A big (5 to 6-qt) slow cooker can be used to prepare this recipe’s thick corn chowder quickly and easily. Bacon is how I like to spice it up, but you could also add shrimp or jalapenos, depending on your preferences. If desired, add some shredded Cheddar cheese as a garnish.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 hrs |
| Total Time: | 5 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 20 |
| Yield: | 5 quarts |
Ingredients
- 2 (16 ounce) packages frozen corn
- 2 (10.75 ounce) cans cream of potato soup
- 1 (20 ounce) package frozen Southern-style hash browns
- 1 large onion, diced
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 8 slices thick-cut bacon, cooked and crumbled (Optional)
- 1 jalapeno pepper, minced, or more to taste (Optional)
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup small shrimp, peeled and deveined (Optional)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine corn, cream of potato soup, hash browns, onion, chicken broth, bacon, and jalapeno pepper in a large slow cooker.
- Cook on Low for 4 hours. Use an immersion blender to blend the soup to the desired degree. Add cream, shrimp, parsley, salt, and pepper.
- Cook on Low for 1 more hour. Serve with generous mugs or bowls.
- You can use 6 cups fresh corn, cut from the cobs, instead of frozen corn.
- If you don’t have an immersion blender, you could remove some of the soup, puree it in a blender, and return it to the slow cooker.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 202 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 20 g |
| Cholesterol | 49 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 460 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This recipe is good, but just doesn’t have enough flavor for us. I added some yellow peppers and celery. And I added marjoram, garlic, turmeric and hot sauce. These additions definitely helped. I left out the shrimp. I also used fat free half and half instead of heavy cream, and it was still creamy from pureeing some of the soup. Thanks for the recipe.
I omitted the shrimp and halved the amount of bacon. Delicious!