Since my kiddo is pretty much obsessed with corn on the cob all year long, I try to make sure that I get my hands on as much as fresh, sweet corn as possible during the summer. And right now, my slow cooker is my very best friend. I’ve been hauling it out a couple of times a week to help me make dinner since it’s sooo tough to make dinner when kids are involved in after-school activities. I need easy dinner ideas, and this slow cooker fresh corn chowder is one of those!
How to make Slow Cooker Fresh Corn Chowder:
Onions and potatoes are sautéed in a skillet in a little bit of olive oil. Since there is cooked bacon in this recipe, you can choose to use bacon grease instead of olive oil, if you’d like. Then the onions and potatoes are moved to your slow cooker. Chicken broth, corn, water, Worcestershire sauce, sugar and salt. This is all cooked on low for 7 hours. After cooking for 7 hours, you’ll remove half of the mixture and puree it in a blender or food processor. Then you’ll return the pureed mixture to the slow cooker, add milk, butter and cornstarch, and cook it for an additional hour.
This slightly creamy fresh corn chowder is topped with a bit of crumbled, crispy bacon. Everything is better with bacon!
Hurry and make some corn chowder before all of that fabulous summer corn is all gone!
Here are a few more chowder recipes you might enjoy:
Easy Chicken Corn Chowder Manhattan Clam Chowder Salmon Chowder Seafood Chowder Simple Reuben Chowder Crab Cake Chowder Clam Chowder Corn and Crab Chowder
