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Homemade Snow Day Soup Recipe

Snow Day Soup Recipe is a creamy chicken corn chowder made fast in the Instant Pot. Smoky bacon, tender potatoes, sweet corn, and rotisserie chicken come together in under 45 minutes for the ultimate cozy snow day meal the whole family will love.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Calories: 320
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
  • 1 tablespoon bacon grease
  • 1/2 cup diced onion
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 20 ounces russet potatoes peeled and cubed
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes
  • 1 cup frozen sweet corn
  • 2 cups cooked rotisserie chicken chopped
  • 3 cups milk
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch

Method
 

  1. Set Instant Pot to sauté mode and add bacon grease.
  2. Add diced onion and cook for 3 minutes until softened.
  3. Pour in chicken broth and scrape the bottom to deglaze.
  4. Add potatoes, salt, pepper, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, corn, and chicken.
  5. Seal lid and pressure cook on Soup setting for 4 minutes.
  6. Allow natural release for 5 minutes, then quick release remaining pressure.
  7. Temper milk with 1 cup hot soup, then stir back into pot.
  8. Mix cornstarch with cold water to form slurry and add to soup.
  9. Sauté 5–10 minutes, stirring, until soup thickens.
  10. Serve hot topped with crumbled bacon.

Notes

Temper the milk before adding to prevent curdling. Adjust cornstarch for thicker or thinner soup.