Easy and hearty chicken corn chowder made with rotisserie chicken, baby red potatoes, corn, and topped with crispy bacon bits.
As we spend more time indoors in cold winter months, I would like to encourage beginner cooks to spend more time testing new recipes in their kitchen. One-pot soup and stew recipes are relatively easy, and another great benefit is that it’s less dishes to wash.
As my family loves chowders, especially corn or clam chowder, I’m sharing super easy and delicious Chicken Corn Chowder.
It’s simple to make and totally hits the spot on cold nights. When the house starts to warm up and smells wonderful from cooking, you would be glad that you’re staying in to eat, in your comfy home clothes!
Use Rotisserie Chicken for Chicken Corn Chowder
For this recipe I added chicken and potatoes to the corn chowder so it can be enjoyed as a main dish. You can prepare the chicken in the pot over stove top, but instead I used store-bought rotisserie chicken to save time.
The best part is not only do you save time, rotisserie chicken adds more flavors to the chowder than chicken cooked in the pot.
Roast Vegetables First for Chicken Corn Chowder
You can cook the onions and potatoes in the pot without additional prep, but instead I roasted them first which caramelizes and intensifies the flavors and taste. Roasting veggies does wonders! With little effort you put, you’ll satisfy hungry tummies!
As you enjoy this wonderful and easy chowder in cold winter months, you’ll taste the spices from the rotisserie chicken, the different texture from the creamy soup, tender chicken, and hearty potatoes mixed in with corn. If you can’t finish eating it, it can be easily stored in the fridge for another meal.
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Similar Dishes to Chicken Corn Chowder
- 1 lb baby red potatoes (1 lb = 450 g)
- 1 onion (I used pearl onions)
- 1 Whole rotisserie chicken (1 chicken = 3 cups)
- 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp salt (kosher or sea salt; use half if using table salt)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 4 slices bacon
- 2 QT chicken stock/broth (2 QT = 1900 ml)
- 1 can cream-style sweet corn (1 can = 14.75 oz)
- 1 can whole sweet corn (1 can = 15.25 oz or 432 g)
- 2 sprigs thyme (1 sprig = ½ tsp fresh = ¼ tsp dried)
- 1 cup heavy (whipping) cream (1 cup = 240 ml)
- 1 tsp salt (kosher or sea salt; use half if using table salt) (plus more, to taste)
- Freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 400F (200C). Cut baby red potatoes into halves, and cut onion into wedges. Shred or cut the rotisserie chicken into small bite size pieces and set aside.
- In a large bowl, toss potatoes, onions, olive oil, salt, and pepper together. Transfer them to a baking sheet and roast until the skewer goes inside smoothly and the potato skin is crispy, about 30-40 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.
While the potatoes are roasting, cook the bacon in a frying pan until crisp. Transfer to a paper towel and drain the extra oil. After the bacon has cooled, chop into small pieces.
- In a large pot, bring chicken broth to a boil. Add the roasted potatoes and onions, shredded chicken, both cans of corn, and a sprig of thyme to the broth. Bring it to a boil again and once boiling, skim the scrum and fat from the soup. This is the key to have nice refined soup, so don’t skip this process. Lower the heat to medium low heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Keep skimming during this time.
- Add heavy cream, kosher salt, and pepper to taste, and cook until heated through, about 3 minutes. Serve into bowls and top with bacon and a tiny sprig of thyme as garnish.
Adapted from Mom de Cuisine (blog link does not work anymore).
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Editor’s Note: The original post was published on Nov 23, 2011.
love corn chowder! in Hawaii we put SPAM in it 🙂
Glad you liked it!!!! I like that you added thyme, I bet it was very nice in the soup. I really love your yellow dutch oven and your table cloth! Very beautiful post!
Oh wow, stunning photos and love the colour of the roses! I’ve never had corn chowder before but this looks utterly delicious! Yumyum!!!
Lets enjoy the Thanksgiving!
This will bring warm for the coming holiday season!
I absolutely know 1005 that I would love this. Corn chowder is my weakness-if I see it, I must order it 😛
Oh I love your pictures and they way you’ve presented your delicious chowder.
