Seafood Chowder Using French Fries

I had a pack of leftover french fries from a restaurant the other day and didn't want to throw them away because they tasted great. And, I thought why not try to use these potatoes in the seafood chowder I was going to make for dinner that evening without using new potatoes. It was an experiment but the soup turned out to be delicious. Here's what I did.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 2
• Yields: 2 soup bowl

Ingredients

• 1  cup French fries, diced
• 1  cup milk
• 1  teaspoon butter
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1  pinch nutmeg
• 1⁄4 medium onion, finely diced
• 1⁄4 cup celery, finely diced
• 1⁄4 cup carrot, finely diced
• 1  cup  seafood (clam, shrimp, mouselle, squid, crab meat, ... using one kind or mixing a few kinds is both okay)

Directions

1. Cook onion, celery and carrots in water just covering the food for 10 minutes; drain.
2. Meanwhile, blend the first 6 ingredients till smooth (about 2 minutes).
3. Cook the seafood in minimal water.
4. •Cooking Time: most seafood will get tough if cooked longer than the time to just cook through, but things like shrimp head can cook for 5 - 10 minutes to release great flavor.
5. Put the drained vegetable and the blended mixture into the pot of seafood, stir and bring to a boil. Enjoy!