September 20, 2010

I {Heart} Soup



Soup. Stew. Chowder. Chili. I love them all. I miss them so much during the summer months.

Soup is my favorite thing to cook. I love the idea of taking 15 minutes to prep my ingredients, put them in a pot, and let them simmer til done. No split second timing required. One pot for the entire meal. I especially adore soups that take the afternoon to cook. A cool and rainy Sunday afternoon. Soup simmering on the stove. Snuggled on my chair knitting while watching a chick flick. Going into the kitchen every so often to give the soup a stir. This is even more enjoyable if I bake bread at the same time. Heaven on earth.

Depending on my mood, I use two different recipes for corn chowder. My favorite is Ina Garten's Cheddar Corn Chowder. I love Ina. Ina's cookbooks make me look like I know what I'm doing in the kitchen (I see a whole other post coming about cooking with The Barefoot Contessa).

If I want my corn chowder in a hurry, I use this recipe.

EASY Corn Chowder

1 16 oz. bag frozen hash browns
1 15 oz. can whole corn, undrained
1 15 oz. can cream style corn
1 1/2 cups milk (your choice, half and half is over the top!)
1 medium onion, chopped
8 slices bacon
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. worcestershire sauce
1/4 t. black pepper

Cook bacon until crisp in a dutch oven or large saucepan, remove to a plate. Drain bacon fat, reserving 1 T. cook chopped onion in reserved bacon fat until translucent.
Add the potatoes, corn, milk, salt, pepper and worcestershire sauce to the dutch oven and simmer over medium-low heat for about 25-30 minutes. Do not bring to a rolling boil. Serve with shredded cheddar cheese and reserved bacon, crumbled.

9 comments:

  1. I Heart Soup too! I'd just put a pot of my favourite vegetable soup in the aga to cook slowly when I came online and read your blog. Your corn chowder looks delicious.
    Helen x

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  2. Soup... my favourite thing to cook in the autumn too. Yours looks delicious, and I just might give it a go. Thanks for the recipe. And thank you for visiting my blog and for your lovely comment. Much appreciated! ... and now I am off to check whether I just might have the ingredients for a soup in my fridge...

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  3. Yummy this looks delicious! As my kiddos' schedules get busier, and I get more distractable, soup is a wonderous thing to have for dinner. You can't beat that comfort and "one-potness"! Knitting while making soup is something I need to try. Thanks for sharing! Peace, Angela

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  4. Your soup looks WONDERFUL! lOVE the colours of your fabrics on your previous post too. Thank you for your visit to my blog.

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  5. Oh I heart soup too, this one sounds lovely.

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  6. Yum! I love soups too! Corn Chowder is one of my favs!

    Thanks for stopping by Goodeness Gracious. Psst... We chose Mom's Favorite ;) Yay!

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  7. I have soup on the menu three times this week alone! And thanks for the reminder - next week we'll be slurping up some corn chowder! :)

    ps- Those chocolate dipped pretzels look SO amazing!

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  8. This sounds really yummy-- thank you for sharing! If you added some crabmeat and cayenne pepper, it would probably be just like the kickin' crab corn chowder that I get at my local Harris Teeter. SOOOO good!!!

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