Hearty Bacon Corn Chowder
Hearty Bacon Corn Chowder
Get out your favorite bowl; if you have one, and cozy up with a delicious bowl of Hearty Bacon Corn Chowder.
As the season begins to change from warm summer grilling days to cooler fall nights; I find myself doing a little more baking and a lot more soups, stews and chowder recipes.
I have a few favorites I would love to share with you.
Let me start with the Hearty Bacon Corn Chowder since it is the first one I have made this fall season.
Most of my recipes come from when we owned a fishing lodge on the Kasilof River of Alaska.
I am not sure where this one came from but it has been in my recipe binder for a very long time and I make it every fall season.
The original recipe has changed a bit. It wasn’t called Hearty Bacon Corn Chowder before. Renaming it seemed the right thing to do since I have changed it and added a whole lot more bacon than the original recipe as well as 12 ounces of keilbasa instead of 6 ounces.
Adding a few of my own little twists to it; like extra meats and less corn.
Have you ever made a Hearty Bacon Corn soup before? Perhaps you have your own recipe you would like to share with me in the comments. I would love to try it.
This Hearty Bacon Corn Chowder uses evaporated milk to give it a really nice creamy chowder consistency. However, I have found that I do need to add a little more water than stated in the recipe.
You could choose to use milk or half-and-half.
Just eye it and if you feel it needs to be a bit thinner; you can choose to add water or milk.
That’s the great thing about recipes. You don’t have to stick to a strict set of guidelines. Make it your own.
I have even done hamburger instead of the kielbasa because I didn’t have any at the time. It is actually quite good with hamburger meat.
Of course, the bacon is essential to the Hearty Bacon Corn Chowder. Bacon makes almost anything taste better. Am I right?
Hearty Bacon Corn Chowder ingredients
You will need the following ingredients to make Hearty Bacon Corn Chowder. Make a list of whatever you are missing and get it on your next shopping trip.
Usually it’s the cream-style corn I don’t seem to have on hand but every thing else is pretty much a staple.
- 1/2 a pound of bacon
- Kielbasa – we like beef
- about 4 potatoes
- Can of cream-style corn
- Can of regular kernal corn or frozen corn
- Evaporated milk or half-and-half, milk if you want it thinner. If you use milk add some butter.
- Onion
- Celery
- water
Get out your dutch oven or saucepan and follow the recipe. I like to do my bacon and kielbasa in a large skillet, but it is really up to you.
Give it a try. Let me know if you tried it and if you made any changes to it.
If you like caramel be sure to check out my Fall Time Caramel Corn recipe. It is a favorite in my home. Passed down to my girls and now they make it for their kids.
Hearty Bacon Corn Chowder
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound bacon
- 12 ounce beef or pork kiellbasa
- 2 cups diced potatoes
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 can cream-style corn
- 1 can drained canned kernal corn or frozen corn
- 2 cups water
- 1 dash salt (optional)
- 1 dash pepper (optional)
Instructions
- In a large saucepan or skillet cook the bacon. I choose to use a skillet.
- Add the 1/4 inch sliced kielbasa to the bacon. Cook until bacon crisps and keilbasa is cooked.
- Remove to paper towels.
- Drain all but 2 Tablespoons drippings.
- Saute celery and onion until onion is lightly browned and celery is tender.
- If using a saucepan; add the potatoes and 1 cup water. If using a skillet; transfer onioin, celery, potatoes and water to a saucepan now. You can add 2 cups water now if you would like or add it later.
- Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
- Stir in corn, evaporated milk, bacon and keilbasa.
- Cook until potatoes are cooked through and heated all ingredients are heated.
Notes
Monica Brown
Hello, I am Monica Brown and have been an avid blogger since 2014 with my Avon business. I am now expanding with my own personal blog - Lovely and Good Things where I hope to share things that I love and to hopefully inspire those who come here.
