Potato, Bacon and Corn Chowder
In the UK: Potato, Bacon and Sweetcorn Chowder
- 53 mintotal time
- $1.56£0.88a serving
- 451371calories
- 1617 gprotein
Serves 4; price is an estimate. Dinner Plan is a paid weekly plan for your household and budget. You see your week before you pay.
A thick, creamy potato soup with smoky bacon and sweet corn, made in one pot.
Ingredients
Serves 4.
- 5 oz bacon, chopped
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 4 oz celery, sliced
- 1.5 lb russet potatoes, peeled, diced
- 2¼ cups frozen corn
- 2 cups whole milk
- ½ bunch green onions, sliced (optional)
- ½ cup cheddar cheese, grated, to serve (optional)
- 1 vegetable bouillon cube
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
Contains: milk, celery. Check the label: wheat (gluten), soy, sulfites. Always read the labels if you cook for someone with an allergy.
Method
- Put the bacon in a large pot and wash your hands, board and knife after handling the raw meat. Cook on medium heat for 5–6 minutes until crisp. Lift out half for the topping.
- Add the yellow onion and celery to the pot and cook for 5 minutes until soft.
- Add the potatoes, dried thyme, crumbled bouillon cube and 3 cups (750 ml) of water. Simmer for 15 minutes until the potatoes are very tender.
- Mash some of the potatoes against the side of the pot to thicken the soup. Add the corn and whole milk and heat gently for 5 minutes, without boiling, until steaming hot.
- Season with black pepper and salt. Serve topped with the reserved bacon, and green onions or cheddar if using.
Leftovers: Fridge 3 days; reheat gently until piping hot.
Ingredients
Serves 4.
- 150 g smoked streaky bacon, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 100 g celery, sliced
- 700 g white potatoes, peeled, diced
- 300 g frozen sweetcorn
- 500 ml semi-skimmed milk
- ½ bunch spring onions, sliced (optional)
- 60 g mature cheddar, grated, to serve (optional)
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
Contains: milk, celery. Check the label: gluten, soya, sulphites. Always read the labels if you cook for someone with an allergy.
Method
- Put the smoked streaky bacon in a large pot and wash your hands, board and knife after handling the raw meat. Cook on medium heat for 5–6 minutes until crisp. Lift out half for the topping.
- Add the onion and celery to the pot and cook for 5 minutes until soft.
- Add the potatoes, dried thyme, crumbled stock cube and 750 ml of water. Simmer for 15 minutes until the potatoes are very tender.
- Mash some of the potatoes against the side of the pot to thicken the soup. Add the sweetcorn and semi-skimmed milk and heat gently for 5 minutes, without boiling, until steaming hot.
- Season with black pepper and salt. Serve topped with the reserved bacon, and spring onions or cheddar if using.
Leftovers: Fridge 3 days; reheat gently until piping hot.
Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 451 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 16 g |
| Carbohydrate | 57 g |
| Fat | 19 g |
| Fiber | 6 g |
| Sodium | 971 mg |
| Calories | 371 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 17 g |
| Carbohydrate | 50 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Fibre | 6 g |
| Sodium | 926 mg |
Worked out from the ingredients, 482 g a serving; optional extras and salt to taste aren't counted. US and UK values differ a little because each uses that country's food data and products. US values from USDA FoodData Central.UK values from McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What it costs
About $1.56 a serving in the US (range $1.19–$2.07) and £0.88 in the UK (range £0.67–£1.16). That's the share of each ingredient this recipe uses; basics like oil, salt and spices aren't counted.
Prices are estimates. Item prices come from public price data where available (US: Bureau of Labor Statistics and USDA; UK: Office for National Statistics). Where that data has no match, we use our own estimate. Ranges set using Open Prices data (Open Food Facts, ODbL). Prices as of October 2026. How we estimate
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