Bacon-Corn Chowder with Shrimp Recipe
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The weather may be warming up, but I’m still a sucker for a good bowl of soup, even when the temperature rises. The key is bringing some of that fresh spring/summer flavor into the soup to brighten it up. This recipe does that perfectly, and the fact that you can throw it together in no time flat, and go from stove top to table in less than 20 minutes is pretty fantastic, regardless of the time of year.
I started by sizzling up some chopped, center-cut bacon in a large saucepan. Center cut bacon is, basically, regular bacon that’s had the fatty ends lopped off. By using center cut bacon (or by just lopping off the ends of your regular bacon) you can cut your fat intake down by 25%. You’ll never know the fatty ends are…
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