When I was a little girl my grandmother would bring me to the library on the weekends. She actually brought me to this library:
Perhaps this explains all the typos and my grammatical foibles?
I was way in to grimy puppets and the coloring and, of course, the books. I would always chat up the children’s librarian- there was never a shy fiber in my being. She and I were buddies, but she did one thing that always bothered me: she always jacked up my name. She tried to make it cutsey and, well, this annoyed me. One day I turned to her and said: “My name is Lemmy. L-E-M-M-Y. Lemmy.” I was three years old; I was also a live wire. When I was in high school, I stopped in to this library with now close friend/then boyfriend B and the woman told him this story. He was not at all surprised.
This is why it pains me so to call this chowder; a name is a serious thing. Chowder, at least to me, means something thick, heavy, and super creamy. This chowder, while hearty, is none of these things. Skim milk keeps it healthy and the chipotle peppers keep it interesting. It warms and fills you without making you feel leaden. I had some odds and ends kicking around and this was the perfect meal to throw together to clean the fridge. If you don’t have chipotles on hand, a jalapeno would be a good substitute; just throw it in when you sautee the peppers and scallions. I have been eating this all week for lunch and it has been the perfect remedy to the cold and dreary weather.
So call it whatever you want; just know that it is good.
Southewestern Chicken Corn Chowder
1 TBSP olive oil
1 chicken breast diced
1 strip bacon, chopped finely
1 small red bell pepper, diced finely
6 scallions, white parts thinly sliced
2 TBSP flour
1 16 oz bag corn, thawed
1 3/4 cups (or a 14 oz can) chicken stock/broth
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, diced, plus 2 tsps adobo sauce
1 cup skim milk
Salt and pepper
In large soup pot over medium heat, heat oil and then cook chicken for about54 minutes (It does not need to be brown). Add bacon to pan and cook for about 3 minutes. (Note: by this point the chicken should be brown.) Remove chicken and bacon from pan. Add peppers and scallions to pan and cook for about 4 minutes. Add the flour in and cook for about a minute, while stirring. Add the corn, milk, broth, chipotle pepper and sauce, salt and pepper. Cook for about 10 minutes and puree some of the mixture with an immersion blender-just stick it in the pot for about a minute (or scoop out about 2 cups and blend in blender). Add chicken, bacon and juices back to the soup. Cook for an additional 15 minutes. Serve with cheddar cheese.
Oh, that looks fantastic. I’m making this.
Do you think I could sub out the corn for something less starchy? Broccoli, maybe? Or would you suggest that I leave it out altogether?
Hmm, frankly corn is the main ingredient. You have to leave it in; omission will be a watery, flavorless mess and broccoli just won’t hold up.
It looks as if the sign is meant to say “Adult Reading and Writing.” Not being enough room to spell that out, the person(s) who added the letters used the awkward abbreviation “Readwg.”
Peter
Whatever they were trying to say is very wrong.
I’m totally bookmarking this recipe- corn chowder is my favorite ever.
It is one of the best. My friend Bawstin loves it…I always think of him when I eat it.
Droooooool. This looks awesome.
Why thanks, darling. I was pleased with the results.
Why do people insist on cutesy-ing names? It’s not their name. So they should leave it alone.
I agree-dammit, I am cute already.
OK, seriously, your segues rule.
Also, no one has ever tried to make my (real) name cutesy. Maybe because “anya” lends itself to so many dirty jokes and crude punchlines.
Thanks-some are better than others. Anya such a pretty name, btw.
Three years old and correcting adults (rightfully so)? That sounds like something I would have done, too. *Especially* when it comes to your own name. Geez.
I was worried this would make me look like a brat, which I really wasn’t. I just was always pretty insistent on making sure people got my name right.
I’m all “You call me by my name or you do not call me anything, wanker!” I’m horrible like that. Do NOT take liberties with me, my friend. And I’ve been like that since I was three also. No worries - there’s more of us out there.
And how many servings would you say that is? I think I might eat the whole thing in two sittings. And that does NOTHING for my diet.
I am glad I am in good company. I’d say this is about 5-8 servings, depending.
I may be going out on a limb here… but I think the sign is a brilliant example of MacGyvering a solution to a problem with the resources available.
What if they didn’t have an “I” and an “N” to finish the word Reading. So, the clever sign-poster realized that a “W”, in fact, is essentially the same as “IN”smushed together. Connect the bottom of the “I” with the bottom of the “N”, and voila, a W. Just squint at the picture….
This limb is so weak it may snap, but good for you for thinking out of the box.
I hate it when people screw up my name and I usually correct them. I don’t care if they find it offensive, I find it offensive that they didn’t take the time to listen
I LOVE corn chowder and I’m totally bookmarking this.
I have had people call me something similar and say “same thing”. No, it is NOT. Would you call Tim “Tom”? Sure it is close, but not the same.
y’know - I ALWAYS thought chowder HAD to have clams in it so I always refused to try it.. but that looks damn tasty.
Nope, doesn’t have to have clams.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t “chipotle” just a fancy name for a roasted jalepeno?
Smoke dried jalapeno in an adobo sauce to be precise. You are not wrong.
Mmmm. That sounds like a recipe I will be trying out on Super Bowl Sunday.