I have never thought of roasting potatoes pre soup. My husband isn’t a huge fan of soup because he says it doesn’t fill him up. The big chunks of this soup could certainly change his mind.
What a beautiful sunny recipe for this time of year. I don’t recall having chowder before but I sure would like to try this one. Enjoy your day off and your family!
Warms everything! I can’t wait for the bento boxes!!
Your corn chowder sounds wonderful. I love this soup but haven’t made one in years. I’ve printed this recipe and plan to make it over the holidays. You can never have too many soup recipes. This sounds perfect for a cold winters day! Thanks for sharing.
Hi, Nami san.
Corn chowder sounds too perfect for a chilly day like today here! Step by step instruction is very helpful and I do love to try making this soup. Actually, I can’t help myself ordering this soup when I see it on a menu. I love corn chowder that much!
This sounds so good, Nami! I love hearty soups this time of year. Have a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving!
Yummy chowder! I like the idea roasting the potatoes and keeping the potato peel, should give it all a deeper flavoure. I wish u a happy thanks giving Nami and your family! =)
Sound healthy and good. Have a nice holidays ahead.
Corn chowder is one of my favorite dishes! I love the texture and the bright colors the corn brings to the dish. Loving your presentation, especially with the roses.
Have an awesome Thanksgiving!
I have never had chowder in my life (even though I often add corn to my soups). Yours looks gorgeous and roasting potatoes and onions sounds like the yummiest idea in the world. I also love the bacon touch. Very creative dish, Nami!
Have a great time with your family!
Nami, Your chicken corn chowder looks very delicious! I love this hearty especially in the rainy season like now.
I’m so glad you liked the potatoes. I love chowder and this looks so delicious! And everything tastes better with bacon! Happy THanksgiving!
This corn chowder with chicken just sounds so heavenly! Thanks for sharing. It’ll be a great idea for the weekend when my family is home. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Nami, the chowder looks so good! I need something warm and creamy like this… so cold!! and I live in California… lol
That is one big bowl of comfort, Nami! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
I would love a big bowl of this soup! I have been craving something like this so will definitely be making this soon! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family 😀
Delicious…what more can I say.
When I was “young, rich and famous” (in other words: single…just kidding), I used to go to US for Thanksgiving, I have family in Florida and New Jersey, and my big brother lived in NY, so I enjoyed being ther for that holidays, having tons of food, different ones, in FL more like latin meal, in NJ I had Arabian (because my cousin’s wife) and in NY, well, my brother was single, so we had just some mash potato and pecan pie.
I like traditions, and more than that when tradition is mixed with our roots.
When I think of chowder, I think of seafood and living in Sydney, there is no other way for me to do it other than using fresh seafood, fortunately or otherwise 🙂
Pearl onions are so good in stews! I bet you can use some for Japanese curries 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, Nami.
Your chicken corn chowder seems like a perfect evening dinner today, as its getting colder in Vancouver. We also had our first light snow last week. I was checking your blog and the Bento contest interested me. I am quite late but will regularly come to your blog. Happy Thanks giving to you.
Next time I roast potatoes, I’m making extra to use in chowder – great idea! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, Nami!
Oh Nami I love corn chowder…
This looks really delicious, lovely pictures….
Wishing you and your family Happy Thanksgiving, have a relaxing weekend.
Your son had three bowls of soup? That must be one awesome soup!!:)
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, enjoy your holidays, and I am sure we will have lots of happy treats on your blog when you are back!!:D
Your chicken chowder looks so comforting!
This chowder looks amazing and I LOVE that you used things you won! Congratulations! Happy Thanksgiving, Nami and have fun with your family!
This looks wonderful..really comforting, and fantastic for this time of the year. Congrats on the win..and wishing you and your family great Thanksgiving!!!
wow this looks so easy and delicious.. Thanks for sharing!:)
Happy thanksgiving to u Nami.
I love chicken and corn chowder – it’s so satisying and tasty, though it’s important to use good corn because otherwise it can really give a funky taste to the chowder. I never tried it with roast potatoes before – I bet that gives a whole new consistency dimension to it… I’ll have to do that next time! I used to have an oven which had a rotisserie inside… couldn’t take it with me when I moved to a new apartment – I miss it so much sometimes 🙁
My older son loves corn soup, and I in love with all kind of soup and chowder.
