I got this corn chowder soup recipe from my husband's grandmother. She used to make it for him when he was a child, and when we got married, she passed the recipe on to me.
Ingredients
- bacon: 0.5 cup (diced)
- medium potatoes: 4 piece (chopped)
- medium onion: 1 piece (chopped)
- cream-style corn: 3 cups
- water: 2 cups
- salt: 2 tsp
- ground black pepper: (to taste)
- half-and-half: 2 cups
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Cook bacon in a large pot over medium-high heat until crisp, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain, leaving bacon and 2 tablespoons grease in the pot. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Add potatoes and onion to the pot; cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add corn, water, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer, stirring frequently, until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Warm half-and-half in a small saucepan until it bubbles; remove from the heat just before it boils. Mix into chowder. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Serve immediately. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
