Choctaw Corn Chowder

October 26, 2014 | 3 Comments

Welcome to week 42 of Reddit’s 52 Weeks of Cooking Challenge. This week’s theme is Native American. As we move farther into Autumn and coming around the corner to Winter, these days are rainy and chilly. Perfect weather for a chowder.

Lots of sweet and hot peppers as well as fresh and dried herbs make this chowder extremely flavorful, as well as quite pretty.

We all know Winter is coming and we are going to be knees deep in root vegetables soon. Feel free to add chunks of squash, parsnip, carrots, or other root vegetables in the place of the potatoes for an equally comforting, hearty stew. Hope your family enjoys this recipe, and you include this quick and easy chowder in your meal plan all through the season.

Choctaw Corn Chowder

Recipe type: Soup, Main Course

Ingredients

3-4 bacon strips, diced
2 medium onions, diced
5 cloves of garlic, minced (I use a garlic press)
5 red sweet peppers, de-seeded and diced
3 small semi hot red peppers, semi de-seeded and diced
5-6 cups of sweet corn from the cob(5 ears)
2 potatoes, diced
5 cups vegetable broth, or chicken broth
Bunch of fresh parsley, chopped(reserve some for garnish)
7 stems full of fresh thyme leaves, leaves stripped
2 whole bay leaves

Instructions

In large pot, sauté bacon for a few minutes
Add onion, garlic and peppers and sauté for a few more minutes, stirring often
Add corn and sauté for a few minutes, stirring often
Add potatoes, parsley and thyme and stir
Add vegetable broth, and bay leaves
Stir scraping the bottom of the pan
Bring to boil
Reduce heat and simmer 30-40 minutes, scraping bottom every ten minutes
Ladle into soup bowls
Fresh parsley to garnish
Enjoy

This recipe for Choctaw Corn Chowder was adapted from here.

Tags: Autumn stew, bay leaves, Choctow, Choctow Corn Chowder, comforting, dairy free, fresh herbs, Native American, parsley, sweet corn, thyme, Winter Stew

Categories: Dairy Free, Fall Recipes, Lunches, Main Courses, Oakhill Organics, Soups, Winter Recipes

3 Responses so far.

Jocela Mae says:

October 28, 2014 at 12:03 am

Mmmm when the meal train starts feel free to make this sans bacon it looks amazing and I bet it tastes sooo good! You do good work my friend

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- Jillian says:
  
  November 3, 2014 at 11:27 pm
  
  You got it Jocela, sans bacon.
  
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Trente Miller says:

October 30, 2014 at 9:37 am

You neglected to tell your loyal readers that you are part Choctaw, is that why you chose this dish?

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