Easy Homemade Panera Corn Chowder Recipe

• servings: 6 servings
• active time: 20 minutes
• total time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

¼ cup Butter

1 Onion (diced)

½ cup Red Bell Pepper (diced)

½ cup Poblano Pepper (diced)

4 cloves Garlic (minced)

¼ c Flour

4 c vegetable or chicken stock

4 c Corn Kernels (fresh or frozen are fine)

1 1/2 c Potato (peeled and diced-approx 1 medium potato)

1 ½ c Cream (half and half)

1/2 tsp each, Salt and Pepper

¾ tsp Paprika

Juice of 1 lime

1 Tbsp White Wine Vinegar

2 Roma Tomatoes (diced)

3 Tablespoons Cilantro (coarsely chopped)

Directions

Melt butter in a dutch oven on medium heat. Add onion and peppers and saute 3-4 minutes until softened.

Add garlic and saute 1 more minute.

Stir in flour and cook while stirring for 1 more minute. Pour in vegetable stock, whisking until flour is incorporated into the broth with no lumps left.

Add corn, potato, cream, salt, pepper, and paprika.

Let simmer on medium-low until potatoes are tender and soup has started to thicken, approximately 15 minutes.

Add remaining ingredients (lime juice, vinegar, diced tomatoes and cilantro), stir and let simmer five minutes until hot.

Season with extra salt and pepper to taste, serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

• Calories: 453 kcal
• Total Fat: 30 g
• Saturated Fat: 17 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 11 g
• Trans Fat: 1 g
• Cholesterol: 91 mg
• Sodium: 541 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 41 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5 g
• Total Sugars: 10 g
• Protein: 10 g