Turn Frozen Hash Browns into Easy Sausage Corn Chowder!

Easy Sausage Corn Chowder

yield: 6 SERVINGS

prep time: 10 MINUTES

cook time: 3 HOURS 10 MINUTES

total time: 3 HOURS 20 MINUTES

Directions

1

Place all ingredients in the slow cooker. Mix with a large spoon.

2

Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours, or the low setting for 6 to 8 hours. Serves 4-5.

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Crock-Pot sausage corn chowder is a family favorite soup that’s easy to make any day of the week!

A slow cooker with sausage and corn chowder.

Need a Crock-Pot dinner idea for busy evenings?

Here’s an easy one you can put in the slow cooker and have it ready on those nights everyone has sports practice. Plus, these are common and inexpensive pantry and freezer ingredients you might already have on hand. Using a bag of frozen hash browns is an easy way to cut down on prep time.

A woman is holding a warm bowl of sausage corn chowder.

The combination of the sweet corn and savory pieces of sausage is very satisfying and a crowd-pleaser. There’s nothing more comforting on a chilly day than a great bowl of soup!

If you opt to use store brands, you can make this easy sausage corn chowder for around $10 as an affordable hearty meal!

ingredients for sausage and potato soup

Adding frozen potatoes to slow cooker to cook soup.

Adding garlic to slow cooker using garlic press.

Adding cream of mushroom soup to sausage corn chowder.

Adding a can of creamed corn to sausage corn chowder.

adding broth to slow cooker with sausage and corn.

spoonful of sausage corn chowder

Two bowls of sausage corn soup after cooking.


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Easy Sausage Corn Chowder

yield: 6 SERVINGS

prep time: 10 MINUTES

cook time: 3 HOURS 10 MINUTES

total time: 3 HOURS 20 MINUTES

A hearty slow cooker soup that starts with frozen potatoes and ends as a hearty soup featuring sausage and corn.

Directions

1

Place all ingredients in the slow cooker. Mix with a large spoon.

2

Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours, or the low setting for 6 to 8 hours. Serves 4-5.

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Tips for making the best sausage corn chowder:

  • An optional step would be to first brown the sausage and onion in a skillet first on the stove. It’s great if you have the time, but honestly, I often skip it. It’s up to you and I wanted to mention it!
  • If frozen hash browns are not desired, simply chop up a few fresh potatoes and bell pepper instead.
  • Feel free to utilize frozen corn if that’s what you have on hand or maybe frozen chopped carrots. This is easy to adapt to taste and to utilize what is in your pantry.
  • Sausage corn chowder is a very easy slow cooker meal, but I am sure you could add all ingredients to a pot on the stove and simmer until the potatoes and carrots are soft and cooked.
  • Use your favorite brand and style of smoked sausage. I opted for andouille sausage this time, and really enjoyed the added flavor and touch of spicy flavor it added!

A bowl of corn and sausage chowder on the table.

What a comforting sausage corn chowder.

We’ve been making this for years now after my sister-in-law was nice enough to share it with me. She actually calls it game day chowder as it’s a great football-watching meal. It’s one of my husband’s favorites and I think it’s one of those meals that tastes like it took lots of work, but is actually low effort!



About the writer:

Lina has a Bachelor's Degree from Northern Arizona University with 11 years of blogging and photography experience having work featured in Today.com, Martha Stewart, Country Living, Fox News, Buzzfeed, and HGTV.


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Comments 31

  1. steph

    Never hurts to have these type of recipes in your arsenal! Quick, easy and looks yummy. Thanks for sharing.

  2. justme

    this looks great! Thanks for sharing!

  3. ihearthip

    Yum-E! Looks hearty and easy. I seriously have a thing for sausage so I am excited to try. Thanks for all your recipes!

  4. amanda

    I was just wondering what to make for dinner tomorrow night. Thank you for the great recipe!

  5. harlow

    i just got home from wal-mart and am making this for tomorrow night. putting in extra sausage and am using real potatoes. hope its yummy like picture looks. πŸ™‚

    • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

      Can’t wait to hear how you like it! πŸ™‚

    • Jenni

      Yes, let us know how the real potatoes work out. I was thinking of doing the same thing.

