Best Vegan Corn Chowder Recipes

CREAMY VEGAN CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in onions and celery; cook until just slightly golden. Stir in carrots and garlic; cook until garlic is slightly golden.
• Meanwhile, bring water to a boil over high heat. Stir in bouillon, and reduce heat to medium. When bouillon cubes have dissolved, add corn and the vegetables from the skillet. Cook until vegetables are tender. Add water, if necessary. Reduce heat to low, and pour in 1 cup soy milk. Stir soup well, then stir in remaining 1 cup soy milk. Quickly whisk in flour. Stir in parsley, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, until chowder thickens, about 15 to 20 minutes.

RICH & CREAMY VEGAN CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Set a medium soup pot over low heat. Add the olive oil and the onion. Sweat the onion - cook it low and slow - until tender and translucent, 10-12 minutes.
• Increase the heat to medium-low and add the flour, dry mustard, smoked paprika, turmeric, and salt. Cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes.
• Slowly add the vegetable broth and deglaze the pan, stirring up any cooked bits that are stuck to the pan. Add the coconut milk, potatoes, and thyme.
• Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Reduce heat back to low and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Remove the thyme stems. Stir in the corn.
• Transfer half of the mixture - about 3 1/2 cups - to the pitcher of a blender. Puree completely and then add back to the soup.
• Return pot to low heat and heat the soup back up. Taste and add more salt and pepper if desired.
• Serve. I like to top individual bowls with a bit of fresh thyme and an extra sprinkle of black pepper, but it's not necessary!
• Keeps well refrigerated for about 3 days.

CORN, MUSHROOM, AND POTATO CHOWDER (VEGAN)

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large pot. Add the onions and garlic. Saute for about 5 minutes.
• Add veggie broth, potatoes, salt and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook for 10 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining tablespoon of oil in a skillet. Saute mushrooms.
• Add the corn and additional broth or water, if needed. Cook for another 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, parsley, and red pepper flakes.
• Slowly stir in soy milk until desired color/consistency is achieved. Heat through. Do not boil.
• Serve with any or all of the following: hot sauce, additional parsley, vegan cheese, vegan sour cream, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper.

CREAMY VEGAN SWEET POTATO AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain potatoes and reserve 2 1/2 cups of potato water. Chop 2 sweet potatoes and Yukon Gold potato when cool enough to handle; reserve remaining sweet potato for a later step.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir celery and sweet onion in the hot oil until onion begins to brown, about 10 minutes. Stir 1 chopped sweet potato, chopped Yukon Gold potato, and garlic into mixture. Cook and stir until garlic begins to turn golden, about 8 minutes. Stir corn and 1 chopped sweet potato into onion and celery mixture. Cover pot and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Pour reserved 2 1/2 cups drained potato cooking water into mixture. Place remaining sweet potato and ginger into a food processor and pulse several times to chop; puree and stir into vegetables. Stir soy milk, vegetable broth, parsley, rosemary, sea salt, black pepper, and bay leaf into mixture and bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 5 minutes.
• Whisk flour into soup, stir until thickened, and remove soup from heat.

VEGAN CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add celery and garlic; saute until slightly softened, about 4 minutes. Add water and bouillon cubes; stir until bouillon dissolves. Add soy milk, potatoes, and onion. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Add all corn, parsley, paprika, and pepper. Simmer until potatoes are soft and flavors have blended, 30 to 40 minutes more.

VEGAN CREAMY CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Add 1 teaspoon of salt to a large pot of water and bring to a boil. Add yam. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Spread carrots onto a baking sheet and drizzle with avocado oil. Season with rosemary and a pinch of salt.
• Bake in the preheated oven until carrots are tender when poked with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Combine stock, coconut milk, and vegan butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in remaining salt, celery flakes, turmeric, and black pepper and slowly bring soup to a boil, about 5 minutes.
• Combine quinoa flour and onion powder in a bowl. Slowly whisk about 1/4 cup hot soup into quinoa mixture to form a loose batter. Slowly whisk batter into the soup. Reduce heat to low; let soup simmer but not boil, about 5 minutes.
• Add cooked yam and carrots to soup. Stir in corn kernels and paprika. Continue cooking over low heat until heated through, about 10 minutes more. Season with salt.

SUNRABBIT'S VEGAN CREAMY CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Add first three ingredients to a large slow cooker, layered in the order they are listed (potatoes on the bottom, then onions and pepper on top).
• Add the next ten ingredients to the blender and blend until smooth. Pour blended mixture over the potatoes, onions, and peppers. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours.
• About one hour before you wish to serve the chowder, put the remaining two cups almond milk and the raw cashew pieces in your blender. Add several ladles full of the simmering chowder (about 3-4 cups worth), making sure to get lots of potatoes. Blend mixture until completely smooth (for Blendtec, use the "soup" button), then pour back into the slow cooker.
• Add the frozen corn, stir, cover, and turn up to high for one hour. Serve with fresh, crusty bread or rolls!
• NOTES: 1­) You may substitute 3 cups of veggie broth and omit the water and vegan bouillon cubes. 2­) If you are not concerned about calories or fat content, canned full fat coconut milk makes a wonderful substitute for the almond milk in this recipe (I do not recommend rice milk because it is too thin). 3­) For a smaller slow cooker, you may half this recipe.

