Crockpot Corn Chowder with Frozen Corn

Here’s an easy crockpot corn chowder with frozen corn, potatoes and bacon recipe. Perfect soup for dinner packed with lots of vegetables and flavor! If you loved our simple Instant Pot potato corn chowder this is another family favorite cooked all day.

Slow Cooker Corn Chowder Recipe

We love chowder especially during the winter months, but year round actually. I make our Chicken soup in the crockpot all the time but needed something richer and creamy so this is what I went for and it turned out amazing.

We are talking diced potatoes, celery and you could even add bacon in there too. Want some seafood in there, you could add miniature shrimp or drained crab meat would be delicious. It is a warm bowl of goodness no matter what you choose to add.

Let’s talk a little bit about slow cooking shall we?? First off I have a few different varieties and I love them all. Each one has an occasion to be used like….

1. This is my favorite 6 quart programmable one with a locking lid so it’s great for bringing to a potluck too.
2. I prefer not to use liners, but rather just spray olive oil inside before adding my food for easier cleanups.

Let me give you a peek of my pretty thang I bought recently. It goes with my kitchen so I can just leave it out on the countertop all the time. 😉

Bacon Corn Chowder

You can really load it up with as many as you’d like but I will share our favorite choices below. Starting with the kernels it is best to grab a bag of frozen corn for this one. Reason being is it stays firmer since it takes a bit of time to defrost. Canned works too but the other is my preference for this reason.

Other add ins are diced onions, super cheap and adds flavor, celery and even diced bell peppers add a bit of color and texture. You will want to use a 6 quart for this. I haven’t doubled it yet but suppose if you had a really large pot you may be able to do that too.

Add some chicken broth and half and half, allow it to slowly bubble in your slow cooker all day and you’re set for dinner. As is it is a great soup for dinner, or bake a few rolls and it’s great! If you like a bit of spice, add a can of diced chiles too. If you tried our crockpot ham recipe and have leftovers by all means add your leftover ham to this soup, that’s really good too.

Corn Chowder Ingredients

1. Frozen Corn or fresh sweet corn kernels – works best since it is cooking all day
2. Green bell pepper
3. Onion
4. This is a great use for chicken broth or vegetable stock for a vegetarian option
5. Potatoes – I have used diced russet potatoes and red, both are great but brown will make it thicker
6. Half and half or heavy cream
7. Bacon
8. Cheese
9. Salt and pepper to taste, red pepper flakes for spicy

Dairy Free Corn Chowder

If you have this issue, like my husband you can tweak it a bit. You can find a good cheese by Daiya that is lactose free. For the half and half you’d need to use coconut milk but that will make it sweeter. Since it isn’t as thick you may need some cornstarch at the end for that.

I do include options for both high and low temps, but I will say that low is always my go to. Reason being is the flavors become better and you get ultra tender potatoes if you go low and slow the whole time.

How to Make Crockpot Corn Chowder with Frozen Corn

• Add frozen or fresh summer corn cut off the cob
• Throw in some diced onion, green pepper, your chicken broth, choped potatoes and a bit of salt and pepper
• Heat on low 6-8 hours or cook on high for 3-4 hours. 
• When cooking is complete, stir in half and half.
• Put lid back on to slow cook on high for 15 minutes to 20 min., or low for 60 minutes until warmed again. Stirring occasionally. 
• Serve soup topped with shredded cheese and chopped bacon. 
• Jump to recipe card at the bottom if you would like to print this out too.

with Fresh Corn

During the summertime I will use fresh, always. We live in a smaller town now so produce is hit or miss. It took me a while to adjust to this because before we had everything all the time, all year long. I started using canned for a while but realized that frozen vegetables just had a much better texture to them when adding them to dishes.

If you love this one you’ll love our easy loaded baked potato soup too. Leave chunky or use an immersion blender to smooth it out. About the same cooking time and uses the same taters. Perfect meal to make all year long when you want to throw in a soup recipe in the morning and have it ready when you return at the end of the day.

• Slow cooker no yeast rolls is a great side dish for this one.
• Crockpot recipe for chicken enchilada soup is great with chopped up rotisserie or leftovers.

If you have leftovers they save well. Wait until it is room temperature and then store in a bowl with a sealed lid on it. When you reheat transfer into a microwave safe bowl and heat for 45 seconds, stir and then heat again until it is warmed to your liking. The cream may separate but stirring will incorporate it again.