Slow Cooker Corn Chowder Recipe with Potatoes and Ham | This easy crock pot recipe is the perfect comfort food for dinner! It will be a family favorite.
At least once a week, I try to make a meal in my crock pot. With all of that use, I wore mine out and had been using my vintage crock pot until my daughter bought me a new one for Christmas. A couple of weeks ago, I made a crock pot ham for a family dinner.
One of my favorite things about making ham is all of the ways you can use the leftovers. I love making omelets, scalloped potatoes and ham, ham and cheese croissants and ham and cheese soup.
Today I am sharing a soup recipe I made using some of the leftover ham. This Slow Cooker Corn Chowder recipe is the kind of comfort food that we crave on cold winter nights!
Put a bag of cubed potatoes with onions, shredded ham and frozen sweet corn in a 6 quart slow cooker.
Sprinkle with flour and toss to coat.
Pour in chicken broth and mix everything together. Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 7-8 hours until the potatoes are soft.
Once the potatoes are soft, stir in the half-n-half. Taste the soup to see if you need to add salt.
Scoop into bowls and sprinkle with parsley and black pepper before serving.
There’s nothing like a warm bowl of slow cooker corn chowder with ham and potatoes on a cold winter evening!
Slow Cooker Corn Chowder Recipe
Ingredients
- 20 oz bag of diced potatoes with onions about 4 cups if you want to use fresh potatoes
- 12 oz bag of frozen corn about 3 cups
- 1 cup shredded ham
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 3 tablespoon flour
- 1/2 cup half-n-half
- Salt
- Parsley
- Black pepper
Instructions
- Put cubed potatoes with onions, shredded ham and frozen sweet corn in a 6 quart slow cooker.
- Sprinkle with flour and toss to coat.
- Pour in chicken stock and mix everything together.
- Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 7-8 hours until the potatoes are soft.
- Stir in the half-n-half.
- Taste the soup to see if you need to add salt.
- Scoop into bowls and sprinkle with parsley and black pepper before serving.
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Here are a couple more crock pot recipes to try:
Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup
Michaela Harris says
So I literally never comment on these threads (although I always go to the comments before making to see feedback left by others) and after making this soup, I had to leave my opinions.
I saw several comments saying this soup was “bland” and also mentions that it wasn’t really a chowder. With that being said, I made a change at the end and I think it made the world of difference!
I followed all directions exactly, up until the end where it calls to add in the half and half. I knew by the consistency of the soup that just by adding 1/2 cup of half and half it wouldn’t be thick like a chowder. So I did this instead:
Melt 4 tablespoons of butter over medium-high heat. Then add in 1/4 cup flour and whisk until it becomes clumpy. Slowly add in 1 and 1/2 cups half and half. Then add in 1/4 cup sour cream, 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne (brings it up a notch without being too spicy) and salt & pepper to taste. Once all is mixed together, add to the soup mixture and stir together. Top with shredded cheese if desired.
This was a great base recipe, I just think it needed a little tweaking for spice and thickness. Delicious and anything but bland!
Christen Timmins says
Could I switch the potatoes for sweet potato??
Lisa says
Well, this is the 3rd recipe I have tried from this site. I LOVE the Honey Garlic Chicken and the BBQ Ribs recipes in the crockpot. This recipe, to me, was more like a soup, not a chowder. Perhaps if I tried it again with less liquid… I tried making a rue, but there was thickening for this recipe. I also would add more spices.
Robin says
After a ham dinner on Sunday, I had lots of ham left and decided to try this. It’s PERFECT for me – I leave before 6:30 AM, so while I love crock pot recipes, they need to be put together quickly.
The only change I made was using whole lactose free milk due to DH’s dietary restrictions.
Soup was delicious and I will definitely be making it again. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Megan says
Simple recipe to follow, with great base ingredients. For myself personally it could’ve used something extra, I added cheese to it, but still felt it was missing a spice or maybe just thickness. That isn’t to say someone else wouldn’t enjoy the recipe just as it is.
Pat says
Our neighbor made this for us. It was really good! I would not call it bland. If you want spicy add salt or spices rather than complain it is Blah. I eat saltine crackers with all of my soups and it was wonderful.
Tonia says
I’m happy to hear you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by to let me know. ~Tonia
Al says
Sorry, my wife and I thought the corn chowder was just BLAH. We couldn’t imagine how to salvage its current taste status so our garbage disposal got a crock pot full of chowder.
Kirsten says
Tonia,
I happily use different sizes of crock pots for different things–and the day my old dear friend that I got when I was in my 20s gives up the ghost will be a sad one indeed.
This soup looks terrific–I’m not yet at the ‘hoard all the bags of corn in the freezer’ stage from the stash I put up this summer, and this looks like a great use for one of them.
Thanks!
Christie says
This is the kind of meal I need on a Tuesday night. There is no time to cook!
Miranda @ Cookie Dough & Oven Mitt says
Oh yum! I loveeee ham and the leftover ham too. I normally make ham and bean soup with it, but I’ll definitely be giving this chowder a try next time. It looks so delicious!
Catherine says
Dear Tonia, This looks so wonderful and warming. How I wish I had a bowl! Pinning. xo, Catherine
Rhonda says
Yum, I am going to make this tomorrow.
Sandy says
It looks delicious <3
Peggy says
Can’t wait to try this. Hmm, hmm good.