Description
Mexican Street Corn Soup comes together so easily in the slow cooker with less than 10 minutes of prep time! It’s creamy and delicious with added turkey bacon, chicken, and potatoes.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 white onion, diced
- 1 poblano pepper or jalapeno pepper, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, diced or minced
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil or avocado oil
- 2 cups frozen corn
- 2 med russet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, diced
- 2 tbsp adobo sauce
- 1 lb chicken breast
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 8 oz cream cheese or creme fraiche
- 6 slices turkey bacon
- 2 limes, optional for garnish
- cilantro, optional for garnish
- 1/2 cup microbial-rennet cotija cheese
Instructions
- Step: Heat a large saute pan to medium heat. Once hot, add the oil. Saute the onion, pepper, and garlic. After 3 minutes, toss in the chili powder and cumin. Saute for another few minutes, then transfer to your slow cooker.
- Step: Add the frozen corn, potatoes, chipotle pepper, adobo sauce, chicken breast, and chicken broth. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- Step: The last 30 minutes before cook time is complete, stir in the cream cheese or creme fraiche. Prepare the turkey bacon on the stovetop or oven until desired crispiness.
- Step: Serve the soup hot with crumbed turkey bacon, microbial-rennet cotija cheese, fresh lime juice, and fresh cilantro. Add salt and pepper to taste if needed!
Notes
Store this soup in the fridge for up to 1 week. You can also freeze (without added toppings like cotija cheese, turkey bacon, and cilantro) and gently re-heat on the stovetop over medium-low heat.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 hours
- Category: Main Course, Soup
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 527 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 2803 mg
- Fat: 31 g
- Saturated Fat: 13 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0.04 g
- Carbohydrates: 36 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 29 g
- Cholesterol: 117 mg
Keywords: Mexican Street Corn Soup, slow cooker soup, creamy corn soup, chicken corn soup