Best New England Corn Chowder Recipes

NEW ENGLAND CLAM AND CORN CHOWDER WITH HERBS

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large saucepan over medium heat until crisp. Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Pour out all but 3 tablespoons drippings from pan. Add next 4 ingredients to pan; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sauté until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle flour over; stir 1 to 2 minutes. Gradually add milk to pan, stirring constantly. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium and cook until slightly thickened, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Add potatoes, clams with juice, and drained corn. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until potatoes are tender, stirring often, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Divide soup among bowls, sprinkle with bacon and parsley, and serve.

BEST NEW ENGLAND CORN CHOWDA (CHOWDER)

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crisp.
• Remove from pan with a slotted spoon and drain; set aside.
• In a 4-quart saucepan or pot, heat 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat and add chopped onion.
• Cook over medium heat until onion is translucent.
• Add broth and cubed potatoes to pan (add some salt if you are using a less salty broth).
• Bring to a simmer, cover and allow to cook for about 10 minutes (this is for 1 inch cubes of potatoes).
• Stir in corn and heat through.
• Add cream and heat through again.
• If you prefer a thicker chowda, mix 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour with 1/2 cup of milk and shake until dissolved.
• Add a little at a time while the chowda is simmering until it reaches the desired consistency.
• Serve with crumbled bacon on top, a good dose of freshly ground pepper, and for those of you who want true authenticity, add a dollop of butter to the top of the steaming bowl.

NEW ENGLAND CLAM AND CORN CHOWDER WITH HERBS

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large saucepan over medium heat until crisp. Transfer bacon to opaper towels to drain. Pour out all but 3 tablespoons drippings from pan.
• Add next 4 ingredients to pan; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Saute until vegetables are crips tender, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle flour over; stir 1 to 2 minutes. Gradually add milk to pan, stirring constantly. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium and cook until slightly thickened, stirring often about 5 minutes.
• Add potatoes, clams with juice, and drained corn. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until potatoes are tender, stirring often, about 10 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Divide soup among bowls, sprinkle with bacon and parsley, and serve.

NEW ENGLAND CREAMED CORN AND CHARRED LOBSTER CHOWDER WITH SUMMER TRUFFLES

Steps:

• In a deep, heavy bottomed stock pot, melt the butter and saute corn, onions, celery, and carrots. Add chicken stock and reduce by 1/2. Add cream and reduce by 1/2. Add thyme sprigs. Set aside.
• Season the lobsters with salt and pepper. Grill until the flesh becomes milky white. Heat lobster stock and blanch lobster claws for five minutes. Set aside. When cool, pick knuckle and claw meat.
• Blanch haricot vert in lobster stock. Remove from stock and place in saute pan. Add cream, truffle oil, and chopped parsley. Hold warm and reserve lobster stock.
• Place creamed corn back on the stove until it simmers. Check seasoning.
• In a saute pan place the picked meat and grill tails. Warm them with the lobster stock.
• Spoon the creamed corn into bowls. Arrange haricots verts around the edge of the bowl. Each bowl receives 2 knuckles, 2 claws, and 1 tail. Shave fresh truffles to garnish each bowl and finish with chopped parsley.

NEW ENGLAND CHICKEN CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook and stir bacon in large saucepan over medium-high heat for 3 minutes or until bacon is light brown.
• Add onion and celery; cook 3 minutes longer. Stir in stock; bring to boil over hight heat.
• Add potatoes, corn, salt and pepper; cook 5 to 10 minutes until potatoes are tender.
• Stir in chicken and cream. Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 3 minutes.
• *Cook time does not include the time to cook the chicken.

NEW ENGLAND CLAM AND CORN CHOWDER WITH HERBS

Steps:

• 1. Cook bacon in large saucepan over medium heat until crisp. Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Pour out all but 3 tablespoons drippings from pan.
• 2. Add next 4 ingredients to pan; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Saute until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle flour over; stir 1 to 2 minutes. Gradually add milk to pan, stirring constantly. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium and cook until slightly thickened, stirring often, about 5 minutes.
• 3. Add potatoes, clams with juice, and drained corn. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until potatoes are tender, stirring often, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 4. Divide soup among bowls, sprinkle with bacon and parsley, and serve.

NEW ENGLAND LOBSTER AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy 4-quart saucepan over med-high heat.
• Add the onion; cook, stirring, until it begins to soften, 2-3 minutes.
• Add in the potato, corn, and thyme; stir in the broth and water; bring to a boil.
• Decrease heat to med-low; cover the saucepan and simmer until the potato is tender when pierced with a sharp knife, about 20 minutes.
• Remove the thyme sprigs.
• Stir in the buttermilk and lobster meat; cook until the lobster is heated through, 5-7 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper; garnish each serving with parsley and serve.

NEW ENGLAND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cut bacon or salt pork into cubes and brown in a large saucepan.
• Soak crackers in milk.
• Add onion and cook until golden; add potatoes and water and cook until potatoes are tender.
• When potatoes are tender, stir in soaked crackers and milk along with the corn and seasonings.
• Simmer and serve.

NEW ENGLAND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• 1. In a 6- to 8-quart Dutch oven cook celery, onion, and bacon over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. 2. Add whole-kernel corn, cream-style corn, milk, stock, cream, and bottled hot pepper sauce. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered for 30 minutes. Add potatoes; return to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, about 15 minutes more or until potatoes are tender. 3. Meanwhile, in a small bowl stir together butter and flour until smooth. Add flour mixture to corn mixture. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly; cook and stir 1 minute more. Stir in parsley and season with salt nd black pepper.