Southwest Corn Chowder Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add white part of scallion, carrot, chili powder, and oregano; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until scallion is soft, about 2 minutes. Add potato, corn, broth, and milk.
• Bring to a boil over medium-high, and reduce to a simmer. Cook until potato is easily pierced with the tip of a knife, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in green part of scallion, and season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook chicken and onion in oil until chicken is no longer pink. Stir in the broth, corn and picante sauce and cumin. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in peppers and cilantro. , Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; gradually stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Spoon into bowls; top with cheese if desired.

Steps:

• In medium sized soup pot, combine all ingredients except cream and chopped cilantro.
• Bring to a slow boil, cover and reduce to simmer. Cook for 20 minutes stirring occasionally.
• In a blender, puree soup in batches until smooth; return to soup pot.
• Add half and half or heavy cream and cilantro. Bring back to low simmer and cook for another 5-8 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• Sprinkle with chopoed cilantro and serve.

Steps:

• Heat a dry large pot over medium heat. Add bacon pieces, and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 5 minutes. Transfer with a spatula or slotted spoon to paper towels to drain.
• Add onion to pot; cook until just softened, about 4 minutes. Add carrot, celery, and poblano; cook until vegetables are just tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in 1 teaspoon salt, the cumin, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and the cayenne. Raise heat to high; add wine. Cook until most liquid has evaporated, 2 to 3 minutes. Add potatoes and stock; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; gently simmer until all vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Stir in corn and cream; cook until corn is tender (do not let cream boil), about 5 minutes more. Stir in cilantro. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with cilantro and reserved bacon pieces; add hot sauce, if desired.

Steps:

• Cut all vegetables to size-- I cut all of mine into approximately 1/2" pieces-- I found that it reduced the cooking time for them all to be similar in size.
• In soup pot, melt 2 T butter and brown the ground turkey.
• Add garlic& sauté until done.
• Add onions, green& red peppers, and zucchini-- sauté a few minutes until vegetables are limp.
• Stir in 1 T butter& flour.
• Add chicken stock, peas, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, salt, sage, chipotle peppers, adobo sauce,& black pepper.
• Bring to boil-- Reduce heat to simmer.
• Cover & let cook until all vegetables are tender, (approx 25 minutes).
• Ladle 2 cups of soup into mixing bowl-- SLOWLY stir in the half & half to prevent it from separating.
• Pour it SLOWLY back into soup pot, stirring frequently.
• Add both cheeses-- stir until cheese is melted and chowder is thickened.
• Taste & adjust salt/pepper if needed.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add the tomatillos, and boil for 10 minutes; drain.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the onions, and cook until they have softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the hominy, marjoram, and thyme, cook and stir 5 minutes more. Pour in the milk, parsley, and half of the corn kernels, and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
• Puree the tomatillos with the remaining half of the corn until smooth in a blender, then stir into the soup along with the roasted peppers. Simmer the soup for 10 minutes, then remove the parsley sprigs, and sprinkle with cilantro before serving.