Emergency Corn Chowder Soup- named as such because it involves little more than popping open cans then using the empty cans to measure the liquids straight into the pot! This is the easy soup recipe of your dreams – with potato and bacon, it’s thick, hearty, creamy and 100% delicious.
15 minutes, start to finish, with 3 minutes prep time.
EMERGENCY Corn Chowder Soup!
For busy people everywhere – this is the easy soup recipe of your dreams.
This Corn Chowder Soup is possibly the most effortless hearty soup I know how to make that’s 100% as delicious as it sounds and looks. I call it an emergency recipe because it calls for barely any prep, involving not much more than popping open a couple of cans.
No dirtying measuring cups. No mixing cornflour slurries in separate bowls. No chopping other than dicing one potato.
It’s hearty and creamy, and here’s all you need to make this:
What you need for this incredible easy soup recipe
How to make Emergency Corn Chowder Soup
Here’s how this goes down:
- sear bacon strips – chop ’em later;
- open 2 cans, tip them into the pot;
- use the empty cans to measure out the liquids (milk and broth/stock)
- dice a potato and throw that in; and
- mix cornflour/cornstarch and milk, add to thicken soup;
- sprinkle with bacon and green onion, ladle into bowls and devour!
Dinner. Done. 3 minutes effort. 12 minute cook!
When you’ve got the time, it’s truly worth making Corn Chowder from scratch using fresh corn. Use this Emergency Corn Chowder for all the other times!
Customisations!
I’ve kept this corn soup simple, yet hearty enough to have as a meal. But there’s plenty of customisation options – adding stuff in, making it vegetarian etc.
Here are a few ideas!
- Make it vegetarian – skip the bacon and use vegetable broth instead of chicken stock.
- No bacon? Sub with ham, or skip it, stir in 1/4 cup parmesan instead to add a hit of savouriness.
- Add chicken – before adding potato, add 1/2 cup of water and 1 chicken breast, simmer with lid on for 10 minutes, then remove chicken and shred. Add potato and proceed with recipe.
- Add salmon – bake seasoned salmon at 180C/350F for 15 minutes, flake then sprinkle across top of soup.
- Add veggies – saute diced veggies in the bacon fat before proceeding with the recipe. Mmmm…. Creamy Vegetable Corn Chowder!
And though this is an Emergency Recipe and one would assume you don’t have time to make bread on this occasion, if you do have the foresight to plan, consider one of these Soup Dunkers.
Soup Dunkers
This corn chowder recipe came into existence after I started my foray into this food blogging world I now call my business. After yet another day where I’d been cooking since 7 am yet somehow found myself in a position at 6.30 pm with nothing for dinner because I either: a) gave it all away; b) it was all sweet “stuff”; or c) I’d been working on perfecting a Dan Dan Noodles recipe all day and just can’t face it for dinner.
So it started with a rummage in the pantry, digging out cans of corn, and 15 minutes later (after very little effort on my part), ended with a mighty tasty creamy corn soup that I couldn’t get enough of.
The bacon certainly helps. 😇 – Nagi x
Watch how to make it
More Emergency Recipes for very busy people.
Just like this Corn Chowder recipe, Ultra Lazy these may be, but they are all made from scratch and seriously tasty!
- Emergency Chicken Rice Casserole (from SCRATCH!)
- Emergency EASY Fish recipe – Parmesan Crumbed Fish!
- Ultra Lazy HEALTHY Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Bake
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Emergency Corn Chowder Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tsp oil or butter
- 2 slices bacon , streaky!
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 400g/14oz can creamed corn (1 can)
- 400g/14oz can corn kernels , drained (1 can)
- 1 2/3 cups (400ml) chicken stock / broth (1 empty can*)
- 3/4 cup (200ml) milk , any fat % (1/2 empty can*)
- 1 potato , diced into 1.5 cm/ 1/2" small cubes
- 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper
- 1 green onion , finely sliced
Soup thickener:
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) milk , any fat % (1/4 empty can*)
- 1 1/2 tbsp cornflour / corn starch
Instructions
- Place oil then bacon in pot. Turn stove onto medium high heat then cook until bacon is golden on both sides.
