Corn Chowder

So today for lunch I made Corn Chowder. Most of you probably don't know this but I LOVE corn chowder. I didn't have all the ingredients I needed for this recipe, so it was just OK, I could tell it needed the red pepper and the bacon.

Corn Chowder

• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 1 strip of bacon (next time I make this I would use a couple pieces of bacon)
• 1/2 onion chopped
• 1/3 cup chopped carrots
• 1/3 cup chopped celery
• 2 cups sweet corn
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 1/2 cups milk
• 3 potatos chopped
• 1/4 red bell pepper chopped
• Salt and Pepper to taste

1. In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the bacon strip and fry, remove bacon for later. Add the onion and sauté for 4 to 5 minutes, until soft. Add the carrot and celery and cook for 4 or 5 more minutes.

2 Add the corn. Add the milk and bay leaf. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a bare simmer. Cover the pot and cook for 30 minutes. Make sure the heat is as low as can be and still maintain a gentle simmer to prevent scalding the milk on the bottom of the pan.

3 Discard the bay leaf. Raise the heat, add the potatoes, red pepper, 1 teaspoon of salt, fresh ground pepper to taste, bring to a simmer and reduce the heat to maintain a simmer for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are almost fork tender.

4. Crumble bacon and add to soup.