This Summery Chipotle Corn Chowder is creamy and full of our favorite summer veggies – plus it’s totally vegan to boot! YESSSS!
Summery Chipotle Corn Chowder
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Fantastic recipe. Made it for the whole family – kids and adults liked it alike! Really good having bacon, basil and chilli flakes as toppings.
Lexi
This recipe is sponsored by Almond Breeze
The thing is, I try not to be TOO basic with my blog recipes, but then I remember the truth: I am basic. I LOVE basic.
And veg-friendly soups that are basic and flexible? They are in my zone.
So today I introduce you to my current favorite summer soup, the massive bowl of highly decorated Chipotle Corn Chowder. Let’s start things off right with a close-up.
Even though this recipe is gluten free and vegan, it’s bomb-diggity creamy. We have three, maybe four, things to thank for that:
- olive oil
- potatoes
- sweet corn
- almondmilk
Something magical happens when you take these four ingredients (and maybe just a few more vegetables that you happened to throw in because it’s GARDEN SEASON, HELLO BOSS!) and whiz them together in your blender. Scientifically it’s maybe called an emulsion, plus the starches of the potatoes and carrots? Here – we’re basic, remember? – it’s called miraculous glory. That something magical is a creamy, velvety, feels-like-it-should-be-cream-based soup that is everything my summer corn-chowder loving self could ever want. That Almond Breeze is gifting us something special right here: the combo of creamy and nutty and just a teeny tiny percent naturally sweet-tasting is the perfect friend for corn, potatoes, olive oil, vegetable stock, and the garden vegetable gang.
HOW TO MAKE OUR CHIPOTLE CORN CHOWDER:
Hmm? You want to throw a chipotle in there? Two chipotles? And some fresh basil?
You would. You so totally would.
(And so would I, which is why we’re friends.)
So far my favorite addition to this soup has been zucchini, and my favorite toppings list would be a mile long but I will condense so that you don’t unsubscribe: ribboned basil, runny pesto, infused olive oils, hemp hearts. I KNOW. I cannot not make this fake-fancy. It’s a disorder.
Not that you guys know anything about this, but I’ve found this soup to be a good remedy to the I-Don’t-Want-To-Make-Food-In-The-Summer blues.
It says: goodbye, depressing desk lunch eaten while looking wistfully outside at the nice weather. It says: goodbye, chips and Magic Green Sauce for dinner because I cannot be bothered to cook. It says: hello, summer lover. 💛
Let’s eat and be merry.
Summery Chipotle Corn Chowder
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
This Chipotle Corn Chowder is creamy, just a little spicy, and chock-full of summer vegetables, including corn, zucchini, and basil. Vegan / Gluten Free.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cups red potatoes, diced
- half an onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 cups sweet corn kernels
- 1 large zucchini, diced
- 1 teaspoon salt (more to taste)
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 1 cup Almond Breeze Original Almondmilk
- 1–2 individual chipotle peppers
- 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves, for serving
- seeds, nuts, oils, etc. for topping
Instructions
- Sauté: Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Add all vegetables + salt and sauté until tender-crisp. Add the broth and simmer until potatoes are soft.
- Blend: Transfer 3 cups of soup to a high-powered blender. Add the almondmilk and chipotles. Blend until desired smoothness (I go for super smooth with this one).
- Finish: Stir the blended mixture into the large pot to combine with remaining soup. Serve into bowls and top with lots of fresh basil, pesto, olive oil, hot sauce (!), and maybe some seeds or nuts to be fancy.
Notes
My favorite toppings are ribboned basil, pesto, and hemp hearts.
Go garden-wild! You can kinda use any summer vegetables you like. Spinach is good, if you’re that kind of healthy person.
Be sure to season very generously with salt and pepper – the combo of corn and almondmilk makes this one surprisingly sweet.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: summer corn chowder, corn chowder recipe, chipotle corn chowder
Thank you to Almond Breeze for making this corn chowder a reality!
One More Thing!
This recipe is part of our collection of best healthy soups. Check it out!
Filed Under: All Recipes Dairy-Free Gluten-Free Healthy Quick and Easy Soups Sugar-Free Summer Vegan Vegetarian Zucchini
June 15, 2017
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I’m Lindsay and I ♡ FOOD. I used to be a teacher, and now making food and writing about it online is my full-time job. I love talking with people about food, and I'm so glad you're here.
