Southern Chicken and Corn Chowder Recipe

This hearty chicken and corn chowder comes together easily and cooks for a comforting corn chowder you’ll love.

Corn chowder makes a comforting cool weather recipe. Amp it up a bit by adding chicken to the classic corn chowder recipe and you have a meal that everyone will love.

As the weather starts to get cooler in the evenings and the sun sets a bit earlier, I start craving hearty meals of soups and stews and casseroles. In other words, I turn to comfort foods, my favorite always being those from treasured family recipes.

It reminds me of a time when Little Buddy was REALLY a wee Little Buddy. It was late in the Fall and I’d been in the kitchen cooking supper as he came over and asked me what we were having. I told him, “Tonight we’re having Grandmother Verdie’s Chicken and Dumplings.”

“Grandmother Verdie’s coming? Then, why are you cooking?”

“No honey, I’m making her recipe for Chicken and Dumplings. It’ll be ready in just a few minutes.”

As we were finishing our Chicken and Dumplings, Little Buddy peeped over the rim of his spoon at me and said, “These pillows taste like a big hug.”

I should have just changed the official name of Chicken and Dumplings right then and there to Chicken and Pillows it was so precious. But his point pretty much sums up how I feel about family recipes, too.

Family recipes are just like big hugs passed from generations before us where loved ones share bits and pieces of themselves in each recipe. Each time we make one of their recipes, it’s as if they are right there at the table beside us.

While this recipe isn’t about Chicken and Dumplings (you can find that in an earlier post), I do want to share with you a family favorite recipe for Southern Chicken and Corn Chowder.

This recipe has a few ingredients in it like jalapeno, thyme, and vegetables that give it a truly hearty flavor.

And here comes a little secret. I like to add in a couple of packages of frozen creamed corn. Of course if you have creamed corn in your freezer that you put up from your garden, that would be the very best corn to include! But in a pinch, and for those of you whose corn was gobbled up by the deer on your property like mine was, this creamed corn works just fine!

You’ll want this corn to have thawed considerably before adding it to your chowder. Don’t worry if there are still bits of frozen corn as you add it. As it cooks, it will be perfect!

Here’s how I make it.

Here’s my Chicken and Corn Chowder Recipe. I hope your family enjoys it as much as mine does.

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Southern Chicken and Corn Chowder Recipe

Robyn Stone

4.34 from 6 votes

Chicken and Corn Chowder. This hearty chowder comes together quickly and cooks for a comforting corn chowder you’ll love.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes minutes

Servings: 6

Ingredients

• ▢ 3 pieces bacon, diced
• ▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ▢ 1 onion, diced
• ▢ 2 carrots, chopped
• ▢ 3 stalks celery, sliced
• ▢ 3 cloves garlic, minced
• ▢ 1 jalapeno pepper, deseeded and diced
• ▢ 3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
• ▢ 2 cups whole milk
• ▢ 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• ▢ 2 (20-ounce) packages frozen creamed corn, , thawed
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
• ▢ 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions 

• Heat bacon and olive oil in a Dutch oven set over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, garlic, jalapeño, and the chicken to the Dutch oven. Stirring frequently, cook until the chicken is lightly browned, about 10-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine milk and flour in a small saucepan and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is lightly browned. Stir into the chowder along with the creamed corn, thyme, salt and pepper. Add enough water to slightly cover all ingredients. Cover pot with lid and cook for about 20 minutes until chicken is done and all of the vegetables are tender.

Nutrition

Calories: 342kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 817mg | Potassium: 702mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 3589IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 112mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Enjoy!
Robyn xo