Corned Beef and Cabbage Chowder is everything you love about a boiled dinner but in soup form. Tender pieces of leftover corned beef, russet potatoes, cabbage with carrots, celery and onions in flavorful creamy soup spiked with Irish stout. Top with snipped chives and toasty rye croutons. Serves 6 to 8.
Have leftover corned beef? turn it into a delicious chowder!
You may have noticed that I love taking leftovers and turning them into entirely different meals. Especially when those meals are soups. And corned beef from St. Patrick’s Day dinner is perfect in chowder.
In Michigan it’s still very much soup season (although it’s supposed to be 60° on Tuesday) and it most likely will still be soup season in May. Probably June too.
So for now, enjoy this comforting chowder that’s not only easy but also incredibly delicious.
To Make This Corned Beef and Cabbage Chowder You Will Need:
- olive oil
- yellow onion
- celery
- carrot
- kosher salt
- garlic
- russet potatoes
- bay leaf
- low-sodium chicken broth
- cabbage
- heavy cream
- Irish stout (Guinness)
- leftover corned beef
- unbleached all-purpose flour
- freshly ground black pepper
To start, in a dutch oven add 1 tablespoon oil, 1 medium diced onion (about 1-1/2 cups), 3/4 cup both sliced carrots and celery with a pinch of kosher salt. Stir and cook over medium to medium-low until just about tender. About 8 minutes.
Then add in 1 minced clove of garlic, stir and cook 1 minute.
Next add 2 pound dice potatoes (about 1 to 1-1/2 inch dice), 1 bay leaf, 4 cups (1 quart) low-sodium chicken broth and 2 cups water.
Cover and bring to a boil.
Once boiling, reduce to medium-low and quickly stir in the cabbage. With the lid askew, simmer 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender and cabbage is soft.
Like so.
Make sure you remove the bay leaf before…
…pureeing the soup a SMIDGE. You don’t want to go bonkers here because you still want chunks, this is chowder after all. I do this so I can add less cream to the recipe.
Pour in 1/2 cup heavy cream and 1/2 cup Irish stout.
Add in 2 cups chopped leftover cooked corned beef.
To thicken the soup a tad, add 1 tablespoon flour to a bowl and stir in 3 tablespoons hot soup liquids. It should form a paste. Stir this paste into the soup and allow the soup to simmer on low for 15 minutes or until it has thickened a bit. It shouldn’t be as creamy as a cream based soup, but not thin like a broth based soup.
This chowder falls somewhere in between the two.
Taste and season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
If only my mouth was wide enough.
Ladle the soup into bowls.
I top our chowder with freshly ground black pepper, snipped chives and toasty rye bread croutons. I love the caraway in the rye in combination with the soup. It’s delicious. Oh and I’ve left the instructions for the croutons in the recipe printable.
I hope you love this hearty, soul-warming chowder as much as we do!
Enjoy! And if you give this Corned Beef and Chowder recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!
Corned Beef and Cabbage Chowder
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, extra light
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced (about 1-1/2 cups)
- 2 to 3 medium carrots, sliced (about 3/4 cup)
- 2 to 3 short celery stalks, sliced (about 3/4 cup)
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt, more or less to taste
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 2 pounds russet potatoes, chopped
- 2 cups chopped cabbage
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 quart (4 cups) low-sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup irish stout beer, like Guinness
- 2 cups leftover cooked corned beef, chopped
- 1 tablespoon flour
Instructions
- In a dutch oven add oil, onion, carrots and celery with a pinch of kosher salt. Stir and cook over medium to medium-low until just about tender. About 8 minutes.
- Add garlic, stir and cook 1 minute.
- Next add potatoes, bay leaf, broth and 2 cups water. Cover and bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, reduce to medium-low and quickly stir in the cabbage. Cover, with the lid askew, and simmer 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender and cabbage is soft.
- Use a stick blender to puree the soup a little bit. You still want it chunky.
- Add in cream, beer and corned beef.
- To thicken, combine flour with 3 tablespoons hot soup liquids. Stir to make a paste. Add it into the soup, stir and simmer 15 mintues or until the chowder has thickened slightly.
- Remove the bay leaf, season with kosher salt and black pepper to taste.
- Serve with snipped chives and rye croutons if desired.
Notes
TO MAKE THE RYE CROUTONS:
Preheat your oven to 400° and spray a rimmed metal baking sheet with olive oil. Dice up a few cups of rye bread into bitesize pieces and spread in an even layer. Spray with more olive oil, season with a few pinches kosher salt and bake for 8 to 9 minutes. Rotate the pan halfway through baking.Buy the Cookbook: Simply Scratch : 120 Wholesome Homemade Recipes Made Easy Now available on Amazon »
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Top ‘O the Morning to You, Laurie!
With hopes that the McNamara family will have a lovely observance of St. Paddy’s Day! (We’re to get rain or snow on the Canadian Prairies!)
Thank you for the lovely recipes to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day…everything I have tried so far has been delicious!
I’ve made your No-Knead Rye Bread (including using it for your crouton recipe) and the Corned Beef and Cabbage Chowder (the corned beef was made especially for the chowder!) and they definitely will find a place on the table many times over!
The only change I made to the chowder was using red roasting potatoes instead of Russets as deference to family preferences.
To compliment the chowder, I made your No-Knead Ciabatta Bread…so good!
I only have the Baileys Chocolate Pistachio Fudge to make and we will be all set!
Thank you for sharing your talents, Laurie; you are so appreciated!
“Sláinte Mhath”!
Alex, you win at St. Patrick’s Day! I’m so happy to hear you have enjoyed all of these recipes! And thank you for your kind comment, I appreciate YOU!