This is the kind of chowder that I”ll have in the morning and night… again and again
Tq fr sharing the recipe nami, glad u post this!
great recipe and photos dear! as always! 😉
Hi Nami-I am so thankful for you as my friend and… to have met you in person while I was in San Francisco for the FB Festival…even though you couldn’t attend, you made a special effort to meet up with me and Jo in person. The couple hours we spent at that lovely French bakery, just flew by, but it was very enjoyable to share stories, and connect in person!
Happy Thanksgiving to you loved ones!
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Hello Nami, this is what I’m cooking today, my dinner problem for today is solved!
Have a great thanksgiving today, Black Friday tomorrow and a blasting following weekend!
Cheers!
I love corn chowder soup and this one looks especially yummy with the pearl onion. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Nami! This chicken and corn chowder looks delicious!! I love corn soup just like your son. They add such a yummy sweet flavor. I hope you guys get many creative submissions to the contest. I love Cooking Galleries’ food photos so much! She is super creative with her food designs and decorations. Would love to see photos of the top 10 or so submissions!
Delicious! I like the look of this chowder.
Hi Nami, excellent chowder, very delicious and appetizing. yum yum
And I always love your beautiful click. 2 thumbs up for you.
Happy Tkanksgiving Nami!
This looks so delicious, so yummy!
Superb delicious soup Nami and your pics are awesome!
Happy Holidays!:)
Happy Thanksgiving, Nami! Hope you had a wonderful celebration with family, friends and delicious meals too. I’m thankful to have met such a sweet person like you, albeit virtually. This soup looks very comforting–I love the flavor of roast potatoes!
This is what I call comfort food. The corn chowder looks amazing and so delicious! The photographs are amazing!
I love everything about this soup! It looks so hearty and flavorful!
Enjoy your Friday off and your long weekend Nami!!
Ciao
Alessandra
This looks so comforting…also loved the detailed presentation 🙂
This looks wonderful, Nami. Definitely one of my favorite soups!
This looks like the most delicious corn chowder… yummy comfort food! I hope you have a lovely Thanksgiving with your family.
Nami, this looks so comforting, especially now that it’s getting really cold over here. I have never tried adding roasted potatoes to chowder, you always have the most brilliant ideas :)!!
By the way, thank you for spreading the words about the bento contest, so far there have been 2 entries, which are very cute! I am looking forward to seeing more beautiful bento entries :).
Looks comforting and delicious!
what a hearty and comforting bowl of soup! it’s interesting youa dded roasted potatoes! definitely more flavoursome than your usual chowder!
Nami, your chowder is stunning. The pearl onions go perfect, actually the whole thing looks so good, potatoes, bacon….yum! Have a great weekend.
Mmm.. I love a nice bowl of hot chowder or hearty soups! The Husband would love this 🙂 Hope you guys had an amazing Thanksgiving 🙂
3 bowls in one night! I can beat that specially if its a chowder 🙂
My kind of soup for sure. You make it look so inviting too!!! My chowder always look like a mess. Happy thanksgiving!
I love a good corn chowder – and this definitely looks like one Nami! Hope you and your family had a lovely long weekend =)
I had my first chowder in Cali and I loved it! I need to have it every time I’m back. Well after seeing your recipe I can make my own =) so I don’t need to wait till I’m there.
Hope you have a great week ahead!
Hi Nami, hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! Recipe looks great, and love the full tablespoon of thyme you added in to spice it up.
What a great looking soup! I love corn chowder!
I hope you had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.
I love those pearl onions. They are so sweet. Boil with a little salt and pepper or pickled and they’re a great side dish!
Looks wonderful and comforting!! have a great week Nami.
Nami, I can never stop drooling over your beautiful photos. The table setting etc is just so pretty. I don’t think I have the patience sometimes. LOL.. This is one soup that I can’t wait to cook on a cool day since it has been raining pretty often here in KL. And I love how there is corn involved. All the natural sweetness. Delish! Have a good week. Hugs, Jo
This looks so good, I would like a big bowl and then would add some tabasco in it!! This looks hearty and so comforting. Awesome photos too Nami!
