- Prepare vegetable stock (optional)
- Make soup
- Chop cilantro and chives
Corn chowder
This soup is so filling you don’t need much else for dinner! Fish chowder might intimidate people and is usually very heavy and fattening. This is my lighter and healthier version and I promise if you buy fresh fish, there is nothing fishy about this soup.
| Servings: people USA imperial/metric conversion: |
Print Recipe
|
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 leeks chopped, white part only
- 1 chili pepper remove seeds, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic chopped
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 4 cups vegetable stock or water
- 4 cups frozen corn
- 3 cups frozen white beans
- 1/2 tablespoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 1/2 - 2 tablespoons salt pink Himalayan
- 2 cans coconut milk
- 8 filet tilapia or any white fish no skin and chopped into small chunks
- 1 cup fresh cilantro chopped (optional)
- 1 cup chives chopped
Directions:
- Prepare a large pot on high heat. Add olive oil and get hot. Add the leeks, chili pepper and garlic and sauté for 5 minutes, mixing often. Add the honey and spices and let cook for 3 more minutes, mixing often.
- Add the vegetable stock, beans, corn, coconut milk and salt and cook on high for 30 minutes.
- Add the fish and let cook for 15 more minutes on medium heat.
- Use cilantro and chives when serving. Serve hot. Salt to taste.
Notes & Tips:
Making your own vegetable stock is SO easy. Here is what you do: Save all your vegetable peels and scraps; onion peels, carrots peels, sweet potato peels (anything except peppers) and add water to them. Let it boil for 1 - 2 hours, strain it and use it! If you don’t have peels and still want to make your own, just add onions, celery, carrots, sweet potatoes, ginger and anything else you want to throw in and boil it for an hour or so and you will have stock! And if you still don’t want to do any of that you can just use water, it will just be a bit less flavorful.
Have a question about these recipes? Need a substitution for an ingredient? Chef Zissie is here to answer!
Simply use the comments box at the bottom of this page or click the button below. Please try and ask on Sunday to ensure you get your answer on time!
Leftover tips for tomorrow’s lunch:
This soup is amazing the next day, but beware it thickens! If you like thicker soups, feel free to even put it over rice and have a whole new dish. If you like it thinner, just add a bit more vegetable stock or water and salt to taste.
