Bring the Southwest to your home with this amazing Southwestern Corn and Ham Chowder! A hearty soup featuring delicious ham and vegetables, serve it hot for a meal that everyone will absolutely love.

Southwest Corn and Ham Chowder Recipe

Ingredients you will need:

  • 1 bag frozen corn
  • 1-2 lbs. ham, cubed
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 5 Yukon Gold potatoes, cubed
  • 1 small onion, chopped,
  • 1 small red pepper, chopped
  • 1 small green pepper, chopped
  • 4 cups ham stock or chicken broth
  • 1 t. smoked paprika
  • 3 C. milk
  • 1/4 C. flour
  • 1 can tomatoes with green chilies
  • 2-3 C. sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1 T. Rada Burger & Fry Seasoning
  • 3 green onions, chopped, optional
  • Bread bowls, optional

You’ll need 1 to 2 lbs. ham. If you have a ham bone, simmer it for about an hour to make ham stock. Otherwise, you can use 4 cups chicken broth.

Jess cooks a ham bone with Rada Cutlery products.

Cube 5 Yukon Gold potatoes.

Jess uses the Rada Cook's Knife to chop vegetables.

Chop 1 small green and 1 small red pepper.

Jess uses the Rada Cook's Knife to chop peppers.

Chop 1 small onion.

Jess chops an onion.

Smash and chop 2 cloves garlic.

Jess chops with a Cook's Knife.

Add cubed potatoes to your simmering stock. Let the potatoes simmer for 5 minutes.

Jess places vegetables in a large saucepan.

Combine 2 cups milk with 1/4 cup flour.

Jess creates a mixture.

Add your chopped peppers, onions, and garlic to the pot. Add 1 teaspoon smoked paprika, as well as a tablespoon pepper (or Rada’s Burger & Fry Seasoning). Let it all come to a simmer.

Jess adds vegetables to pan.

Add 1 bag frozen corn that has been brought to room temperature.

Jess adds corn to saucepan.

Add milk and flour mixture, stirring as you pour. Add 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese and 1 more cup milk.

Jess pours ingredients into saucepan.

Once cheese has incorporated, add ham. Stir.

Jess stirs chowder.

Add green onions if desired. Try serving this delicious corn chowder soup in a bread bowl!

Jess poses with completed bread bowls filled with Ham and Corn Chowder.

Southwest Corn and Ham Chowder Recipe

Bring the Southwest to your home with this amazing Southwestern Corn and Ham Chowder! A hearty soup featuring delicious ham and vegetables, serve it hot for a meal that everyone will absolutely love.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course

Ingredients

  • 1 bag frozen corn
  • 1-2 lbs. ham, cubed
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 5 Yukon Gold potatoes, cubed
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 small red pepper, chopped
  • 1 small green pepper, chopped
  • 4 cups ham stock or chicken broth
  • 1 t. smoked paprika
  • 3 C. milk
  • 1/4 C. flour
  • 1 can tomatoes with green chilies
  • 2-3 C. sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1 T. Rada Burger & Fry Seasoning
  • 3 green onions, chopped optional
  • Bread bowls optional

Instructions

  • You’ll need 1 to 2 lbs. ham. If you have a ham bone, simmer it for about an hour to make ham stock. Otherwise, you can use 4 cups chicken broth.
  • Cube 5 Yukon Gold potatoes.
  • Chop 1 small green and 1 small red pepper.
  • Chop 1 small onion.
  • Smash and chop 2 cloves garlic.
  • Add cubed potatoes to your simmering stock. Let the potatoes simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Combine 2 cups milk with 1/4 cup flour.
  • Add your chopped peppers, onions, and garlic to the pot. Add 1 teaspoon smoked paprika, as well as a tablespoon pepper (or Rada’s Burger & Fry Seasoning). Let it all come to a simmer.
  • Add 1 bag frozen corn that has been brought to room temperature.
  • Add milk and flour mixture, stirring as you pour. Add 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese and 1 more cup milk.
  • Once cheese has incorporated, add ham. Stir.
  • Add green onions if desired. Try serving this delicious corn chowder soup in a bread bowl!

