Maritime Style Corn Chowder Recipes

Steps:

• Peel and dice potato into 2 cm cubes. Cook in salt water for about 5 minutes, or until they are slightly cooked with still some firmness. Drain and set aside.
• Meanwhile, brown bacon then dice or crumble, reserving two slices for garnish. Crumble reserved slices and set aside. Note if you are using reduced salt, add a couple extra slices to the pan for extra flavour.
• Drain off most of the bacon grease from the pan, reserving a little. Fry potatos and onions in bacon grease until onions have softened and started to become translucent. Poor into a crockpot. Add remaining ingredients to the crockpot except for the reserved two slices of bacon.
• Cook on low for about 6 hours. If you are placing the crock pot on to cook while at work, do preparation work the night before and refrigerate. If you doing this recipe on stove top, simmer for about 40 - 45 minutes, stirring every four or five minutes to ensure it doesn't stick to the bottom.
• Serve with a sprinkle of bacon and diced green onions as garnish.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a Dutch oven over low heat. Add onion; cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle flour over onion; cook and stir until onion is coated, about 5 minutes.
• Stir vegetable broth and potatoes into the onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook partially covered until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes. Add corn, red pepper, green pepper, half-and-half, ground black pepper, and salt. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir until corn is softened, about 8 minutes.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion in butter until tender. Add the water, corn and potatoes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 16-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Reduce heat to low. Stir in the milk, salt and pepper. Cook for 5-10 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with parsley.