How To Make Thai Coconut Chicken Corn Chowder
Put an Asian twist on classic chowder soup with our Thai Coconut Chicken Corn Chowder Recipe! Enjoy a light, creamy soup that’s filling as it is yummy.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4earsyellow corn,fresh
- 2tbspcoconut oil,refined
- 1yellow onion,medium, diced, about 1½ cups
- 1½tbspgarlic,minced, about 4 cloves
- 2tbspginger,peeled and minced
- 1½tbsplemongrass paste
- 2jalapeños,seeded and minced
- ¾tspground cumin
- ¾tspground coriander
- 2canscoconut milk,lite, 14 oz each
- 2canschicken broth,low-sodium, 14 oz each
- 1lbyellow potatoes,diced into cubes about ¾-inch thick
- salt
- black pepper,freshly ground
- 2Roma tomatoes,medium, ripe, seeded and diced, about 1 cup
- 2cupschicken,cooked and shredded
- ⅓cupcilantro,fresh, chopped
- ⅓cupgreen onions,chopped
- 1tbsplime juice,fresh, plus more to taste
Instructions
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Cut corn kernels from cobs, giving about 3½ cups. Set aside while reserving cobs.
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Heat coconut oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add in onion and saute for 5 minutes. Then, add in garlic, ginger, lemongrass, jalapeños, cumin, and coriander and saute for 1 minute longer.
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Pour in chicken broth, coconut milk, and potatoes, then season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Add in corn and cobs and bring mixture just to a light boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and cover and simmer until potatoes are tender about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Remove cobs from soup, ladle out about 2½ cups of the soup into a blender and blend until smooth.
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Return blended soup to pot along with tomatoes and cook for 1 minute. Add in chicken, cilantro, green onions, and lime juice and stir.
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Serve warm and enjoy.
Recipe Notes
When blending the soup, you can blend a little more to get a thicker consistency.
Nutrition
- Calories: 571.50kcal
- Fat: 43.28g
- Saturated Fat: 32.97g
- Trans Fat: 0.05g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.88g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.37g
- Carbohydrates: 36.95g
- Fiber: 4.56g
- Sugar: 7.39g
- Protein: 17.31g
- Cholesterol: 38.11mg
- Sodium: 1289.06mg
- Calcium: 76.32mg
- Potassium: 1097.98mg
- Iron: 6.87mg
- Vitamin A: 42.89µg
- Vitamin C: 34.50mg
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