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Instant Pot Corn Chowder is easy to make in your pressure cooker. This is a great freezer meal soup for a cozy and warm bowl on busy weeknights.
It’s that weird time of the year when all of the fall harvest goodies are coming but it’s still superbly hot! I can’t help but still want a cozy bowl of soup, sometimes even in the warmer days of fall.
Instant Pot Corn Chowder is the perfect bridge from summer to fall. Using fresh seasonal corn, this instant pot corn soup is delicious, fresh and super easy to make.
Hearty soups are where it’s at for the fall season! There is nothing better than coming home to an easy meal that fills you up and makes you warm!
Just add a side salad and a zucchini cheddar biscuit and dinner is done!
How to Make Corn Chowder in the Pressure Cooker
This soup is super easy to make and great for using all of the fresh produce of late summer. To begin your soup, grab the following ingredients:
- fresh corn, cut from the cob (frozen is also good)
- full fat coconut milk
- cooked bacon (I highly recommend ButcherBox bacon!)
- yellow onion
- chicken broth
- fingerling potatoes
- salt + pepper
- thyme
I like to cook my bacon in the oven to ensure proper doneness. If you are opting for less mess, you can fry your bacon right in the instant pot using the saute function.
I recommend cutting the bacon up prior to cooking it in the instant pot (if you choose to cook the bacon that way). It will cook up faster and you can just leave it in the pot.
Saute the onion in a bit of olive oil and then add in the corn. Once the flavors have incorporated for a few minutes, add in the remainder of the ingredients except for the coconut milk.
Cook your soup on manual mode for 10 minutes and then do a quick release. Add in 1/2 can full fat coconut milk, stir and serve.
A Few Helpful Tips for Making Instant Pot Corn Chowder
Corn chowder soup is much easier to make than you may think! Here are a few questions that may help you in preparing corn and potato chowder in the instant pot!
What kind of corn should I use for corn chowder?
I used fresh corn on the cob that I bought in-season from a local farm. Obviously, fresh local corn is not always going to be in season.
Frozen corn is the next best thing to fresh corn on the cob. I do recommend frozen corn over canned corn since frozen corn tends to hold its shape better than canned corn.
Can I make corn chowder without bacon?
You can absolutely make corn chowder without bacon. If you want to include meat, chicken corn chowder is a good option.
Add in a cup of cooked chicken. This is when rotisserie chicken comes in super handy!
To make vegetarian corn chowder leave out the meat.
Can I make instant pot corn chowder without potatoes?
You can make corn chowder without potatoes but I wouldn’t recommend it. I like to include potatoes because it bulks up the corn chowder, especially if you’re opting for the vegetarian version.
I used fingerling potatoes because I like the way they taste and they are already pretty small. If the fingerling potatoes are too large, just cut them in half.
Can I make instant pot corn soup dairy free?
This corn soup recipe is dairy free. If dairy isn’t an issue and you want to swap out the coconut milk that I use, you can use heavy cream or 2% milk for a lightened up version.
The less fat you have in your milk will potentially make the soup less thick. To thicken a thin soup, combine 1 tsp arrowroot with 1 tsp water, mix and add it to your soup to thicken.
How do you freeze corn chowder soup?
This soup is great to make ahead if you want some freezer soup on hand. I like to use baggy rack holders to freeze my soup in freezer bags.
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- Instant Pot Gumbo
- Instant Pot Chicken Chili
- Sausage + Kale Zoodle Soup
- Instant Pot Tomato Soup
- Tomato Basil + Chicken Soup with Quinoa
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Instant Pot Corn Chowder
Instant Pot Corn Chowder is easy to make in your pressure cooker. This is a great freezer meal soup for a cozy and warm bowl on busy weeknights.
Ingredients
- 1/2 large yellow onion diced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 slices bacon cooked, nitrate-free if possible
- 4 ears raw fresh corn kernels cut from cob
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup fingerling potatoes sliced in half
- 3 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1/2 can full fat coconut milk
Instructions
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Saute the onion in a bit of olive oil and then add in the corn. Once the flavors have incorporated for a few minutes, add in the remainder of the ingredients except for the coconut milk.
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Cook soup on manual mode for 10 minutes and then do a quick release. Add in 1/2 can full fat coconut milk, stir and serve.
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