72 chowder recipes

Creamy corn chowder with bacon, green pepper and a milk-based roux. Mixes fresh corn with creamed corn for sweet richness in 30 minutes flat. Weeknight-ready.

This simple, creamy, comforting chowder combines tender potatoes, sweet corn kernels, and cheese in a lightly spiced milk-based broth. It’s a quick, hearty soup perfect for chilly days, ready in about 30 minutes and serving 4 as a main dish.

Vegan butternut squash chowder made creamy without a drop of dairy. Blended squash, sweet potato, and carrot form a velvety base, brightened with garlic, rosemary, and thyme and topped with toasted almonds.

A warming chowder of turnips, mushrooms, lima beans, and tomatoes seasoned with cumin, fennel seeds, and chili powder in turkey stock. Hearty cold-weather comfort in a bowl.

This is one of those recipes that is more of a guideline—I really encourage you to adapt the amounts and ingredients to your tastes. If you like it chunky, don’t puree it. If you like a thinner soup, add more chicken broth. If you don’t like heat, omit the cayenne.

An easy and tasty chowder is made with corn, potatoes and kielbasa. Some steamed rice or a few slices of good bread will help to soak up all the yumminess. A perfect week-night meal.

Creamy corn and bell pepper chowder: a low-fat skim-milk chowder with sweet corn, red bell peppers, scallions, and shallots. Pureed corn gives it body without heavy cream.

Creamy Corn Chowder with Fresh Basil and Cherry Tomato recipe

Ground beef and potato chowder with carrots, celery, and cheddar cheese soup for a creamy Midwestern comfort bowl. A hearty, simple chowder with pantry staples.

New Jersey clam chowder: a Jersey shore split between cream and tomato, with bacon, chowder clams, Old Bay, and an unusual cream of asparagus base. Garnished with asparagus spears.

Hearty salmon chowder with potatoes, carrots, broccoli, corn, and evaporated milk in chicken broth: lighter than cream-based chowders but still rich and satisfying.

Authentic Bermuda fish chowder built on a rich stock from fish heads, simmered with tomato, white wine, and warm spice, then finished the island way with sherry and dark rum. A deep, savory tomato-based chowder.

Cozy small-batch corn chowder for two with potatoes, milk, paprika, and a pinch of kelp powder for natural briny depth. Simple, warming, and perfectly portioned.

Ham and hominy chowder with cubed red potatoes, sweet peppers, green chilies, and creamy milk. Southwestern-style chowder that doubles as leftover ham repurposing.

Garden vegetarian chowder with potatoes, rutabaga, zucchini, corn, and carrots in a creamy evaporated milk broth. Hearty, no-cream soup ready in 35 minutes.

Basic chowder base with bacon, carrot, celery, onion, garlic, and bay leaf. A flexible starting point you can build into any chowder you want.