NEW ENGLAND CORN CHOWDER

NEW ENGLAND CORN CHOWDER image

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 cup chopped celery (2 stalks)
1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
2 slices bacon, chopped
2 15 1/4-oz. cans whole-kernel corn, drained
2 14 3/4-oz. cans cream-style corn
4 cups milk
2 ( 14-oz.) cans reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 cup whipping cream
3-4 dashes bottled hot pepper sauce
4 cups cubed potatoes (about 1 1/4 lb.)
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup snipped fresh parsley
Salt and ground black pepper

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.