Thrive Sweet Corn Chowder

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Thrive Sweet Corn Chowder

I love our Thrive Sweet Corn and I have made many variations of Corn Chowder. I have often made Ham and Corn Chowder before our Chef Seasonings and Béchamel Sauce was available. I have to admit that I really enjoy Chef Todd's Thrive Sweet Corn Chowder and so does my family. You should really give it a try.

Thrive Life has a really great deal on our Freeze Dried Sweet Corn, too good to pass up. The corn is one of the veggies we go though the quickest. Too many in my family enjoy it straight out of the can! Making it hard to keep in stock in my Home Store. When I saw this month's special I was my first customer.

Sweet Corn Chowder
by Chef Todd Leonard, CEC
Prep time: 35 min
Serves 12 ( 3 qts.)

Ingredients

Instructions

2	tbsp. garlic
2	tbsp. butter
½	c. THRIVE™ Ham Dices, reconstituted
2½	c. THRIVE™ Sweet Corn (FD)
½	c. THRIVE™ Green Chili Peppers (FD)
½	c. THRIVE™ Celery
½	c. THRIVE™ Chopped Onions (FD)
1	c. THRIVE™ Red Bell Peppers (FD)
1	c. THRIVE™ Potato Chunks
1	tbsp. chili powder
½	tbsp. THRIVE™ Chef's Choice Seasoning Blend
½	tbsp. cumin
2	qts. water
2	c. THRIVE™ Béchamel sauce, dry
½	tsp. THRIVE™ Peppercorn Seasoning Blend
1	tbsp. THRIVE™ Chives (FD)
1	tbsp. THRIVE™ Cilantro (FD)
1½	c. cream
2	tbsp. Cholula hot sauce
¼	c. Baby Ray's BBQ sauce
1	tbsp. lime juice

Measure out and prepare all ingredients.

In a 1-gallon stock pot, sweat the garlic, butter, and ham in a pot but do not allow to brown. Add in all vegetables, chili powder, Chef's Choice blend, cumin, and water and bring to a simmer.

Allow to simmer for 5 minutes. Add béchamel powder slowly while stirring and return to a simmer.

Add all remaining ingredients and bring back to a simmer.

Play with the recipe and adjust any seasonings to your family's liking. This is so easy and so delishous that many of us have been building our Meals In A Jar to have on had to make it even quicker!