Easy 20-Minute Instant Pot Chicken Corn Chowder
This easy Instant Pot Chicken Corn Chowder is the perfect pressure cooker chicken corn chowder recipe to use on busy nights when you need comfort. The weather outside is getting chilly, and the everyday hustle and bustle is just getting crazier. Is it just me? I feel like I am spending half my time running around from taking the kids to football practice, grabbing the last thing they need for their science project from the store, and all of the get-togethers this time of year… Then I’m spending the other half of the time FREEZING because it’s so dang cold! What’s a busy mom to do? I’ll tell you what. Make the ultimate comfort food for dinner… Instant Pot Chicken Corn Chowder! This pressure cooker chicken corn chowder recipe is sure to knock your socks off, and bonus: it’s totally kid-friendly too. Even my super picky eaters ask for seconds with this yummy dinner!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup onion chopped
- 1/2 cup celery chopped
- 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and deveined finely chopped (for less heat use a poblano or regular bell pepper for no heat)
- 3 tablespoons all purpose white flour
- 1 cup potato cubed, any variety
- 2 cups cooked chicken cubed or shredded
- 1 1/2 cups corn fresh, frozen or canned (drained)
- 1 14 ounce canned cream corn
- 1 teaspoon Thyme dried or fresh 2 teaspoons
- 3 cups milk whole or 2% (skim not recommended)
Instructions
- In dutch oven or soup pot melt butter. Add onion, celery and jalapeno. Saute’ until just crisp tender. About 3-4 minutes.
- Sprinkle flour over vegetables and stir until no flour remains visable.
- Add potatoes and remaining ingredients. Bring to a simmer and serve!
