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.
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
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- 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.
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