Leslie's Corn Chowder

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 14 3/4 ounces creamed corn
• 3 -6 slices bacon, cut in strips (the more, the better)
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 5 potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 cups boiling water
• 12 ounces evaporated milk
• chopped chives (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 make this in a dutch oven.
• 2 fry bacon in the dutch oven until almost crisp. (recipe calls for 3 slices of bacon but i use way more than that.) take bacon out and cut it up.
• 3 add onion & potato to the dutch oven and saute lightly (do not brown). stir in the creamed corn, the sugar, and the bacon.
• 4 add boiling water and cook on top of stove over low heat for 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally. (alternatively, cover and bake in the oven for 45 minutes at 350.).
• 5 after cooking, add milk and continue to cook until very hot. (original recipe calls for 2 egg yolks to be tempered in and 1 t of butter to add at the end, but i don't like either of those.).
• 6 garnish with chopped chives or parsley.