Prawn and Sweetcorn Chowder

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Introduction

Now that colder weather is here this super soup is a firm family favourite, even keeping my teenaged daughter home instead of going out with her friends!! Especially good if served with hot home made bread, I often bake a ciabatta to serve with this.

Ingredients

Serves: 4-6

Metric Cups

25 grams butter (or margarine)
25 grams flour
6 rashers bacon (chopped)
1 onion (chopped finely)
1 red pepper (or a green pepper, chopped finely)
3 potatoes (peeled and diced)
425 millilitres chicken stock
425 millilitres milk
100 grams frozen sweetcorn kernels (defrosted)
250 grams frozen prawns (defrosted)
salt
pepper
50 millilitres fresh parsley (finely chopped)

⅞ ounce butter (or margarine)
⅞ ounce flour
6 rashers bacon (chopped)
1 onion (chopped finely)
1 red bell pepper (or a green pepper, chopped finely)
3 potatoes (peeled and diced)
15 fluid ounces chicken broth
15 fluid ounces milk
3½ ounces frozen sweetcorn kernels (defrosted)
8⅚ ounces frozen shrimp (defrosted)
salt
pepper
2 fluid ounces fresh parsley (finely chopped)

Method

Prawn and Sweetcorn Chowder is a community recipe submitted by Community and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Heat butter in a large saucepan, add bacon and cook gently.
Add onion and red or green pepper and potatoes and fry over medium heat for 5 minutes.
Add flour and cook over low heat for 1 minute. Gradually add milk and stock, stirring continuously. Bring to the boil and add sweetcorn, parsley and seasoning.
Simmer, covered for 10 minutes.
Lastly add prawns and cook for a further 5 minutes.

Heat butter in a large saucepan, add bacon and cook gently.
Add onion and red or green pepper and potatoes and fry over medium heat for 5 minutes.
Add flour and cook over low heat for 1 minute. Gradually add milk and stock, stirring continuously. Bring to the boil and add sweetcorn, parsley and seasoning.
Simmer, covered for 10 minutes.
Lastly add prawns and cook for a further 5 minutes.