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This simple one pot Creamy Broccoli Cheddar Chipotle Corn Chowder is a new favorite. Made with sweet yellow corn, broccoli, potatoes, and smoky-spicy chipotle chilies. A couple of canned chipotle chilies in adobo are the secret behind this chowder. It’s spicy, creamy, and so delicious. Top each bowl of chowder with the works – crispy homemade bacon bits, cheddar cheese, fresh scallions, and cilantro. Great on its own but even better with a side of homemade beer bread. A cozy weather favorite.
Now that we’re over a week into September, my excitement for fall has really set in. In New York, where I’ve spent the last few days, we went from summer to glimpses of fall, with a few rain-filled days. But then the sunshine broke through, and it’s back to summer again.
The weather is clearly transitioning, and you can feel the excitement in the New York air. Everyone here is ready for fall.
This is the time of year when I love to make summery soups. The nights are cool enough that a hot bowl of soup actually sounds good again. Corn chowder is always a go-to, but another soup I adore this time of year is creamy broccoli cheddar!
As a kid, my mom would occasionally treat my brothers and me to Panera Bread after school. Or occasionally during our lunch break, if we had a morning doctor’s appointment, or something.
It was always a special time when we got to spend time one-on-one with my mom, and I love thinking back to those memories.
Combining an end-of-summer corn chowder with a creamy broccoli cheddar soup just made so much sense. The two recipes are actually very similar, so why not combine them?
These are the details
Step 1: crisp up the bacon
Crisp up the bacon in a soup pot. I love to dice mine super small to make homemade bacon bits. They’re so yummy on top of the creamy, cheese-filled chowder. You can’t skip these!
Pull the bacon out and save it for topping. I love to get mine nice and crispy!
Step 2: cook the corn, broccoli, and potatoes
To the same pot with the bacon grease, add in the flour and onion. Let the flour in the bacon grease and create a small roux. This will help the soup thicken nicely and the cheese to melt easily into the chowder.
Now add the garlic and let it cook a few minutes. Then add in the potatoes, corn, and broccoli. Season that all up with salt and pepper.
Pour over a couple cups of water and let the vegetables simmer until they’re pretty tender. This only takes about 15 minutes.
Step 3: purée the soup
Next, purée some of the chowder to make it very creamy. I love to leave out a few pieces of corn and broccoli, then purée the rest.
You can make this chowder as creamy and or as chunky as you like!
Step 4: finish the soup
Once the soup is creamy, mix in chopped chipotle chilies in adobo, whole milk, and both regular and spicy cheddar cheese. I know using two types of cheddar feels a little fussy, but trust me, me, the added flavor is worth it! My favorite spicy cheddar is from Whole Foods. It’s called rattlesnake cheddar, I’m obsessed with it.
Let the chowder simmer until it’s thickened and very creamy and the cheese has melted. At this point, the soup will smell so DELICIOUS, and honestly, it will look delicious too.
Step 5: for serving
I served this chowder simply, with a handful of extra cheddar cheese, scallions, and cilantro.
I love to add beer bread on the side for dipping. For me, it’s a chowder must. Every bowl of soup can benefit from a good, yummy slice of warm homemade beer bread. It only has 5 ingredients and and is done in under an hour.
Simple as can be, and every spoonful is so delicious. Think a little spicy, a touch creamy, filled with cheese, and topped with flavorful toppings.