VEGAN CORN CHOWDER WITH A KICK

Steps:

• Cook onion, bell pepper, and jalapeno in 2 tablespoons vegetable broth in a large saucepan over medium heat until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Add remaining broth and potatoes; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes. Add mustard, basil, paprika, and pepper flakes; mix well. Add corn, green onions, and all but 3 to 4 tablespoons soy milk; bring to a boil.
• Mix remaining soy milk with almond flour in a small bowl until smooth. Stir into the chowder with salt and turmeric; return to a boil. Cook and stir until soup is thickened and bubbly, about 2 more minutes.

CHUNKY CORN CHOWDER (VEGAN)

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the garlic and onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and begun to brown slightly, about 7 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Combine the vegetable broth, potatoes, carrots, corn, 1 1/2 cups soy milk, garlic powder salt, and pepper in a large pot. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then stir in the onion mixture. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until the potatoes and carrots are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Whisk together the flour and remaining 1/2 cup soy milk in a bowl. Stir the mixture into the soup, and continue to simmer until the soup has thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in the parsley before serving.

NON-DAIRY VEGAN POTATO CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Put the potatoes and water into a 3 quart saucepan. Bring the water to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
• While the potatoes are cooking, heat the oil in a small skillet. When the oil is hot, add the onion, celery, carrot, bell pepper and thyme or oregano. Stir and cook till vegetables or tender, about 5-7 minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat and put on the side.
• When the potatoes are done, remove the pan from the heat. Using a slotted spoon, transfer about 1 1/2 cups of potatoes to the blender. Add enough soymilk (or other non-dairy milk) to make a smooth mixture. I use only about a half cup or less, usually.
• Add the potato mixture back into the saucepan. Add the corn and the cooked vegetables.
• Heat the chowder on medium heat for about 5-10 minutes.

VEGAN CORN & VEGETABLE CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add bell pepper, garlic and potato. Sauté over medium-low heat stirring often, for 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in flour and cook, stirring for 30 seconds. Gradually stir in vegetable stock and cream.
• Add corn and broccoli. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until all the vegetables are tender.
• Stir in cheese until it melts.
• Season and garnish as desired.

CREAMIEST VEGAN CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, celery, and carrots in the hot oil until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir potatoes, cauliflower, bay leaves, thyme, and oregano into vegetables; cook about 5 minutes more.
• Pour vegetable broth and 6 cups corn kernels and into vegetable mixture and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until vegetables are tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaves.
• Place remaining 2 cups corn kernels, cashews, and nutritional yeast into a blender and add several large spoonfuls of simmering broth to blender. Work in batches if necessary, filling blender no more than half full per batch. Cover lid with a dish towel and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend until smooth. Stir cashew mixture into soup pot; season with salt and black pepper.

VEGAN CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Sautee onions, pepper, and carrot in oil over medium heat until onions are translucent. Add herbs and salt, sautee a minute more.
• Add corn, stock, potatoes, bay leaf, and cayenne. Cover and bring to a boil for 3 minutes.
• Reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes, uncover and simmer for 7-10 minutes more.
• Puree half of the chowder. Add soy milk, lemon, juice, and maple syrup. Stir to combine and serve.

VEGAN GLUTEN-FREE CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat the broiler to high. Place the corn on a baking sheet and broil, turning as necessary, until lightly charred on all sides. Cut the kernels from the cobs and set aside. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large heavy pot. Add the onion, garlic, hot pepper and celery, and sauté for about 10 minutes, until the vegetables are soft. Add the Earth Balance and stir until melted. Add the flour and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes. Add the roasted corn, potatoes, stock, almond milk, Worcestershire sauce, sherry, bay leaf, thyme, salt, pepper, paprika and Tabasco. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 20-30 minutes. Adjust salt to taste. Remove about 1 1/2 cups of the soup and puree in a food processor or blender. Stir the puree back into the pot. Add the parsley and lemon juice and serve, adding freshly ground black pepper to each bowl.

TANGY VEGAN CROCKPOT CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place the corn, vegetable broth, potatoes, onion, garlic, red chile peppers, chili powder, salt, parsley, and black pepper in a slow cooker; cover. Cook on Low for 7 hours.
• Pour the vegetable mixture into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel and carefully start the blender using a few quick pulses before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the mixture in the cooking pot. Once everything has been pureed, return it to the slow cooker. Stir the soy milk and margarine to the mixture; cook on Low for 1 hour more. Add the lime juice to serve.