Recipe: Bacon-Potato Corn Chowder

One of my favorite soups to make for several reasons. It's delicious, filling/hearty, AND easy to make. Hope you give it a try and let me know how you like it. :)

Corn Chowder (pic from another recipe)

Bacon-Potato Corn Chowder

Best/easiest 6 ingredient soup ever! Ingredients:
6-8 strips of bacon,
1 yellow onion (diced),
6-8 medium potatoes (peeled and cut into large chunks),
1 qt. (32 oz.) chicken broth,
1 can sweet kernel corn,
approx 1 cup (heavy) whipping cream or half-and-half
(salt/pepper of course)

Heat soup pan over medium heat. Cut up bacon into bits (scissors work the best) and cook until crisp. Add onion and cook until soft. (Note: Your preference to skim off some bacon fat or not. Leave enough in to saute the onions though!)

Then add broth, potatoes, and corn (no need to drain corn). If the broth is just covering the potatoes...you're good! If not, add more potatoes until they're just covered.

Simmer till potatoes are fork soft (about 20 min); turn off burner, and add cream, stir. Do a light mash on the potatoes to thicken the soup--but still leaving enough potato chunks to make it hearty.

Add salt/pepper to taste and serve!

Sourdough bread/butter go great with this soup. It's not a "low calorie" soup by any means, but it's sooooo good. :)

Enjoy! Love, A.