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Healthy Snow Day Soup Recipe

A creamy and comforting winter soup made with potatoes, chicken, and sweet corn, perfect for cozy snow days and easy family meals.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Calories: 320
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
  • 1 tablespoon bacon grease
  • 1/2 cup diced onion
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 20 ounces russet potatoes peeled and cubed
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes
  • 1 cup frozen sweet corn
  • 2 cups cooked rotisserie chicken chopped
  • 3 cups milk
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch

Method
 

  1. Turn the Instant Pot to sauté mode and add the bacon grease.
  2. Add the diced onion and sauté for 3 minutes until softened.
  3. Pour in the chicken broth and scrape the bottom to deglaze.
  4. Turn off sauté mode.
  5. Add the potatoes, salt, pepper, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, corn, and chicken.
  6. Stir gently to combine.
  7. Secure the lid, set the valve to sealing, and cook on Soup mode for 4 minutes.
  8. Allow a natural pressure release for 5 minutes, then release remaining pressure.
  9. Temper the milk with 1 cup of hot soup, then stir it back into the pot.
  10. Mix cornstarch with cold water to form a slurry and add to the soup.
  11. Turn sauté mode back on and cook 5–10 minutes until thickened.
  12. Serve hot topped with crumbled bacon.

Notes

Be sure to deglaze the pot well to avoid burn notices, and always temper the milk to prevent curdling.