176 Sweetcorn and Bacon Chowder

Today I thought I would share with you a recipe that I have been, making at least once a week this winter. I have made a couple of adjustments, but it is optional. Here is the recipe I have been making. The change I made was adding the corn starch at the end, just thickens it up a little, and doesn’t change the flavour. Originally it had onion in but I can’t cut them and I don’t like them that much so I took them out. If you want to add onion, pop it in before the bacon and then carry on with the recipe below. The last change I made is I usually add an extra slice of bacon or two, once you have cut the fat off you lose a lot of it and also it depends on the pack of bacon I bought. If there is just one slice left you may as well just pop it in.

This is a Weight Watchers’ recipe, but I just use the normal ingredients instead of low-fat Weight Watchers’ ingredients but you can use their ingredients if you want. It is already a fairly healthy recipe. It has found services; we don’t eat a whole lot in my family so it will usually do 5-6 portions for us.

Ingredients

• Oil

• 6 Rashers of Bacon trim the fat off and cut into small pieces

• 350g (12oz) Potatoes, peeled and dices into 1cm chunks.

• 800ml (28fl oz) Vegetable stock

• 330g Sweetcorn, draining

• 125ml (4fl oz) Milk

• 1tsp Corn Starch (with a little water)

Method

• Add oil to the pan

• Add 6 rashers of Bacon, gently fry

• Add the potatoes and stock

• Cover and bring to the boil

• Simmer for 6-8 minutes

• Add sweetcorn and milk and corn starch

• Return to simmer for 3-5 minutes

• Season as required

The recipe is easy and quick, the cutting of the bacon and potatoes tends to take the longest!

Let me know if you try things and how you get on or if you make any changes yourself let me know. I also want to try a bit of chicken in the soup, I haven’t got around to trying it yet though.