White Chicken Chili Corn Chowder.

This simple one pot Creamy White Chicken Chili Corn Chowder is a new favorite. Made with sweet yellow corn, potatoes, poblano peppers, jalapeños, and shredded chicken. Salsa verde is the ingredient that makes this chowder really shine. It’s spicy, creamy and so delicious. Top each bowl of chili with the works – crispy homemade bacon bits, cheddar cheese, a dollop of sour cream, and avocado too. Great on its own, but even better with a side of homemade beer bread.

I have a handful of recipes on this site that I actually make over and over again because we love them so much. I make my 5 ingredient honey butter beer bread at least once a month. And more like once a week in the fall. And in the soup department, the only two recipes I make on repeat are my white chicken chili recipe and my chipotle corn chowder.

We just love them so much. I make the corn chowder every single summer and fall. It’s that one summer soup you have to make every season. It’s the perfect chowder.

And my white chili? Well, that really is one of my family’s all-time favorite recipes. I make it multiple times throughout the fall and winter. We love it.

And you all, we really love this chili chowder. I took both recipes and made them into one to create the absolute best white chicken chili.

I’m obsessed with the recipe and I already know I’ll be making it over and over again throughout the fall. It’s delicious and easy to prepare, so we have to love that!

Details

Step 1: crisp up the bacon

Crisp up the bacon in a soup pot. I love to dice mine super small to make homemade bacon bits. They’re so yummy on top of the chili chowder. You can’t skip these!

Pull the bacon out and save for topping the chili.

Step 2: cook the chicken

To the pot, add in the onion and garlic. Let those cook a bit, then add in the potatoes, corn, and boneless skinless chicken breasts. Season that all up with cumin, smoked paprika, and chili powder.

Pour over the broth and let the chicken simmer until it’s cooked throughout and shreds easily. This only takes about 15 minutes.

Step 3: purée the soup

Now pull that chicken out and shred it.

Before you add the chicken back to the soup, purée some of the soup to make it very creamy. I love to leave in a few pieces of corn, then purée the rest.

Step 4: finish the soup

Once the soup is creamy, you can add the chicken back. Mix in the green peppers, the milk, salsa verde, and some cheddar cheese.

Let the broth simmer until it’s thickened up, becomes very creamy, and the cheese has melted. At this point, the soup will be smelling so DELICIOUS.

Step 5: the toppings

The toppings are the real secret here. Most chili is delicious, but what makes a chili recipe over the top good are really yummy toppings. So you have to do them all! I love using tortilla chips, greek yogurt, fresh limes, and cilantro.