5 from 225 votes
Easy Homemade Panera Corn Chowder Recipe
This corn chowder blends sweet corn, diced potatoes, bell and poblano peppers, and creamy half-and-half in a vegetable or chicken stock base. The chowder is seasoned with paprika and enhanced by bright lime juice, white wine vinegar, diced tomatoes, and fresh cilantro. Its thick and creamy texture offers a rich, mildly spicy comfort soup with layered flavors from sautéed garlic and peppers.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings:
6
Calories:
453 kcal
Course:
Soup, Lunch
Cuisine:
American, Mexican
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 onion diced
- ½ cup red bell pepper diced
- ½ cup poblano pepper diced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- ¼ c flour
- 4 c vegetable stock or chicken stock
- 4 c corn kernels fresh or frozen are fine
- 1 ½ c potato peeled and diced-approx 1 medium potato
- 1 ½ c half and half cream
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¾ teaspoon paprika
- lime juice of 1
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 2 Roma tomato diced
- 3 Tablespoons cilantro coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Melt butter in a dutch oven on medium heat. Add onion and peppers and saute 3-4 minutes until softened.
- Add garlic and saute 1 more minute.
- Stir in flour and cook while stirring for 1 more minute. Pour in vegetable stock, whisking until flour is incorporated into the broth with no lumps left.
- Add corn, potato, cream, salt, pepper, and paprika.
- Let simmer on medium-low until potatoes are tender and soup has started to thicken, approximately 15 minutes.
- Add remaining ingredients (lime juice, vinegar, diced tomatoes and cilantro), stir and let simmer five minutes until hot.
- Season with extra salt and pepper to taste, serve and enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Calories
453kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
41g
(14%)
Protein
10g
(20%)
Fat
30g
(46%)
Saturated Fat
17g
(85%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
(12%)
Monounsaturated Fat
9g
(45%)
Trans Fat
1g
(50%)
Cholesterol
91mg
(30%)
Sodium
541mg
(23%)
Potassium
734mg
(16%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
10g
(20%)
Vitamin A
1537IU
(31%)
Vitamin C
44mg
(49%)
Calcium
71mg
(7%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 453
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 453kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 41g | 14% |
| Protein | 10g | 20% |
| Fat | 30g | 46% |
| Saturated Fat | 17g | 85% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 91mg | 30% |
| Sodium | 541mg | 23% |
| Potassium | 734mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 1537IU | 31% |
| Vitamin C | 44mg | 49% |
| Calcium | 71mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.