🌽 Corn Chowder with Potato and Bacon

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Classic American corn chowder: a creamy corn and potato soup with crispy bacon, celery and thyme. Comforting and ready in 30 minutes.

⏱️ 30 min🍽️ 2 servings👩‍🍳 Easy🔥 624 calories per serving💪 20 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 4 slices (3 oz) bacon
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 2 1/2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 10.5 oz (300 g) potatoes
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • to taste salt
  • to taste black pepper
  • 2 cups (10.5 oz) corn kernels
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh chives

How to make it, step by step

  1. Chop the bacon and cook it in a pot for 5 minutes until crisp. Remove half for garnish.
  2. Add the butter, chopped onion and celery and cook for 4 minutes. Sprinkle in the flour and stir for 1 minute.
  3. Pour in the broth and milk, add the potatoes in small cubes, the thyme, salt and pepper and simmer for 8 minutes.
  4. Stir in the corn and simmer 4 more minutes, until the potatoes are tender.
  5. Serve topped with the reserved bacon and chopped chives.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

624
calories
20 g
protein
73 g
carbs
28 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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