What a gorgeous corn chowder.
I made it last Friday Nami! I used milk instead of heavy cream but it was delicious anyway!
Thank you!
Hi Eri! Thank you for trying out this recipe already! I’m so glad to hear you liked it! 🙂
This is such a wonderful recipe….I’m drooling over your chicken and corn chowder now. 😛 This sounds like the perfect comfort food for a cold Winter night. 🙂
Amy
I MUST TRY THIS! My family loves sweetcorn, esp my gals. They can eat sweetcorn everyday and will never get sick of it! 😀
I cooked chicken corn chowder twice but just added potato cubes. Adding roasted potatoes with skin on looks and sounds so much more tastier. 😉
So excited about CG’s bento contest and congrats on you being one of the judges! 🙂
I am wild about soups, and this looks divine!!
This is a dish I could eat till the cows come home. I love anything with corn. And chicken. And potatoes. Wonderful way to combine them. I love the bentos. I sure wish I had known about them when my kids were younger.
Chicken & Corn Chowder with Roasted Potato looks delicious. Can’t wait to try it out. I have been looking for a Corn Chowder dish to try my son loves corn.
About how much chicken stock should I use?
2 Quarts (1900ml) chicken stock. 🙂
I live in Germany and afaik cream style corn doesn’t exist there. Should I just add normal corn and increase the heavy cream?
In addition, how much does the can of sweet corn weight?
Hi Asami! Sorry about missing the weight – I added the information in the recipe. You have to puree a little bit. Corn kernels are broken into pieces.
Use a blender or food processor an add your canned corn (Drain it first)
Add a tiny bit of milk and a small amount of flour to it and blend/pulse and you should get a creamy corn mixture to use in place of canned cream corn.
Use a blender or food processor an add your canned corn (Drain it first). Add a tiny bit of milk and a small amount of flour to it and blend/pulse and you should get a creamy corn mixture to use in place of canned cream corn.
It looks and sounds delicious. It’s so cold in Berlin, that I’m collecting warming recipes 🙂
What can be used instead of heavy cream for us lactose intolerant?
Hi Jean! You can use lactose free milk. It won’t be as creamy, but milk still works and I make it often. 🙂
Thanks for sharing this hearty recipe. I love corn and potatoes in soups, especially during the wintertime. I have this on my list for a cold winter day!
Also, I made your white stew, with some modifications, over the Thanksgiving holiday, and it was a huge hit with the guests we had at the house.
Hi Kimmi! ME TOO!! I love corn and potatoes and roasted potatoes are really good one in this recipe! I’m so happy you tried the white stew recipe. Thank you for your kind feedback! Yay! 🙂
I can’t wait to try this recipe. I absolutely love soups, especially hearty, creamy ones like this. I’m glad I found this blog as there are so many recipes on here I would like to try.
Can’t get enough soup this time of year! I could never get enough of this soup. Looks so good Nami!
Hi Nami – I know its not the season for soup but I made this tonight for my daughter who is a vegetarian – yup veggie broth, no chicken or bacon but guess what – it still had great flavor!
Hi Janet! Aww so happy to hear vegetarian soup went well! I make similar corn chowder with vegetarian broth too. 🙂 Thank you for your kind feedback! xo
Hello Nami,
how much pearl onions did you use?
How thick should the bacon be? Around how much grams of bacons did you use alltogether?
Thanks,
Tamás
Hello Tamás! I apologize for my late response. Pearl onions, probably 8-10 oz (227-283 g). Bascon thickness is 2 mm, and 4 slices are about 3 oz (85 g). Hope that helps!
Sounds delicious! 🙂 I’m a little confused. It says “1 Onion” but there are several onions on the picture. So how many onions are really needed?
Hi Carlotta! Sorry about the confusion. I use pearl onions which are tiny onions, but they are not common so I wrote 1 onion (I used pearl onions). Cut the onion into chunks for this recipe. 🙂