There are days that I pour myself a cup of tea (or wine, depending on the day), turn on some Louis Armstrong and spend HOURS creating something fabulous (or at least trying to). And there are other days when I fly in the house after work with a cranky 3-year old who needed to be fed an hour ago and nothing is prepared. For those days, this Corn Chowder is a saviour!
Soup is seriously like a hug in a bowl! I love how versatile and simple it really can be (complicated food isn’t my thing), and it makes for such a great weeknight dinner. I can never argue with a one pot dinner and this soup comes together in no time at all.
The ‘hack’ here is using creamed corn (I confess: as an 80’s child this was a staple). The creamed corn really adds to the texture and makes this chowder so easy to whip up. My mom made this for us all of the time growing up, so I’m sharing her original version of the recipe here.
I know this recipe of my mom’s calls for a tiny bit of bacon, but you can easily leave it out to make it vegetarian. Just add a tablespoon of oil to step 2 before adding the onion and celery and skip step 1. I haven’t made it vegan yet but would probably use a splash of homemade cashew cream along with another unsweetened plant based milk to sub for the regular milk.
For more easy soup recipes you can give this Hearty Lentil Soup a try, or this Cheater Chicken Noodle Soup also comes together so easy! We love whipping up a batch of
Simple Corn Chowder
10 Minute Corn Chowder
This corn chowder is so simple to pull together and is such a treat - the boys love it! This recipe will make 2-4 servings depending on your bowl, so feel free to double the recipe for leftovers!
Ingredients
- 3 slices bacon (finely diced - optional)
- 1/2 small yellow onion (finely diced, about 1/2 cup)
- 2 stalks celery (finely diced)
- 1 14 oz can creamed corn
- 1 cup milk (2% or greater)
- 1/2 cup frozen corn
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
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In a heavy large saucepan over medium-low heat, cook the bacon until the fat is mostly rendered and the bacon is fully cooked. Remove the bacon and place on a plate lined with paper towel.
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In the same saucepan, cook the onion and celery until fragrant and transparent, about 4-5 minutes, stirring. Add the bacon, creamed corn, milk and frozen corn and bring to a simmer.
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Season with salt and pepper and serve.
Recipe Notes
To make this vegetarian simply leave out the bacon and skip step 1. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the pot before adding the onions and celery in step 2.
Love corn chowder- this looks great thank you for sharing 🙂
Yummm my favorite – going to try this tonight !! Thanks for sharing all of your delicious cooking with us !!!????????????
I just made corn chowder for dinner this evening! Very similar recipe but at the end I add a squirt of siracha hot sauce… Sounds strange but it adds just the perfect amount of zing!
Thanks for sharing this quick and delicious soup!
Holly
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Nice work Holly! Thanks for sharing the great idea!
How much does this yield? Can we multiply the recipe?
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Hi Steven, I’m not sure of the volume it yields but it serves about 4 people depending on your serving size. Thanks!
How many people/servings does this include?
Hi Heather. About 4 depending on your serving size.
Hi Tori, My daughter has a dairy allergy can you substitute the milk for something else?
Thanks
Hi Hayley you could try coconut milk? I haven’t tried it!
Take care,
Tori
I have been looking for a good recipe that doesn’t have cream!! Thank you. Is there anything you can substitute the bacon for? I know lot of people like bacon, but I personally do not, but wondered what the flavour would be like without bacon, or if you have any suggestions as to what to put in the chowder to substitute. Thanks!
Hi Joyce!
Thanks! I would just use some vegetable oil for frying the onion and skip the bacon, I don’t think there is anything that I would use to substitute it with other than that, but you may want to add a bit more salt?
Take care!
So good! To the folks wondering what they can substitute the bacon I have often used leftover ham – we have actually started to prefer it that way 🙂
Thanks Sydney!
Hey Tori… how would you substitute fresh corn? How much, and what would I need to add to it in order to get the creamy consistency since I’m not using the creamed corn in the can…
Thanks!
Melissa sometimes when I’m out of creamed corn I use an immersion blender on half the corn I have on hand and can get a really similar consistency. Hope that helps!
Great suggestion!
Could you substitute a DF milk here?
Hi Lauren, I haven’t tried it before but it should work in theory. I’d love to hear how it turns out if you give it a try!
This is a fabulous, full of flavour, wonderful soup. So easy & my dinner for the last couple of nights. Thanks for sharing this great, easy recipe.
Oh my gosh! Made this for dinner tonight with cornbread to accompany it and could not believe how quick and easy it was. I appreciated the fact that this is all simple ingredients we usually have around the house. This recipe will definitely be going into our regular rotation. Thanks for the simple and delicious recipe
So happy you enjoyed it Jessica! thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it means so much to us!
Hi! Made this tonight and it was delicious. I can’t believe how easy it was to make!
I used 1/2 cup of milk and 1/2 cashew milk.
Honestly all you recipes are delicious. I haven’t found one we didn’t like.
Thank you so much!!
Thanks – that’s so awesome Sandra!!
This was absolutely delicious! My husband and I loved it and will definitely be making it again. It was easy to make and I had all of the ingredients in my pantry. I have your cookbook and every recipe so far has been absolutely delicious and this was no exception!
Thanks Christie that is so awesome! Made my day!
Made this soup today it was a big hit and so quick and easy. Can you freeze it ? I like to make meals for my son when he is away at University for when he is really busy.
Hi Carmen, yes you should be able to freeze it!
We made this tonight and it was super delicious. Perfect for a Halloween night. Quick, easy, and filled up our tummies with warm goodness. I doubled the recipe to have leftovers and added canned salmon to it. So good!
Glad you liked it Jennifer!!!
Take care,
Tori
In the Netherlands creamed corn is not available (I miss it a lot from back home in South Africa) – how can I still make this with just normal corn? Thick cream and flour?!
Hey Michelle! Someone commented below that when they can’t get creamed corn, they use an immersion blender on part of the corn they have, and are able to get a really similar consistency. Hope that helps! Tori