Bacon Recipes
BACON, SWEETCORN, POTATO SOUP RECIPE
You can make a tasty and nourishing soup out of the humblest ingredients, as this sweetcorn chowder shows. I like to make it with a combination of creamed corn and whole kernels so it has good depth of flavour but keeps its chunky texture. You can always purée it if you prefer, adding the bits of bacon at the end.
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Ingredients
- olive oil for frying
- 1 onion peeled and diced
- 4 rashers of smoked streaky bacon chopped into small pieces
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 potatoes peeled and diced into 1cm cubes
- 1 leek trimmed and finely chopped
- 375 g tin creamed corn
- 200 9 tin sweetcorn drained
- 750 ml chicken or vegetable stock
- 500 ml whole milk
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Instructions
- Place a large saucepan or hob-proof casserole dish over a medium heat. Add a dash of oil and fry the onion until softened. Add the bacon and continue to cook until lightly coloured. Stir in the bay leaves.
- Add the potatoes and leek and cook for 5–7 minutes, until the leek is soft.
- Stir in the creamed corn and sweetcorn, then pour in the stock and milk. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are completely soft and the flavour well developed. Taste and adjust the seasoning as necessary. Serve in warm bowls.