You know technically it was Adult Reading Class, not Adult Spelling Class, so I don’t see the problem. I have so many nicknames, on a boring day at work, my office mates and I listed them all out. I think we ended up with somewhere around 3 dozen with me. My least favorite? Tony, Tone, Toni, the R&B group.
Oh, but they were musical geniuses! How can you hate that?
I made an even healthier corn “chowder” like two weeks ago - but it was vegetarian. I made it in the crockpot (because I’m lazy), and used vegetable broth, skim milk, corn, chopped red pepper, chopped carrots, chopped onion, chopped celery and then like 4 potatoes cubed +seasonings - then after it’s done you use an immersion blender to puree the veggie chunks, concentrating mostly on making sure you puree the potatoes and the big chunks - super healthy and easy too…I love it, but I’m with you on the not really a chowder thing.
Oh, that sounds great. Lots of veggies. Agree though-more like a soup.
Of course it wouldn’t have made any difference if the adult reading sign were spelled correctly. If you could read the sign, you wouldn’t need the class!
Peter
A very valid point. Those poor people are screwed.
People always leave the damn apostrophe out of my name and it drives me fucking crazy. Really, I get seriously pissed.
It is your name-get pissed!
that’s some damn good lookin chowda.
yeah that’s right. im from boston, what?
Chowda. Love your Boston ass.
ONE strip bacon??
Oh, that’s right, I forgot you were a Communist. But only about bacon.
One is enough. You people. You are lucky the bacon is in there at all.
You are strong willed to use skim milk. I put heavy cream in anything that will let me. I suppose that is why everyone that I live with is pleasantly plump.
I love corn, I am what you would call corny… pun intended.
The four really helps thicken the milk. I didn’t really miss it at all, but I do love some cream.
That literacy program fail made me laugh. And I can imagine that you have always, from minute one, been very much your own person.
When I saw this picture, I laughed my ass off. I was like HEYYYY, I know this place.
Another Lemmy add to my ever growing list of recipes. Can’t do much with my name, but I remember my ‘lil bro once correcting his soccer coach “It’s Rob or Robert, not Bobby.” Cute little 8-year-old he was.
Hey, you gotta stick up for yourself at a young age, right?
See, I think it’s actually pretty obvious that the W was a make-shift IN. It’s the first thing I thought!
Man, totally didn’t occur to me. Who is the idiot now?
I hated the nickname, not the band. Mainly because of the person who used it the most. One of those smarmy know-it-alls, she said it each time in a tone that screamed, “Wow, that’s funny every time”. Kind of like those that think I’ve never heard Tony the Tiger. My family was poor, but we could afford TV and Frosted Flakes.
I feel your pain…the comments for my last name are always similar.
I’m with LiLu…
Let my Bacon Go?
Just say no… to food without some pig?
Yes we can… have more bacon?
OK, the slogan needs more work.
You need a better slogan writer.
I miss good corn chowder, hell any chowder for that matter. Damn you for making me long for another food. I need to go to “food rehab.”
I have a little bit of the devil in me, it is true.
“I have a little bit of the devil in me, it is true.”
Lol, insert bad joke here. Hahaha, insert! Okay, I am done.
Oh dear God.
Bacon: ‘Cause You’re Gonna Die Anyway
Now that is more like it.
Maybe you could change the name to Southwestern Chicken Corn Bisque? I tend to think of a bisque as lighter than a chowder…but either way, yum-my. I am adding this to my queue of food to make soon.
Bisque! You are a genius.
Sometimes, you actually make me want to put effort into my meal preparation.
One day, Snay, one day…
Ok you want something thick that meets the substantiality test while wrapping you in an earth mother hug. If this article is to be believe our favorite jail bird/inside trader cum hostess with the mostest has the goods.
http://bitten.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/addictive-mac-and-cheese/?hp
Holy crap, that looks insane. It also looks like I would have a heart attack after eating it.
Looks incredible! And I know all too well how annoying it is to have someone butcher your name. You’d be surprised how the vast majority of everyone spells my name wrong when they’re searching for records or booking an appointment. I just got used to saying it and spelling it immediately afterwards.
Yeah, I always spell my name immediately. It is habit.
That sign is a fail. Who wants to read at 930 AM? Not I.
Was there something else wrong with it?
I’m making that chowder tonight. Pray for me.
You got to pray just to make it today.
This even looks like something I could eat while I am restricted from eating green leafy vegetables. We may just be having corn chowder soon.
Oh, I hope you can eat this.
Damn your Fridays off!
I am such a bitch, I know.
Those kinds of comments will almost guarantee you a nickname.
In school, the teacher was calling roll when he got to a “Wilson ______ “. The kid said “my name is Robert. My middle name is Wilson. Please don’t call me Wilson.”
Of course, he was forever known as ‘Wilson’ after that.
Of course it was-there was no option.
What I love about this recipe is it is a warm, comfort-food soup that is not cream based. SUCH a welcome option in the winter time. I can’t wait to try it!
- Elizabeth
Exactly-homey and warm without weighing you down.
OMG. I totally saw that in my FAILBlog rss feed and chuckled at it, but I didn’t look closely enough to see that it’s that library! And oh, Carol (Was it Carol? My memory on this, as usual, is foggy) … blowin’ up your spot, years later … haha!
It WAS Carol. Holy crap. You actually remembered something, B!