Corn Chowder

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2009

Thick, chunky chowder has always been a humble food made with whatever is around. Looking through recipes, we found none delivered everything we sought in ours: velvety texture, unambiguous corn flavor, plentiful, plump kernels, and delicacy.

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 1 hour

Corn Chowder

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We began our search for velvety Corn Chowder and unambiguous corn flavor with fresh corn. For depth, we cooked the onions and corn in rendered bacon fat. This technique added toasty, slightly caramelized flavors to the corn, and by extensio...

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