Simple Stay-home Recipes: Instant Noodle Corn Chowder in 15mins

I’m sure most of us have instant noodles stocked up, especially given the ‘Circuit Breaker’ period when we’re trying to be home chefs and cook a lot more, even if it’s with simple or instant ingredients.

How about transforming your favourite instant noodles into a corn chowder that takes less than 20 minutes and only requires a pot?

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This Instant Noodle Corn Chowder recipe can incorporate as many or as few ingredients as you wish, since the base only requires a can of creamed corn and a packet of instant noodles.

You can add extra seasoning and protein of your choice, so you can enjoy this chowder as a quick meal when you’re not feeling too hungry.

Instant Noodle Corn Chowder

Ingredients

  • 1 pack of instant noodles of your choice
  • ½ onion, diced
  • 1 can of creamed corn
  • 1 cup of milk
  • 1 cup of water
  • 4 strips of beef bacon
  • 3 tbsp of fried shallots

Tools

  • Chopping board
  • Knife
  • Pot

Recipe Preparation

Preparation time: 5 minutes; Cooking time: 10 minutes

Feeds one

  • Dice the onion and set aside.
  • Cut the beef bacon into small bits.
  • Crunch the instant noodles into smaller pieces by crushing it while it’s still in the packet. Set aside the packets of seasoning.
  • Heat up a small pot on the stove and sauté the diced onions till fragrant.
  • Open the can of creamed corn and empty all its contents into the pot. Re-fill the empty can with water and add that to the pot as well. Stir well.
  • Pour in 1 cup of milk.
  • Bring the chowder to a slow boil and pour in the crushed instant noodles once the chowder is boiling.
  • Add the seasoning packets (from the instant noodles), along with the beef bacon bits. You may also add in the fried shallots.
  • Stir the corn chowder well and turn off the stove.

Recipe Preparation (In Pictures)

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Step 1: Dice the onion and set aside.

Step 2: Cut the beef bacon into small bits.

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Step 3: Crunch the instant noodles into smaller pieces by crushing it while it’s still in the packet. Set aside the packets of seasoning.

Step 4: Heat up a small pot on the stove and sauté the diced onions till fragrant.

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Step 5: Open the can of creamed corn and empty all its contents into the pot. Re-fill the empty can with water and add that to the pot as well. Stir well.

Step 6: Pour in 1 cup of milk.

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Step 7: Bring the chowder to a slow boil and pour in the crushed instant noodles once the chowder is boiling.

Step 8: Add the seasoning packets (from the instant noodles), along with the beef bacon bits. You may also add in the fried shallots.

Step 9: Stir the corn chowder well and turn off the stove.

Unlike soup, a chowder has a much thicker consistency, so don’t be alarmed by how goopy it can get once it cools down. The pepperiness from the beef bacon gave it a nice punch of heat, so I advise you to get cooked meat that has the same potent flavour.

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I didn’t have to add extra salt; it was well-seasoned already, all thanks to the beef bacon and instant noodle seasoning packets. I reckon this one-pot dish would be great for when you’re feeling lazy or when you’re in a squeeze for time in between work Zoom meetings.

Whatever the occasion is, this 15-minute recipe is fool-proof, simple, and uses the most basic ingredients, so there’s no need to worry about being unable to find it in the supermarket. Check out more of our Simple Stay-home recipes and share with us how your home-cooking adventures have been going!

Expected Damage: S$4 – S$5 per portion

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