- Remove bacon and chop once cooled.
- If there's loads of excess fat in the pot, drain some.
- Add garlic and stir for 20 seconds. Add creamed corn, kernels, chicken stock, milk, potato, salt and pepper.
- Stir, bring to simmer then adjust to medium. Simmer 5 minutes until potato is just tender.
- Soup Thickener: Mix together milk and cornflour, then pour into soup.
- Stir and simmer for 1 minute until it thickens into a creamy soup (see video for thickness).
- Add more salt if needed.
- Ladle into bowls, top with green onion and bacon. Devour!
Recipe Notes:
- Make it vegetarian - skip the bacon and use vegetable broth instead of chicken stock.
- No bacon? With with ham, or skip it, stir in 1/4 cup parmesan instead to add a hit of savouriness.
- Add chicken - before adding potato, add 1/2 cup of water and 1 chicken breast, simmer with lid on for 10 minutes, then remove chicken and shred. Add potato and proceed with recipe.
- Add salmon - bake seasoned salmon at 180C/350F for 15 minutes, flake then sprinkle across top of soup.
- Add veggies - saute diced veggies in the bacon fat before proceeding with the recipe. Mmmm…. Creamy Vegetable Corn Chowder!
Nutrition Information:
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Winnie the Pooh was always my favourite growing up….😂 The sheer ridiculousness of watching him waddle around in this crazy outfit totally made my morning!!
PS This is not the last you will see of this outfit! Purchased from Harajuku in Tokyo – where else could you get something like this??!
Wow!!! Gave this a try after all the great reviews, I was a little skeptical with the canned corn but I just loved this so much. And thank you for your thorough and perfect recipe details. The video is a great reference to watch before making it as I’m more of a speed read then wing it kinda person lol. Can’t wait to try the butter chicken and Mac Chili.
Wahoo, that’s great Renee! I hope you love the butter chicken and chilli – love to know what you think – N x
Yet another brilliant recipe – served this tonight after a long day at work. Love your site – it’s my go to for recipe inspiration. Thanks Nagi!
You’re so welcome Frances!
Greetings from Canada, Nagi!! I have to say that every recipe I have tried on your website has been awesome! Last night I made the honey garlic chicken and last week I made the braised beef short ribs. My family loved the chicken and the short ribs were to die for!! I am trying this soup tonight. Thanks so much for such a great site!
You’re so welcome Lori!
Nice, easy and tasty!
We loved this! Thank you.
Wahoo, thanks for letting me know Jocelyn!
We call this ‘OMG Soup’. So much taste for so little effort. Best soup EVER!
Wahoo! It’s so easy isn’t it Cam?!
This was delicious and so easy! Hard to not eat the whole pot at once. Thank you for all the great recipes. Still have a stack of them to try!
That’s great to hear Linda!
This recipe worked perfectly for me, I’m not much of a corn person but I had a couple spare tins in the cupboard and thought why not? It was so yum! Thank you for another great recipe, love your blog so much! Inspires me to cook more x
I’m so glad you loved it Keelie, you’re converted forever!!
Another keeper – thank you Nagi!!
Love your posts Nagi… and Dozer ❤ This recipe was great. I only had beef stock and added finely sliced carrot and onion. It was delish! Even my teenager ate it… and he doesn’t like corn (although I had to rename it bacon and vegie soup lol).
Keep up the great work, you are inspirational!
You’re so welcome Sue ❤️
i made this the other night and it was delish, even the other half who normally would not go for a corn anything said, “i would have that again” great another easy week night dinner sorted. yum thanks
You’ve totally converted them Claire!
Would you be interested in doing weekly meal plans with your recipes?!
Hi Kelt! I’ve often thought about pulling together suggestions each week! would you like that? Or are you talking about proper meal plan apps where they can do shopping lists and consistent servings, etc etc??
