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Spicy Corn Chowder with Lime and Chilli

Smoky and sweet, this soup with Mexican vibes is fresh with lime and spicy with a hint of chilli.
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Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g sweetcorn tinned or frozen
  • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil or unflavoured oil
  • 1 onion finely chopped
  • 1 small red chilli deseeded and finely chopped
  • 1 red pepper finely diced
  • 1 garlic clove crushed
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tsp chipotle paste optional
  • 1 tin coconut milk 400ml
  • 600 ml vegetable stock hot
  • 2 limes x 2 juiced, 1 zested
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 spring onions finely sliced
  • Small handful coriander roughly chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 220C / 200C fan / gas 7
  • If using tinned corn, drain and pat dry. If using frozen, defrost and dry in the same way. Put the corn on a large lined roasting tray and drizzle with 1 tbsp oil. Place in the preheated oven and roast for 20-25 minutes until starting to char.
  • While the corn is roasting, take a large pan and place over a medium heat. Add the remaining oil and place the onion, chilli and red pepper in the pan and cook until the onion begins to soften, 6-8 minutes.
  • Stir in the garlic, smoked paprika and chipotle paste, if using and cook for a few minutes.
  • Reserve some of the roasted corn for garnish and then add the rest of the corn to the pan. Add the hot stock and the coconut milk and bring to the boil, lower the heat and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
  • Remove from the heat and ladle 1/2 soup into a blender and blitz until smooth. Then return this back to the pan and mix through.
  • Add the lime juice, season to taste.
  • Ladle into warm bowls and serve topped with the some of the reserved corn, lime zest, spring onions and coriander.

Notes

TOP TIPS
If you are short on time, you don't have to roast the corn but it does add a great flavour.  If you aren't roasting the corn, add it in when you add the stock and simmer for 15-20 minutes.  
You could add feta and a spoonful of soured cream as a topping for variation.
Tinned and frozen work equally well for this recipe.  When fresh corn is in season it is particularly good to use fresh, charred corn taken off the cob.  
Keyword mexican, soup, spicy, sweetcorn