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Oh man, Corn Chowder is one of my favorites! I will definitely be making this (when the temperature cools off these 90 degree days a wee bit).
Oh my gosh! You sure have a way of making “basic” look absolutely stunning! Going to have to try this out this weekend!
Wow this looks to die for! Corn chowder is my favourite soup! Will definitely be making this recipe soon! Thanks for sharing
Haha, if a recipe isn’t basic, I can’t do it! So thank you for basic =) as I am a, um, ahem, “up-and-coming” cook!
This looks amazing but I’m wondering if you think this can be made without onions? I recently developed an intolerance to onions (worst thing in the world) and finding foods to enjoy anymore is difficult. Would certainly appreciate any/all onion-free recipes, hint hint.
Yes, this could absolutely be made without onions.
Have you tried leeks as a substitute for onions?
My sister in law is allergic to onions and she makes pretty much everything that asks for onions with radishes, works great!
I’m making this today but it already sounds great!
Looks amazing! Do you know if this freezes well and thaws back into deliciousness?
My experience is almond milk in soup dorsn’t freeze well
I’ve been waiting for a warmer day to try and whip this up. Well, it’s 63 degrees today .. so I did it !!! It is so delicious and still hearty enough for my hubby to love even without meat.
Definitely an easy staple for our household
ahh seeing this just brings me right back to your corn pie <3 SO freakin good.
for those wondering: https://pinchofyum.com/sweet-corn-zucchini-pie
I was just going to look for a corn chowder soup to make, you read my mind!!!
You’re literally the cutest.
p.s. I can’t wait to make this soup.
Yum! Sounds really delicious. I love cold soup of any kind on a hot summer day. Even hearty type included 🙂
OMG, Lindsay! You’ve combined basically all of my favorite ingredients into one dish. It’s like you and I have the same minds… zucchini, almond milk, potatoes, corn… goodness! I’m actually obsessed.😍😍
OMG…This new recipe display design is GORGEOUS!!!!!!! Love it!
Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom
That is all!! 🙂
Rebecca
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What are hemp hearts and where do you find them?
Delicious and simple!
This is EXACTLY what I need! I’m obsessed with sweet summer corn, and you really can’t go wrong with garlic and potatoes. Thanks for the inspiration!
– MAK
Hi Lindsay, I was thinking of you and your precious Afton today and decided to visit your blog to say hi. My son was born with a severe physical disability. I don’t know the pain of losing a child, but I know a different grief. Your family remains in my heart.
As a vegetarian with a very carnivorous husband this recipe was a hit with the whole family (which is unusual). Delicious! We used broccoli instead of zucchini, yukon gold instead of reds and regular instead of almond. Thanks for the fantatic recipe!
Glad to hear it, Emily!
Looks stunning! Love how you added the Chipotle (:
So, have you ever looked at the classic vegan cookbook Veganomicon? For maybe 7 or 10 years (hey, I’m enough past 50 to start to lose track, so many great years of recipes!) I’ve been obsessed with their summer corn chowder with tomatoes and basil and summer isn’t summer until I’ve made it. Trouble is, it requires things like peeling the kernels off 6 ears of corn and making a stock from the cobs…AND SO FORTH. Amazing, but something I keep procrastinating about every year til JUly turns into August and Labor Day approaches….feeling badly about missing it all the while.. I THINK THIS RECIPE MAY HAVE JUST SAVED MY LIFE. THANK YOU!!!! Can barely wait to make it. Mmm. You are amazing.
Does anyone know if it matters if you use shelf stable or refrigerated almond milk?
This soup is giving me all the #fancybasic vibes. There are times, not just in summer, when I could much rather be doing something – nay, anything! – other than cooking, so I think this recipe will be high up on the list for when these situations arise!
I’ve just been getting into corn recipes for the summer! Thanks for this one!
Hope you enjoy it!
There’s nothing basic about this recipe, it celebrates summer’s vegetables and that’s the way cooking should be. I can’t wait to try it, I love corn chowder and never thought to make it with almond milk.
Hope you enjoy it! 🙂
This was ridiculously perfect. I had already decided to make it and I went to the store, and what do they have but SO much fresh sweet corn. It is even good cold I’m so glad I have so many leftovers.
Glad you enjoyed it, Lindsay!