I mean suggestions for weekly recipes/meals. I have such a hard time coming up with meals to do every week.
Agreed! We love your recipes and our biggest challenge is making a plan.
An app would be amazing of course, but even if there was a section on your website for weekly meal plans I’d be checking it regularly.
Thanks for all you do!
Pooh missed piglet but he really enjoyed the bacon I his corn chowder!
HA! Yes!!
I love you two characters ! I’ll try the soup with salmon but nought out of tins: am funny that way 🙂 ! Follow Dozer naturally ! Still quote Winnie the Pooh at every opportunity ! But Dozer and Winnie – hmm! Let them lead separate lives . . . 🙂 !
It’s SO GOOD with salmon, I had it last week!! N x
Nagi & Dozer:
Keep on rocking the keyboards with recipes and life of Dozer.
Ignore those who criticize you.
Enjoy!
😘 Thanks Deborah!
Nagi! This recipe brought back such good memories. When I was a kid, my Mom used to make “Summer Soup” when it was too hot to cook.
One can of corn, one can of milk and one can of tomatoes with the juice. She would sometimes add bacon, or potatoes or…
It made this weird PINK soup, but it was so good and fast and was a “special treat”. Thanks! Thanks! Thanks.
BTW, loved all the posts from Japan and am looking forward to the video.
Aww I LOVE hearing that!!! And it sounds delish actually! N x
Recipe sounds wonderful so I’ll be all over it later today. I’m doing the fall cleaning thing so fast/easy/deelish works for me!
The photo’s of Dozer made me laugh out loud, sitting by myself! Totally made my day! 😀
Doesn’t he look RIDICULOUS??? 🙂
No! He looks totally adorable..lovable and huggable!
Made this soup Nagi, it is absolutely delicious…as in it will become a staple in my house. Especially on “crowded” days…those days when even thinking takes too long? Or too much energy? Ya, those ones. 😀
Hi Nagi! It is finally starting to cool off here (58 degrees) this a.m. so this is perfect! I have all the ingredients on hand and although I have plenty of time to cook, some nights I just want something quick and easy!
I wish it would cool down here on the gulf coast!
The highs are still in the 90s but I can’t wait to make this with some Southwestern corn,
multi-coloured bell peppers and some finely diced poblano or even a tiny bit of jalapeno peppers for some added colour, crunch and a more zesty flavour. 🌶️
Oooh YES to those add ins! N x
Finally??! I hear it was HOT summer this year!! N xx
It’s always hot here in summer but we finally got some cooler weather and I made this tonight. We only keep Southwestern or mexicorn in the pantry but it adds some nice extra flavour and colour.
Hi Nagi, I have read and watch some recipe you email and I thank you so much for an emergency corn, beef, fish soup recipes. It helps me a lot since I am so busy mum. I have 1 son and my mom to take care. They’re both happy cause it taste good, yummy and healthy. Best regards to you and more power!
I LOVE hearing that. 🙂 I’m gradually building an entire Emergency Foods collection! N xx
Hi Nagi
It’s not possible to buy creamed corn where I live. Do you have a suggestion what to use instead?
Hi Nina! In which case, make the corn soup like the traditional one starting with a roux 🙂 Here’s the recipe! N x https://www.recipetineats.com/corn-chowder-with-bacon/#wprm-recipe-container-23818
Nagi love your blog but just enjoy your holiday and get back to your recipes when your back,the last few have not been that great you can’t do it all enjoy yourself for now .just love dozer though.
You came on here just to criticize? What was the point? And I’m sure others would join me in totally disagreeing with you.
BTW, punctuation and capitalization are your friends.
Nagi, this recipe sounds awesome. I can’t wait to try it. My husband is going on a diet soon and I need to find recipes for myself.
This is a good one because it doesn’t make vast quantities! N x
Geez, I’ve been loving the last few recipes! I made the Vietnamese Caramel Pork tonight and it was AWESOME!
This soup looks great for those quick meals too, can’t wait to try it!
Thank you Beth! N xx
😢 (PS I’m not on holiday)