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July 11, 2018

Instant Pot Mexican Street Corn Soup

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Instant Pot Mexican Street Corn Soup–all the flavors of Mexican street corn in the form of soup! Seriously delicious corn soup that you can eat even in the summer. 

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Instant Pot Mexican Street Corn Soup--all the flavors of Mexican street corn in the form of soup! Seriously delicious corn soup that you can eat even in the summer. 

Instant Pot Mexican Street Corn Soup

The other day at a restaurant I had a Mexican street corn salad. The flavors were so great that I knew I needed to make something similar in the Instant Pot. The idea of soup came to my mind and even though it is hot I figured I’d give it a go.

The results were a creamy but flavorful soup that all my family gobbled up in our air conditioned home. The lime juice plays well off the creaminess and the bacon flavors the whole soup nicely.

I just used frozen corn to make my soup but if you wanted you could cut off the kernels from fresh corn and add that to the soup…that would be absolutely amazing.

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Instant Pot Mexican Street Corn Soup--all the flavors of Mexican street corn in the form of soup! Seriously delicious corn soup that you can eat even in the summer. 

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Instant Pot Mexican Street Corn Soup--all the flavors of Mexican street corn in the form of soup! Seriously delicious corn soup that you can eat even in the summer. 

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To make Instant Pot Mexican Street Corn Soup I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*. I love this Instant Pot because it has the yogurt making function which I use almost weekly.  It has two pressure settings (high and low), and there are also little slots in the handles so that you can rest the lid there instead of putting it down on your counter-top.

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Instant Pot Mexican Street Corn Soup


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  • Author: Karen Petersen
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes (plus 10 minute NPR)
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 6-8 servings 1x
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All the flavors of Mexican street corn in the form of soup! Seriously delicious corn soup that you can eat even in the summer. 


Ingredients

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  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • 1 yellow or white onion, diced
  • 1/2 to 1 whole jalapeno, seeds and pith removed, diced
  • 4 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 5 garlic cloves, minced
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 (2 lb) bag frozen sweet white corn or yellow corn
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups half and half
  • 4 Tbsp cornstarch
  • 3 Tbsp lime juice
  • 1 cup chopped cilantro
  • 1 (2.5 oz) bag real bacon crumbles
  • 1/2 cup cotija cheese

Instructions

  1. Turn your Instant Pot to the saute function. When the display reads HOT add in the butter. Swirl the pot around and melt the butter. Add in the onion and jalapeno. Sprinkle in the cumin and chili powder. Saute for about 3-4 minutes. Then stir in the garlic and saute for 30 seconds. Deglaze the pot with the chicken broth.  Add in the corn, sugar and salt.
  2. Cover the pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 5 minutes on high pressure. When the time is up let the pot sit there for at least 10 minutes. Then move the valve to venting and release any remaining pressure. Remove the lid.
  3. In a glass measuring cup whisk together the half and half and the cornstarch until the cornstarch is dissolved. Stir the mixture into the Instant Pot. Turn the Instant Pot to saute to heat up the half and half. Stir in the  lime juice, cilantro and bacon. Once the soup has thickened turn off the saute function.
  4. Ladle the soup into bowls and top each serving with a tablespoon of cotija cheese.

Notes

I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*.

  • Category: Soup
  • Method: Instant Pot
  • Cuisine: Mexican

Keywords: soup, bacon

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  1. Lj says

    April 16, 2021 at 7:38 pm

    This was great! Added 3 cups cooked roasted chicken. Easy & done in an hour.

    ★★★★★

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    • Karen says

      April 19, 2021 at 11:38 am

      Yum love that idea!

      Reply
  2. Nicki says

    March 8, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    Really good!
    Would definitely make it again!

    ★★★★★

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    • Karen says

      March 9, 2021 at 12:14 pm

      Thank you Nicki!

      Reply
  3. Milagro says

    March 11, 2019 at 2:40 pm

    Fantastic soup! The lime really wakes it up! I added a squeeze more in each bowl after I served it. I like mine a bit spicier so I put some chili flakes at the end also. Thank you so much for this recipe!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  4. Sarah says

    December 17, 2018 at 10:55 pm

    To make this vegetarian, would I use the same amount of vegetable broth (and of course leave out the bacon) or would it be runny? I never know if subbing something out might effect texture/etc.

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    • Karen says

      December 18, 2018 at 10:35 am

      That’s how I would do it if I were you!

      Reply
  5. Jo Aman says

    November 28, 2018 at 1:58 pm

    Can I substitute 2% milk for the half and half?

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    • Karen says

      November 29, 2018 at 2:18 pm

      Yes, it won’t be as thicken and creamy but it will still taste good 🙂

      Reply
  6. Shayla says

    October 3, 2018 at 8:51 am

    What do think about adding some protein? Maybe some shredded chicken? Or ground turkey?

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    • Karen says

      October 3, 2018 at 3:15 pm

      Great idea!

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