Notes

You’ll need 1 to 2 lbs. ham. If you have a ham bone, simmer it for about an hour to make ham stock. Otherwise, you can use 4 cups chicken broth.

The Best Kitchen Knife!

The Rada Cook's Knife has an array of alluring features for the home chef.

The Rada Cook’s Knife is a chef’s ideal knife! This medium-sized knife features a stainless steel blade perfect for use on on vegetables, fruits, meats, and just about anything else you can think of. The Cook’s Knife is supported by a Lifetime Guarantee, and, like all Rada Cutlery products, it’s made in the USA!

Visit the online Rada Kitchen Store to order your own Rada Cook’s Knife!

Get Your Tomato Slicer Today!

Rada Tomato Slicer knife

The Tomato Slicer is the most talked about knife we offer at Rada, and with good reason. Perhaps no other knife better symbolizes our commitment to high-quality, great-value products, and no kitchen is complete without one! Virtually all recipes include ingredients that can be efficiently prepared with the Tomato Slicer, making it a versatile knife that you’ll always find handy. It comes with a Lifetime Guarantee, meaning that you’ll be using it for many years to come!

Visit our online store to order a Rada Tomato Slicer for yourself or as the perfect gift!

What is the Best Fundraiser? Rada Cutlery!

Rada Cutlery is your key to a successful fundraiser! Since 1948, Rada has been the fundraising partner of choice for churches, schools, civic organizations, youth groups, and many more nonprofits. Each year, tens of thousands of groups partner with Rada to raise money for noble causes.

Click here or on the catalog photo below to check out our fundraising catalog!

Cover of the Rada Fundraising Catalog

Check out the Rada Cutlery EASY guide to learn more about why a Rada fundraiser is what’s best for your group!

Rada Cutlery Leader's Fundraising Guide

Follow Rada Cutlery Online!

image of the Rada Cutlery logo

Check us out on your favorite social media platform for the latest recipes, news, and more offered by Rada Cutlery!

Cheesy Ham and Corn Chowder Video Recipe

Start Video Transcript

Hi, Jess in the Rada Kitchen, thanks for joining me! Today we are going to use up some leftover ham for this delicious, cheesy Southwest Ham and Corn Chowder. We’re going to start with our stock first.

So here in my pot I’ve been simmering leftover ham bone for about an hour. I’m going to remove it now. We’re left with super flavorful, salty broth that we’re going to use as the base for our chowder.

For my chowder I’m going to use some buttery Yukon Gold potatoes, about 5 to 7. We’re going to cube those with my Rada Cook’s Knife. Now we’re going to chop two different peppers, a bright, red sweet pepper and a green pepper. Cut them into some nice, long strips. We’re also going to chop one small onion. Remove the blossom and the root, take your knife down the middle, and bring it down all the way through. Down and through the middle. Run your knife across. Then we’re going to use garlic. Crush it and chop.

To my simmering stock I’m going to add cubed potatoes first because they take longer to cook. Then I’m going to add about a tablespoon of chicken base. We’ll give this 4 to 5 minutes and add our other veggies.

For this recipe we’re going to use 2 cups of milk total. I’m going to whisk into that a quarter cup of flour. Just get it all incorporated. It’s going to thicken our chowder.

To our bubbling pot we’re going to add our red and green pepper, onion, and garlic. Get that all down in there. To that I’m going to add some smoked paprika and some black pepper. I’m not adding salt because our ham is going to be pretty salty.

The last of our vegetables that will go in is 1 bag of frozen corn that I let come to room temp and 1 can of tomatoes with green chilies. Give it a stir with my non-scratch spoon and let it sit.

We are going to add our milk and flour and just stir constantly as we pour. To this I’m adding 2 cups of shredded sharp cheddar. Then we’ll add 1 more cup of milk and let this go.

So our cheese has incorporated and we’re ready for our leftover ham. You can use as much or as little as you like. Give it a stir.

So now we’re ready to plate. With my Rada Tomato Slicer I’m going got scoop out a bread lid and we’re ready to ladle in our chowder.

So here’s our cheesy ham and corn chowder, ready to be devoured! Thanks so much for joining me today. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, and visit our website at RadaCutlery.com.

End of Video Transcript