and garnish with fresh cilantro.
Notes
Use vegetable broth instead of chicken to make this soup vegetarian.
Nutrition
Calories: 497kcal | Carbohydrates: 80g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Sodium: 1059mg | Potassium: 1861mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin C: 60mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 3mg