Slow-Cooker Chive-and-Onion Creamed Corn

Prep 10 min
Total 1 hr 50 min
Servings 12

When you’re feeding a crowd, this sweet and salty side dish—for 12!—just can’t be beat. Featuring whole kernel sweet corn, crispy crumbled bacon and chive-and-onion cream cheese, this dish is as creamy and comforting as they come, and it can be yours with a minimum of effort. That’s right, 10 minutes of prep is all this side requires. So next time you’ve got a full oven and a full house, turn to this set-it-and-forget-it side!

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated November 2, 2018

Ingredients

3

bags (12 oz each) frozen whole kernel corn, thawed (about 6 cups)
1

medium red bell pepper, chopped (3/4 cup)
1/2

cup milk
1/4

cup butter, melted
1

teaspoon sugar
1/2

teaspoon salt
6

slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1

container (8 oz) chive-and-onion cream cheese

Steps

1

Spray 4 1/2- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
2

Mix corn, bell pepper, milk, melted butter, sugar and salt in slow cooker. Stir in half of the bacon. Refrigerate remaining bacon.
3

Cover; cook on High heat setting 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
4

Stir in cream cheese. Cook on High heat setting 10 minutes longer. Stir well; sprinkle with remaining bacon. Corn can be kept warm on Low heat setting up to 1 hour.

For an extra-pretty presentation, sprinkle this dish with chopped fresh chives before serving.
As this dish feeds a crowd, it goes along beautifully with a baked ham and maybe some scalloped potatoes or green bean casserole.
Creamed corn is borrowed from Native American cuisine. It was made by cooking the kernels together with the milky liquid gathered from scraping the corn cob. From these origins, the dish has been endlessly adapted. It remains a popular side dish in the American midwest and south. Betty’s creamed corn recipes typically call for adding some type of dairy product, from cream to cream cheese, to whole sweet kernel corn.
Is it sweet corn season where you live? Why not freeze some, so you can enjoy summer’s sweetness all winter long? It’s easy to do; simply husk and clean corn cobs. Then cut the kernels off the cob, and store in zip-top plastic bags in your freezer.