I love chowder in the winter – the smokiness of the fish with soft, fluffy potatoes and a hint of paprika. This crab and sweetcorn chowder is a lighter but no less comforting dish, all made in one pot.
Here, I used crab instead of smoked fish, added extra veg instead of the potatoes and swapped heavy cream for creme fraiche. If you like Chinese style crab and sweetcorn soup, you’re sure to like the flavours here!
Serve this with crunchy cream crackers rather than bread. Break them up and sprinkle them over the soup to add a new texture.
Ingredients, Substitutions and Variations
- Olive oil – or you could use vegetable oil.
- Onion, carrots, leek – you could also add some celery.
- Plain flour – to thicken the chowder. Or use cornflour.
- Vegetable stock – or use 1 litre water and a good vegetable stock cube.
- Sweetcorn – I prefer tinned sweetcorn to frozen sweetcorn in this dish, but you can use frozen. Just make sure to simmer the chowder until it’s warmed through.
- White crab meat – you can use either lump crab meat, which is chunkier, or shredded crab meat. Lump crab meat is better, but shredded is cheaper, so take your pick!
- Crème fraiche – to add creaminess. You could substitute with 100ml single cream.
- Chives – optional but delicious. Sliced spring onions would work well instead.
Top Tips
- Incorporate the flour well The trickiest bit of this recipe is thickening the chowder, but it’s not hard. Make sure you stir the flour evenly through the vegetables before adding the stock.
- Add the stock a little at a time When the flour is fully incorporated, add your stock just a little at a time, stirring well in between until it thickens. This way, you’ll avoid lumps.
- Don’t overcook the crab! Crab meat is precious – treat it that way. It literally just needs warming through, don’t overcook it.
Crab and Sweetcorn Chowder
A simple one pot crab and sweetcorn chowder, ready in 20 minutes.
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion
- 2 carrots
- 1 large leek
- 1 tablespoon plain flour
- 1 litre vegetable stock
- 325 grams tin of sweetcorn
- 200 grams white crab meat
- 150 ml creme fraiche
- Large handful chives
Instructions
- Dice the onion, carrots and leek and add to a large casserole dish with the olive oil. Soften for 6-7 minutes, then stir in the flour. Gradually add the stock, then bring to the boil. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until the carrots have softened.
- Stir in the sweetcorn, crab meat and creme fraiche. Bring back to a simmer, taste and season with salt and pepper.
- Chop the chives and stir them in. Voila!
More sweetcorn recipes:
- Sweetcorn and Black Bean Salad
- Sweetcorn, Feta and Jalapeño Savoury Muffins
- Honey Mustard Glazed Pork Chop with Mac and Cheese and Sweetcorn
- 15 Minute Corn Fritters
- Oven Roasted Corn on the Cob
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This is one of my favorite chowder recipes! I can eat this year-round, it’s so good. Comfort in a bowl!
The combination of the sweet corn and the tender crab meat created a rich and flavorful soup. Definitely a must-try recipe!
This chowder recipe reminded me tha tI have not had a proper chowder in such a long time. Can’t wait!
Looking forward to trying this combo. I like the chowder separately so together would be next level. thanks!
We made this recipe twice already in one week. Delicious flavours and super easy to make!