Looking for other end-of-summer corn recipes? Here are some favorites:
Crockpot White Chicken Chili Burrito Bowls
Spicy Buffalo White Chicken Chili
Creamy Corn, Zucchini, and Bacon Chowder
Honey Garlic Shrimp, Corn, and Avocado Bacon Salad
Garlic Herb Corn Carbonara with Burrata
Skillet Creamy Cajun Chicken Lazone with Herby Corn
Lastly, if you make this Creamy Broccoli Cheddar Chipotle Corn Chowder, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And, of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Broccoli Cheddar Corn Chowder
Servings: 6
Calories Per Serving: 566 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
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Ingredients
- 6 strips thick-cut bacon, chopped (omit if vegetarian)
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 3 cups yellow corn kernels (from about 4 ears corn)
- 3 cups chopped broccoli florets
- 1 russet potato, peeled and cubed
- 2 chipotle chilies in adobo, chopped
- salt and black pepper
- 3 cups whole milk
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup spicy cheddar cheese, shredded
- fresh scallions and cilantro, for serving
Instructions
- 1. In a large pot over medium heat, cook the bacon until crispy. Remove the bacon and reserve for topping.2. To the same pot, add the flour and onion and cook 2-3 minutes. Stir in the garlic and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes, until very fragrant. Add the corn, broccoli, and potatoes, then stir in 3 cups water. Season with more salt and pepper. Partially cover and simmer over medium-low heat for 15 minutes.3. Using an immersion or regular blender, blend 2/3 of the chowder until mostly smooth. Stir in the chipotle chiles, milk and cheddar. Cook for 10 minutes until the cheese is melted. Remove from the heat and stir in the cilantro. If needed, thin with additional milk.4. Ladle the chowder into bowls and top as desired with bacon, scallions, and cilantro. Eat and enjoy!
This post was originally published on September 9, 2024
Can chicken broth be used instead of water?
Hi Sofia,
Totally, that will work well for you! I hope you love this recipe! xT
If we don’t make bacon, what should we use for fat to make the roux. Butter? And how much!
Thank you.
Hey Kelly,
Sure, butter will work nicely for you, I would use 4 tablespoons. I hope you love this recipe! xT
Another recipe with errors, it is almost every recipe on this blog these days. Once in a while in is understandable, but every dang recipe is absurd. Obviously your Mom and you cannot reliably proofread. Hire someone. It is so unprofessional and lazy. It really shows that you no longer care.
No one is asking you to read this blog. Does it make you feel better about yourself to name call? Tieghan does a wonderful job and has so for years. Her recipes inspire us to explore different flavor profiles and techniques. Contact Tieghan directly with your negative comments and leave us out of your personal misery.
not everyone is as accepting of mediocrity (which, i am not sure the proofreading on this blog and her socials meet that low bar) as you are, ann. but beyond the subpar standards you’re willing to accept, the mistakes on the blog have real world consequences – food prices are up and an error in quantity or direction can ruin a recipe (which has happen, based on reviews on some recipes!), a costly proposition. asking HBH to do the bare minimum so her readers don’t waste money and food is not actually that big of an ask.
Is it possible to make this recipe with almond milk instead of whole milk?
Hi Latoya,
Yes, that will work well for you! I hope you love this recipe! xT
Asking for a favor- please consider including ingredients such as the 3 cups of water in the ingredient list. It’s confusing when the directions don’t match the list, especially when it has 3 cups of milk too. I’m not a novice cook by any means, but if I was this omission could be the difference between a success or hot mess. Same holds true about the amount of flour as noted by another comment. I appreciate how hard it is to write clear recipes and directions so I hope you take these comments in the spirit in which they are intended. 🙂
Hi Erika,
Sorry for any confusion here, but the recipe is correct with 3 cups of water plus the 3 cups of milk. I hope this helps! xT
How much flour it is not listed in ingredients?
Hi Bernadette,
It’s 2 tablespoons of flour. Please let me know if you have any other questions! xT
This recipe really intrigued me, however, there is no chicken listed in the ingredients although it appears in the instructions. Did you intend to add chicken to it? And if so, how much? Chicken breast or chicken thighs?
Hi Roxann,
So sorry about that, the chicken was a typo, there is no chicken in this recipe:) Please let me know if you give it a try! xT
Ingredients?
Please address the 3 cups water and milk issue. Both?
Hi Jan,
The recipe is correct as written with 3 cups of milk and 3 cups of water. Please let me know if you have any other questions! xT
I have tried and loved a number of your recipes but the last year or so it seems like every time I click on a recipe that sounds great, there are mistakes and typos in the ingredients and instructions. Groceries are EXPENSIVE. Please try harder for those of us that can’t waste money on a recipe that isn’t correct.
