Painted Desert Soup

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 12 ears corn, leave in husks
• 3 cups chicken stock or 3 cups broth
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 12 ounces velveeta cheese, cut up
• 2 tablespoons canned jalapenos, finely minced (no juice)
• 1 tablespoon salt
• cornstarch, as needed
• cold water, as needed
• 1/2 lb hickory smoked bacon
• 1/2 lb chopped yellow onion
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 4 cups uncooked black beans, rinsed and cleaned
• water, as needed
• 1 cup chicken stock or 1 cup broth
• 2 teaspoons pureed chipotle chiles
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 corn chile chowder:.
• 2 preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• 3 place the corn (in the husk) on a cookie sheet and roast for 50 minutes.
• 4 cool, remove husks from corn and cut corn off the cobs.
• 5 take 70% of the corn and chicken stock and puree in blender.
• 6 pour the puree into a double-boiler and heat over a medium heat until just hot.
• 7 add the heavy cream and simmer for 15 - 20 minutes.
• 8 add the remaining whole corn, velveeta cheese, jalapenos and salt.
• 9 continue cooking until cheese has completely melted, sirring often.
• 10 mix corn starch and cold water in a separate bowl and add to soup as needed to thicken.
• 11 cook on low heat about 8 minutes until it thickens.
• 12 black bean soup:.
• 13 smoke bacon and onions in an outside grill using mesquite wood chips fpr 25 minutes.
• 14 saute smoked bacon and onions with garlic in a large pot until they begin to caramelize.
• 15 add beans and enough water so that is is 1 1/2" above the level of the beans.
• 16 bring to a boil and reduce to simmer until beans are cooked through, you may have to add more water as it cooks.
• 17 add additional ingredients and simmer 30 more minutes.
• 18 puree 3/4 of the soup and add back with remaining bean soup.
• 19 to serve:.
• 20 simultaneously ladle both soups on opposite sides of the bowl.
• 21 drizzle with sour cream and a teaspoons of pico de gallo.