Pressure Cooker Corn Chowder

By á-163435

Corn chowder made with fresh corn cut from the cob, loaded with potatoes and bacon, and a corn broth that’s spiced up with a just a touch of cayenne pepper.

Ingredients

• 6 ears fresh corn
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 /2 cup onion, chopped
• 3 cups water
• 2 medium potatoes, diced
• 2 tablespoons dried parsley
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons water
• 3 cups half-and-half or milk*
• 1 /8 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
• 4 slices bacon, cooked and diced
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from pressurecookingtoday.com

Preparation

Step 1

Select Sauté and add the butter to the pressure cooker pot. When butter is melted, add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally until the onion is tender, about 3 minutes.

Add the 3 cups water and corncobs to the pressure cooking pot. Lock lid in place, select High Pressure and 10 minutes cook time and start. When timer beeps, turn off pressure cooker, and do a quick pressure release. Carefully remove corncobs and discard them. Leave the corncob broth in the pressure cooking pot.

Put the steamer basket in the pressure cooker pot. Add the diced potatoes and corn kernels. Lock lid in place, select High Pressure and 4 minutes cook time and press start. When timer beeps, turn off pressure cooker, and do a quick pressure release. Carefully remove steamer basket, potatoes and corn from the pressure cooking pot.

In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in 2 tablespoons water. Select Simmer and add cornstarch mixture to the pot stirring constantly until soup thickens.

Stir in milk, cayenne pepper, corn kernels, diced potatoes and bacon. Add salt and pepper to taste. Heat through but do not bring to a boil.

*If using milk you may need to use additional cornstarch.