Hi Aimee,
Thanks for your feedback and so sorry for any frustrations. My mom and I really do try our best and proof the recipe several times before sharing, but we are human and mistakes do happen. I hope you can understand. Please let me know if you give this chowder a try, I hope you love it! xT
I understand that mistakes do happen…however they happen in EVERY recipe. Maybe it’s time to not publish a recipe everyday so it can be properly tested and proofread or hire a professional to proofread. I have had a couple recipes of your fail due to these “mistakes”
Believe me, I get that mistakes happen. But this has gotten to be almost every recipe these days. If you and your mom can’t keep up, perhaps consider hiring someone that will do a better job. I haven’t tried a new recipe in several months because every time I go to comments, there are questions about these mistakes. I’m a single mom and can’t afford to trust a recipe that doesn’t work.
Can I ask you Aimee and Jill – Do you guys pay any money to Half Baked Harvest? Because I don’t see anywhere on this site where I had to pay for all these amazing recipes… If you are paying good money… then your anger might be justified…. But the way you talk to her in your comments doesn’t feel very nice…
Yes, I have paid her by buying her 3 books and visiting her site which she gets paid from the ads. This is her JOB…she’s not doing this as a fun little side to her everyday job. . I would be fired if I made this many mistakes at my job.
Channing, I can see exactly how I paid for this recipe. There are a LOT of ads, both embedded and pop up. Nothing is free. Also, no one asked you. I asked Tieghan to take more care in proofreading. I didn’t ask for your opinion on whether I should have to pay or not pay for a recipe riddled with mistakes. You’re lucky if you have the money to drop on ingredients, I don’t.
Hire someone to proofread for you. This is getting ridiculous. It’s obvious you are copy and pasting directions from your old recipes together. That is why the chicken is in this recipe.
Wow! I am astounded with all the negative comments. Tieghan, I’ve been making your recipes for several years, many of them I keep in rotation. Thank you!!
OK, “Michele”
I completely agree. I am always raving about Tieghan’s recipes. They’re always so good that it has got to the point where when I say I want to try a new recipe my husband will ask if it’s hers and get excited when I say yes. Mistakes or not, this is by far the best recipe blog out there.
Sounds great… but not super clear directions? I’m sure the “chicken” thing everybody is mentioning is a typo…
but how do you blend 2/3 of the mixture? Remove 1/3?
And then add the chunky 1/3 back in?
Hey Linda,
Sorry, the chicken was a typo! Yes, you can remove the 2/3 to blend in a blender and then add that back, or remove 1/3 to blend the remaining with an immersion blender. It really just depends how chunky you like your chowder:) Please let me know if you give this recipe a try! xT
“Until the chicken is cooked through” but I don’t see chicken in the ingredients list?
Hi Terry,
The recipe has been fixed, so sorry for any confusion, there is no chicken! Please let me know if you have any other questions! xT
This recipe sounds good to try but after reading the instructions several times I don’t see chicken or flour listed in the ingredients nor the chipotle chilies listed in the instructions. Hope this gets corrected as I think it would be a great fall soup.
Hi Evelyn,
So sorry for any confusion here. There is no chicken in this recipe. The flour is used in step 2 and the chipotle chilies will be added in step 3. Please let me know if you have any other questions! xT
I just read and reread the recipe and instructions. You say ” partially cover until the chicken is cooked through” I don’t see chicken listed as an ingredient. Is there supposed to be chicken in the recipe?
Hey Maria,
So sorry about that, I fixed the recipe, there is no chicken in this chowder:) Please let me know if you give this recipe a try! xT
Chicken?
And no mention of the chipotle chilies in the directions.
Hi Kim,
There is no chicken in this recipe, sorry, that was a typo! The chipotle chilies are going to be added in step 3. I hope you love this recipe! xT
Good Morning.. Where is the chicken?
Happy Monday to you.
Hey Leslie,
Sorry for any confusion! There is no chicken in this recipe:) Please let me know if you give it a try! xT
…until the chicken is cooked through? I don’t see chicken as an ingredient.
Hi Daniel,
Sorry about that, there is no chicken:) I hope you love this recipe! xT