Slow cooker corn chowder is easier than you think! Only 15 minutes of prep and your trusty slow cooker for an easy corn chowder the entire family will love!
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Slow cooker soup recipes are my favorite all year long but especially during fall and winter. And this easy slow cooker corn chowder is no exception.
Soups like slow cooker sweet tortilla soup (SO good), copycat Cafe Zupas Wisconsin cauliflower soup, and my family’s favorite creamy chicken and rice soup are soul warming. Pair with a salad and light & fluffy one-hour dinner rolls for a hearty, weeknight meal!
How can you not love a slow cooker soup where the only real work is peeling and cubing the potatoes? Everything else in this corn chowder slow cooker recipe is pretty much tossed or sprinkled in (except for the half and half—that would be messy!) followed by that whole set-it-and-forget-it thing for which your slow cooker is famous.
Speaking of slow cookers, mine is not programmable and I’m considering buying a new one that is, especially since I’m starting a full-time job and would love to have dinner ready when I get home. That sounds super delightful!
The reviews on this Hamilton Beach 7-quart programmable slow cooker look good and at less than $40, I’m pretty sure it needs to be an early Christmas present to myself.
We have a family of six so I tend to double recipes. If you are more like a family of four, I’d still double this slow cooker corn chowder with bacon and enjoy leftovers throughout the week.
But if you don’t love leftovers or you have even fewer people you’re feeding, try halving your slow cooker corn chowder recipe. Or you could still do the full batch and freeze leftovers!
I love adding bacon to pretty much everything, but if you’re vegetarian, you could totally make slow cooker corn chowder without the bacon. It will still be full of creamy, corn flavor!
Similar to some of my other favorite slow cooker soup recipes, this easy slow cooker corn chowder calls for ingredients I usually have on hand (minus the potatoes… for some reason we don’t eat a ton of those). I love recipes where I can grab things from my fridge and pantry and go!
I’m pretty sure I’ll be making corn chowder in my slow cooker a lot more often after my family fell in love with this recipe!
Easy Slow Cooker Corn Chowder
Ingredients
- 6 cups potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 4 cups frozen corn
- 2 cans cream style corn, (14.75-oz each)
- 1 package real bacon pieces (3-oz package or 3/4 cup)
- 1 T sugar
- 1 T Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp seasoned salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 cups half and half
Instructions
- Place potatoes, corn, creamed corn, bacon, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, seasoned salt, and pepper in slow cooker. Cook on high 3 to 4 hours or until potatoes are fork tender.
- Add half and half and cook an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until heated through. Serve topped with bacon pieces, chives, sour cream, shredded cheese, etc. if desired.
Notes
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving:Calories: 323 Total Fat: 11g Saturated Fat: 5g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 0g Cholesterol: 28mg Sodium: 1084mg Carbohydrates: 44g Fiber: 4g Sugar: 13g Protein: 12g
Jere
October 23, 2018 at 9:53 pmI love chowders and just bought a big bag of corn from our local farm. Your looks delish.
Emily Hill
October 23, 2018 at 9:57 pmI bet the local corn would taste so yummy in this recipe!
Jere
October 23, 2018 at 9:54 pmChowders are the best. I have a lot of corn in the freezer I need to use.
Emily Hill
October 23, 2018 at 9:57 pmIt’s a great way to use it!
Jillian
October 23, 2018 at 10:18 pmOnly 15 minutes to this Fall dish? Sign me up!
Emily Hill
October 23, 2018 at 10:22 pmWell, 15 minutes of prep but you still have a few hours in the slow cooker. :)
Jori
October 23, 2018 at 10:28 pmA feast for the eyes and belly! My kids will love this and so will I. Perfect for fall. Thank you for this recipe!
Emily Hill
October 24, 2018 at 10:24 amMy kids liked it and they’re picky soup eaters. :)
Michelle
October 23, 2018 at 11:54 pmYour photos are gorgeous! I’ve been really into making soups recently and corn chowder is one of my favorites. Corn makes such a great soup ingredient, who would have thought?
Emily Hill
October 24, 2018 at 10:24 amThank you so much!
Adrianne
October 24, 2018 at 12:27 amSuper delicious looking recipe Emily that I am saving for the next cold night. Cheers and yum!! I gave you 5 out of 5!!!
Emily Hill
October 24, 2018 at 10:22 amThank you so much!
Aimee
October 24, 2018 at 6:12 amOh my gosh this is the easiest soup to prep before heading to work. LOVE IT.
Emily Hill
October 24, 2018 at 10:22 amYes! And those are the best recipes!
Katerina @ diethood .com
October 24, 2018 at 7:23 amThis sounds faaantastic!! And only 15 minutes to prep… AWESOME!!
Emily Hill
October 24, 2018 at 10:22 amI love slow cooker recipes that don’t require much prep work. :)
Rachael Yerkes
October 24, 2018 at 8:48 amThis Chowder is freaking fantastic!
Emily Hill
October 24, 2018 at 10:22 amI have to agree with you!
Alli
October 24, 2018 at 9:03 amCorn chowder is one of our favorites. I adore the bacon in this recipe. So good!
Emily Hill
October 24, 2018 at 10:23 amI love adding bacon to whatever I can. :)
Erika
January 18, 2019 at 9:14 amHi! This recipe looks great. Just a question, do you cook the bacon before putting it in the crockpot? Or do you just put it in raw with all the ingredients? Thank you!! can’t wait to make it.
Emily Hill
January 19, 2019 at 3:04 pmYes! I use packaged pre-cooked bacon pieces to make it extra easy, but if you’re going with a package of raw bacon, cook it first!
Michele Holmes
January 25, 2019 at 6:47 amI made this for dinner last night and it was so easy and YUMMY!!
Emily Hill
January 25, 2019 at 8:24 amI’m so glad you liked it! It’s definitely one of my new favorite recipes!
Darcey
February 19, 2019 at 11:25 amI just threw this in the crockpot and I’m wondering, no liquid? I know I put the half & half in at the end, but I was nervous about no initial liquid? Fingers crossed!!
Emily Hill
February 20, 2019 at 9:53 amI hope it worked for you! Yes, no additional liquid. The creamed corn and frozen corn supply a good amount of liquid. It’s rather surprising!
Susan
February 26, 2019 at 9:54 amCan I put the half and half in at the beginning??
Emily Hill
March 13, 2019 at 9:06 pmI’m so sorry! I just saw your comment. I haven’t tried that and I’d worry the half and half might “break.” I’d wait if possible!