Corn Chowder

This is another one of those recipes I've had copied down from some unknown source for many years. I've made this a number of times over the years. The original recipe called for five ears of fresh corn, but I find this a great light meal for cold winters (well, several meals, since it makes a lot.) For the photo below, I used frozen roasted corn from Trader Joe's. I probably also used a lot more potatoes, onions and carrots than the recipe calls for, since I used a whole potato along with some pre-chopped carrots, celery and onions (mirepoix), from Trader Joe's.

Corn Chowder

The original recipe called for the bell pepper to be roasted before being chopped, but being lazy I prefer to just use fresh peppers tossed in with the other chopped vegetables. I also tend to use no-chicken or vegetable stock to keep this dish vegetarian.

Ingredients

Servings: 12

Preparation

1. Saute the celery, leeks, onion, potatoes, carrots and pepper in the butter until soft.
2. Add the corn and stock. Simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Stir in the cream and simmer for another 10 minutes.
4. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with chopped chives.