  6. suzyq

    Can I just say that I love this Lina person that is doing all the guest posts lately! Thank you so much for sharing all your cute, fun and creative ideas, I really want to be you. πŸ™‚ And thank you Collin for letting her share them with us!

    • Lina D

      Wow that made my day πŸ™‚ Thanks so much! So glad you are enjoying.

      Lina

    • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

      Lina rocks… so glad we found her! πŸ™‚ We are hoping she’ll stick around and continue guest posting on Hip2Save.

  7. Sarah

    I love that you posted this! Price Chopper is having a sale on smoked sausage!

  8. Heather

    I love slow cooker meals! Thanks for sharing!

  9. Carolyn

    We want more Lina! πŸ™‚ Does she have a website or Pinterest page we can follow? Thanks for adding her into your Hiptosave posts.

    • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

      So glad to hear that… she is so creative AND a great cook – what more could you ask for?! πŸ™‚ We are hoping that Lina continues to post regularly on Hip2Save, so stay tuned for lots more awesome posts.

      Thanks so much, Lina!

  10. Jesse

    Do they make organic creamed corn, I wonder? I may have to make my own in order to make this recipe to avoid GMO corn. The recipe looks delicious, though!
    My favorite soup is loaded baked potato, just made it yesterday. I’m excited to try this one.

    • Susan

      I was wondering the same thing about the corn:)

    • amanda

      I used my own sweet corn from my freezer that I put up earlier this year. I think it tasted just fine with it, instead of the canned version.

  11. VictoriaF

    Thanks for this recipe! I don’t like to cook, except in slow cooker. I plan to use regular can corn and real potatoes.

  12. Summer

    I saw this first thing this morning and started chopping before I even had coffee! I had all the ingredients, but did use real potatos. It’s breaking them down exactly how they should be! Depending on your crock pot you may need to cook it longer, as the frozen would cook faster. However, I just cut them smaller. My Hubs is working from home today and has asked a zillion times if it’s done yet! We are both sampling it and it’s delicious! Thanks Lina!!!

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      So glad it worked out!

  13. Lili

    This is in the crockpot now!!! πŸ™‚

  14. Jesse

    I made this today, and husband and I love it. Smells good, tastes good. I made my own organic creamed corn (no GMO corn here) and I did 2 lbs of sausage instead of one. And a whole sweet onion, pureed. And 4.5 ounces of garlic, with 2 cups of organic ff milk instead of water, and shredded our own organic potatoes. YUM.

  15. Kelly

    Just finished cooking this and it’s safe to say its delicious! I did a little tweaking, like sautΓ©ing the onions, celery and carrots first, then when I took the sausage out, I drained the grease and poured the corn and soup in to scrape up the flavors in the pan. I did use a fresh potato like everyone suggested as well. That’s what makes cooking fun, no rules πŸ˜‰

    • Lina (Hip's Modern Martha)

      That’s so correct! And I’m so happy you enjoyed! Thanks for sharing πŸ™‚

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      Thanks for sharing!

  16. Ann

    I’m putting this together now for the crockpot. Details to follow…….

    • Ann

      This was a big hit in my mostly male πŸ˜‰ household. I had no leftovers to put away!! I made this exactly as the recipe said except for a couple dashes of red pepper flakes. We like a little kick to our food. I love that this was so easy and cheap to make but tastes like you spent a lot of time on it. Can’t wait for more recipes!

  17. ihearthip

    made mine with a couple dashes of emeril’s bam YUM!

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      That sounds great!

  18. Carrie33

    Made this tonight and subbed half and half for the water since we like a richer chowder, and then added real potatoes instead of the frozen hash browns.

    Flavor was still dull to me so I added the red pepper flakes, lots of pepper and extra garlic.

    BIG hit. Thanks for sharing!

    • Lina D (Hip2Save Sidekick)

      great – Thanks for sharing!

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