This sweet potato and corn chowder recipe is cooked with peppers, tomatoes, and milk. Corn chowder with sweet potatoes is garnished with cilantro and avocados. Bacon is optional.

Use fresh or frozen corn for sweet potato and corn chowder.

Verticle Bowl of Corn Chowder w/ Sweet Potatoes, Bacon, Cilantro, and Avocado Garnish.

We had a corn field growing up. I spent plenty of summers in the garage on a bucket shucking corn husks. Sometimes, it feels like we all live about ten different lives in one...

Tips For Making Sweet Potato and Corn Chowder

Corn and sweet potato chowder is a great standalone vegetarian recipe, but is also delicious with cooked and sliced bacon.

All the vegetables for sweet potato and corn chowder should be diced to around the size of the corn - perhaps just a little larger to cut down on knife time.

The reason for cutting the ingredients all the same size is so that they take around the same time to cook.

Likewise, having the ingredients the same size will help them to fit on a spoon and into your mouth with all the same texture and size.

Ingredients on a wood cutting board: bay leaf, spices, diced red onions, diced red peppers, 1 sweet potato, 1 jalapeno, 3 roma tomatoes, corn cobs in husks.

Substitution Ideas for Sweet Potato and Corn Chowder

Use 2lb of frozen corn for chowder if you are trying to save time.
Use regular potatoes if you don't have sweet potatoes.
Use green or red bell peppers if you don't have poblano peppers.
Use regular milk or almond or oat milk. I make it with all of the different milks (see video) and it's always good.
Use diced raw pancetta instead of bacon if you're trying to save time and don't want to chop the bacon.

*Use 2 pounds frozen corn kernels to make the recipe easier.*

How To Milk Corn (How To Get The Milk Juice Out Of The Corn Cob)

Getting the corn milk out of the cob after cutting the corn off can be tricky.

Stand the corn up and use the back of your knife and remove the "milk" from the corn by carefully running it up and down the cob. (see video in recipe instructions).

The milk has some juice but it's really just pulverizing what's left of the kernels into yummy "mush".

Top down view of chopped up ingredients in bowls: diced red onions, diced jalapenos, corn kernals, diced sweet potatoes, diced tomatoes, diced red peppers, and spices. — *Use diced green or red bell peppers (pictured) instead of poblano peppers if you can't find them or don't have them. Use 2 lbs frozen corn to make the recipe easier.*

How To Blanch Whole Tomatoes

Tomatoes can easily be peeled by making an X with a knife on the stem end and placing in boiling water for a couple minutes and thrown in an ice water bath to cool.

Don't want to blanch tomatoes? Cool. Peel it with a vegetable peeler and dice.

Preparing The Corn For Corn Chowder

There are methods where you can microwave the corn in the husk to remove it (and also the silk).

I like to just rip through the corn husk and twist off the silk with my hands or a scrubber. If there is still silk on the corn cob then just label the sweet potato and corn chowder as rustic. 🙂

Corn Chowder in 2 Bowls garnished with Avocado, Cilantro, and Bacon | EatSimpleFood.com

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This sweet potato and corn chowder recipe is nourishing and delicious with sweet potatoes, peppers, tomatoes. Garnish with cilantro and avocados. Add bacon if you like.

Author: beckie
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Yield: 5
Category: Main Dish
Method: Stovetop
Cuisine: International
Diet: Gluten Free

Ingredients

1-2 tablespoon vegetable oil
6 ears corn, shucked & milked (or use 2 lbs frozen corn and skip milking)
1 cup onions, diced
1 medium poblano or green pepper, seeded & diced
1 medium sweet potato, peeled & diced
3 medium roma tomatoes, peeled, seeded, diced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded & diced
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
2 cups milk or almond or oat milk
1 avocado, diced as garnish
1 cup cilantro leaves, as garnish
6 pieces of bacon (optional), cooked and sliced as garnish

Instructions

Use 2lbs frozen corn kernals OR Prepare fresh corn:

Shuck the corn and remove the silk. Lay the corn down and carefully slice the kernels off of one side. This will create a flat surface for you to use to cut the rest of the kernels off each side. Place kernels in bowl.
Stand the corn up and use the back of your knife and remove the "milk" from the corn by carefully running it up and down the cob. The milk has some juice but it's really just pulverizing what's left of the kernels into yummy "mush". Place in bowl with corn.

Prepare chowder:

Bring a large stockpot to medium high heat and add enough olive oil to lightly cover the bottom of the pan.
Add the onions and both peppers and cook until onions are translucent (~ 5 minutes), stirring occasionally.
Add corn, corn "milk" (if you used fresh corn), tomatoes, potatoes, bay leaf, chili powder, salt, and pepper.
Reduce heat to medium low, cover, and cook ~ 25 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally.
Add milk, bring to a boil and remove from heat.
Garnish with diced avocado and cilantro leaves.
Add salt to taste. Add cooked, sliced bacon if desired. Happy Eating! Beckie

Notes

Use 2lb of frozen corn kernals if you are trying to save time.
Tomatoes can easily be peeled by making an X with a knife on the stem end and placing in boiling water for a couple minutes. Don't want to do that? Cool. Peel it with a vegetable peeler.

Serving Suggestion

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What My Man Says

"This recipe is straightforward and really flavorful. While cutting all the ingredients to the same size as the corn takes a little while (it took me about one hour), it is rewarding to see nice, even knife cuts in the finished chowder."

"We had some red onion already diced, so I used it instead of the yellow onion in the recipe. We didn't have a sweet potato, so I used a regular potato instead. And, we also didn't have Poblano and Jalapeno peppers, so I used some Cubanelle and Fresno peppers I found in the fridge."

Sweet Potato and Corn Chowder

Tips For Making Sweet Potato and Corn Chowder

Substitution Ideas for Sweet Potato and Corn Chowder