Mrs. G's Spicy Corn Chowder

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 cup red pepper, diced (or green, yellow or orange)
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or more if you want really spicy)
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 cup canned chicken broth
• 1 cup whole milk (do not use low-fat or non-fat)
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained and reserve liquid
• 1 (16 ounce) can cream-style corn
• frozen corn
• 1 cup cilantro, chopped medium (add more to taste)

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat.
• 2 add onion, peppers, cumin and cayenne and saute until vegetables are tender, about 8 minutes.
• 3 add flour and stir for 1 minute.
• 4 gradually mix in broth , milk and reserve corn liquid. bring mixture to a boil, whisking until smooth.
• 5 mix in canned corn and creamed corn and stir. i always add another cup or so of frozen corn (because i always have frozen corn to use up).
• 6 heat soup until all of corn is heated through. add cilantro and stir.
• 7 ladle into bowls and garnish with sour cream.