Instant Pot Corn Chowder

This creamy Instant Pot Corn Chowder is an awesome quick-fix recipe filled with chicken, corn, bell pepper, potatoes and more. Top this soup off with some scallions, bacon crumbles & shredded cheese!

I love one-pot recipes but I REALLY love Instant Pot recipes! Instant Pots are so user friendly and cook food so fast. I love using my Instant Pot for those busy week nights. You can also make a lot of servings, which is great for feeding your family or for meal prepping. If you like Instant Pot recipes, try my Instant Pot White Chicken Chili as well!

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What’s The Difference Between Soup & Chowder?

Soups tend to be lighter, thinner in consistency, and not as filling as chowders. Chowders are made with the same ingredients as soups but they are a lot richer and thicker. Chowders typically have a lot more “chunks” is the best way to describe it haha, like having chunks of potatoes. They are both delicious, it just depends on what type of texture you are wanting!

What You Will Need

• An Instant Pot – This is the most important part! You can also cook this corn chowder on the stove or in the crock pot, but the Instant Pot is just so quick & easy! I used a 6 quart sized Instant Pot to make this chowder.
• Chicken breasts – 2 pounds of boneless, skinless organic boneless chicken breasts.
• Potatoes – I used russet potatoes and diced them up into bite size chunks. You can use any potatoes you would like! You will need 2 1/2 cups.
• Garlic – I used 3 cloves of minced garlic, but measure with your heart!
• Olive Oil – 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil.
• Onion – 1/2 of a large yellow onion, diced finely.
• Bell Pepper – 1 large red bell pepper, diced.
• Corn – It is corn chowder after all! You will need 2 cups of corn. I made it easy and just thawed out a frozen bag of corn I had.
• Chili Powder – 1 tsp chili powder for flavor.
• Smoked Paprika – About 1/2 to 1 tsp, depending on how strong you like the flavor!
• Salt & pepper – To taste. I did about 1/2 tsp of each.

Optional Toppings

How To Make It

1. Grab your Instant Pot, plug it in, and turn it on the sauté function. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to your pot and let it heat up.
2. Add the garlic and onion to the Instant Pot and sauté for about 2 minutes, or until fragrant.
3. Next, add in your red bell pepper, potatoes, corn, spices, chicken, and chicken broth. Put your lid on your Instant Pot and make sure the valve is turned to sealing.
4. Push the manual cook button and adjust the time to 12 minutes.
5. Once the time is up, turn the valve to venting for a quick release.
6. Take the lid off carefully and remove the chicken breasts. Shred the chicken breasts.
7. Before returning your chicken breasts to your Instant Pot, reserve 1 cup of the corn, bell pepper, and potatoes with a slotted spoon. You only want the veggies, not the liquid.
8. Using a small blender such as a Nutribullet, blend the reserved corn, bell pepper, and potatoes until smooth. This is what is going to give you that chowder texture. Pour this back into your Instant Pot as well as the shredded chicken.
9. Mix the chowder around until fully incorporated. Serve with your favorite toppings and enjoy!

How Do I Make My Corn Chowder Even Thicker?

This corn chowder has a medium thickness to it as it is, but you can adjust it more or less by adjusting the amount of veggies you put in the blender. If you want to make it a little thicker, add a few extra pieces of potato in your blender to pour back into your chowder.

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Can I Make This in a Crock Pot?

You sure can! All you would have to do is add all of your ingredients to your crock pot (except for your toppings of course) and cook it on low for 6 hours. 30 minutes before the time is up, blend up the 1 cup of reserved veggies and pour it back into your crock pot.

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