Corn Chowder

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled, reserve 2 tbsp bacon fat
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 3 1/2 cups milk
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 (17 ounce) cans cream-style corn
• 3 cups potatoes, cooked and drained
• parsley (to garnish)
• paprika (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 saute onion and celery in bacon fat about 2 minutes. remove from heat. stir in flour. cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is bubbly; remove from heat.
• 2 stir in milk. heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• 3 boil and stir 1 minute. stir in pepper, corn and potatoes. heat through. stir in bacon.
• 4 sprinkle parsley and paprika on top if desired.