This slow cooker creamed corn is ultra delicious and topped with crispy bacon and chives. The best easy side dish! This creamed corn recipe is slow cooked in a rich and creamy sauce, a classic that’s always on my holiday table.
I take this crock pot dish one step further by adding smoky bacon and a sprinkling of fresh chives for a side dish that will earn you rave reviews! When I want a corn dish I make fried corn, a corn souffle, a scalloped corn casserole or this delicious creamed corn.
When most people think of creamed corn, they think of the canned version. This slow cooker creamed corn is like ten million times better than anything you’d get in a can. It’s got corn cooked in a creamy sauce, which is great on its own. But when you add bacon and chives to the mix, it really makes this dish something special. This southern creamed corn is a must-have for the holidays, and it’s so very easy to make too!
When I have this dish for Thanksgiving dinner, I serve it with some of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes like Cajun turkey, carrot souffle and cranberry orange sauce.
Slow Cooker Creamed Corn Ingredients
To make this slow cooker creamed corn recipe you will need frozen corn kernels, sugar, salt, milk, butter, cream cheese, black pepper, bacon and chives.
How Do You Make Slow Cooker Creamed Corn?
To make this creamed corn start by placing corn, sugar and salt in a slow cooker and stir them together. Next add milk, cream cheese and butter. Cook for a few hours. Take the lid off add some pepper and stir until the corn is nice and saucy! Toss on some cooked, crumbled bacon and fresh chives for garnishes and you’ve got an amazing side dish that doesn’t take up any oven space!
Tips For The Best Corn
- When you first take the lid off the slow cooker, the cream cheese may look a bit curdled. This is normal, all you need to do is stir the corn until the sauce comes together.
- If you want to use canned corn simply drain the corn before placing it in the slow cooker.
- If you feel like your creamed corn looks too thick, simply stir in a splash of milk to thin it out.
- If your corn seems too thin, simply cook it uncovered on high for about 15 minutes or until thickened to your desired consistency.
Quick Tip
You can use frozen corn with this recipe. Don’t worry about thawing it. Just toss the corn in the slow cooker.
Recipe FAQs
Creamed corn is a corn cooked in a cream sauce that is creamy, savory and a little sweet. You can make your own delicious creamed corn in a slow cooker.
For this creamed corn you can use fresh corn or frozen corn. If you choose to use fresh corn simply drain any excess water before placing it in a slow cooker.
Thicken creamed corn by cooking the creamed corn in an uncovered slow cooker for a few minutes. The milk and cream cheese in the recipe will thicken as the water evaporates.
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Flavor Variations
While this creamed corn is savory and delicious as-is, you can change up the ingredients to suit your preferences.
- Meat: Try stirring in diced cooked chicken, turkey or ham for the last 30 minutes of cook time.
- Herbs: For extra flavor, during the last 15 minutes of cook time you could stir in thinly sliced green onions, chopped parsley and chopped thyme leaves.
- Spicy: Add chopped pickled jalapenos to the corn half an hour before removing the corn from the crock pot.
- Cheesy: Try stirring in a cup of shredded cheddar cheese 30 minutes before the corn finishes cooking.
No one will guess that this slow cooker creamed corn is so easy to make; people will think you’ve spent hours in the kitchen! No one needs to know that this recipe only has 10 minutes of prep time, simply sit back, relax and let the compliments roll in!
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Slow Cooker Creamed Corn
Ingredients
- 2 lbs frozen corn
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 4 tablespoons butter cut into cubes
- 8 ounces cream cheese cut into cubes
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 6 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced chives
Instructions
- Place the corn, sugar and salt into a slow cooker; stir to combine.
- Pour the milk into the slow cooker, then arrange the pieces of butter and cream cheese on top of the corn.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 2-3 hours or LOW for 4-5 hours.
- Remove the lid and stir the corn mixture until it comes together into a creamy sauce. Just keep stirring until it’s smooth!
- Stir in the pepper.
- Top the creamed corn with bacon and chives and serve.
Notes
- You can use frozen corn with this recipe. Don’t worry about thawing it. Just toss the corn in the slow cooker.
- When you first take the lid off the slow cooker, the cream cheese may look a bit curdled. This is normal, all you need to do is stir the corn until the sauce comes together.
- If you want to use canned corn simply drain the corn before placing it in the slow cooker.
I love creamed corn. I would add this to every meal
Wow, It looks a yummy recipe and perfect side dish for our family dinner. I would tell to my wife about this
Omg. this is really loks good and I’m sure my hubby would surely love this too. I will try this on weekend.
OMG! Looks so good! Making this for thanksgiving!
This is such a great side dish for Thanksgiving! I am definitely trying this for next week!
Creamed corn is one of my favorites for the holidays! I love my mom’s recipe but it is time consuming. I need to try your slow cooker variety.
This looks really good! I need to try this this weekend!
looks like something popular this season. will try this out.
My husband and I enjoy a good serving of creamed corn and it would be nice to add a spin to the usual recipe that we make. This one’s perfect with the chives and the bacon bits! YUM!
I love creamed corn. I have never tried making it in the crockpot before.
This sounds so good! I didn’t realize you could use frozen corn! That makes it such a fast and easy dish. Perfect for a Thanksgiving side dish!
Don’t you just love crock pots? Mine certainly makes my life easier. Love that you added bacon to this dish. That’s something I wouldn’t have thought of but it would sure make a yummy addition.
Bacon and chives in creamed corn? Oh my, that sounds so good! I need to add those ingredients next time I make this tasty side dish.
The kids and I enjoy creamed corn very much and it’s nice to have on the dinner table especially during the Holidays! I really appreciate your recipe!
That looks delicious and love the idea of adding bacon, a great blend of salty, buttery creamy goodness!
Now this sound like it would be an amazing side with some of our meals. That extra flavor from the bacon and chives would be great!
I just saw another recipe for slow cooker creamed corn, this one has more options in it for ingredients though. Guess I will have to try this one too, looks like there’s a lot of flavor to this!
Best. Recipe. EVER! Really, all you have to do is add bacon to anything to make it better. I can’t wait to eat this until I explode!
Om nom nom nom. I think that pretty much covers it! LOL Seriously, though. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a creamed corn recipe like this before. I can’t wait to make it!
I’ve seen a couple of slow cooker creamed corn recipes before, but not one with bacon! That alone makes it awesome!