Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, light corn chowder. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook light corn chowder using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Light Corn Chowder:

1. Make ready 2 slices bacon, diced
2. Prepare 1/2 cup diced onion
3. Prepare 1/2 cup diced celery
4. Prepare 1 clove garlic, minced
5. Make ready 3 cups chicken broth
6. Prepare 2 small stalks thyme
7. Prepare 1/8 tsp smoked paprika
8. Make ready 1/8 tsp black pepper
9. Get 2 cups sweet corn
10. Take 1/3 cup instant potato flakes
11. Get 2 Tbsp reduced fat cream cheese
12. Prepare to taste Salt

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Steps to make Light Corn Chowder:

1. Add diced bacon to cold pot. Set to medium heat and cook until crisp. I leave the cooked bacon in the chowder, but if you prefer, you can remove with slotted spoon to add later.
2. Add onion and celery to bacon (or bacon grease)and cook until tender.
3. Add garlic clove and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
4. Add corn, broth and seasonings. Simmer until corn is tender.
5. Add potato flakes and simmer until desired consistency.
6. Reduce heat to low. Add cream cheese and stir until melted. Taste and add salt if needed. Serve and enjoy!
7. If you removed bacon, add as garnish

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