Fisherman's Chowder
- Reviews 2
Ready In: 50 mins
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
- 1⁄4 lb bacon, cut in small pieces
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup diced raw potato
- 1 (6 1/2ounce) can chopped clams, with liquid
- 1⁄4 cup white wine
- 1 cup crab legs or 1 cup imitation crabmeat
- 1 cup shrimp
- 1 cup scallops, halved/quartered (Any other shellfish you like)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme
- 2 1⁄2 cups milk (I like to use a portion of Half & Half and balance with milk)
- 1⁄3 cup instant mashed potatoes, to thicken
Directions
- In a heavy soup pot or kettle, brown the bacon for 5 minutes.
- Add the paprika, onion and potato, sautéing until potato and onions are soft and bacon is cooked.
- Add the clams, wine, crab legs, shrimp, scallops and any other seafood or fish.
- Season with salt and pepper, bay leaf and thyme.
- Stir in the milk and heat over low flame, stirring constantly.
- Do not allow mixture to boil.
- When seafood and fish are thoroughly heated through, thicken chowder by adding instant potatoes.
- Remove bay leaf and serve.
- Chowder may be prepared ahead, refrigerated, then reheated in a crock pot or over very low heat.
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