Bacon Corn Chowder With Crab Food

BACON CORN CHOWDER WITH CRAB

Steps:

• Place a large pot over medium-high heat with the four reserved corn cobs, celery leaves, water and chicken stock
• Bring liquid up to a bubble and reduce heat to medium-low
• Simmer and reduce broth until about 1 1/2 cups remain, about 10 minutes
• Keep warm until use
• While broth is simmering, place a heavy-bottomed pot over medium-low heat with 1 turn of the pan of EVOO, about 1 tablespoon
• Cook the bacon until crisp and brown, 4-5 minutes
• Remove bacon from pot with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the drippings from the pot and add the potato, onion, garlic, celery, red pepper, bay leaves, thyme sprigs and corn kernels to the pot
• Saut over medium-high heat until vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes
• Add milk, hot sauce and corn broth and bring to a bubble
• Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer chowder until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes
• If using crab, place into a small bowl and toss with Old Bay seasoning
• Serve chowder garnished with crab, a pinch of scallions and some of the crispy bacon

CRAB AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add flour; cook and stir until thick and bubbly. Gradually add milk; cook and stir until thickened. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 35-40 minutes. Remove bay leaf before serving.

CRAB AND CORN CHOWDER WITH BACON

Steps:

• Sauté bacon in heavy large saucepan over medium heat until brown and crisp, about 10 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Pour off all but 3 tablespoons bacon fat. Add onion to drippings in saucepan and sauté until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Add potatoes and stir until coated. Add clam juice; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 10 minutes.
• Add half and half, corn, crab, fresh thyme, and half of bacon; cook uncovered until potatoes and corn are tender, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle chowder equally into 6 bowls. Garnish with remaining bacon and serve.

CRAB CHOWDER

Steps:

• Chop bacon and in a 2-quart heavy saucepan cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp.
• Transfer bacon with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain, reserving fat in pan.
• While bacon is cooking, cut onion into 1/4-inch dice.
• Peel potatoes and cut into 1/4-inch dice.
• Stir onion, potatoes, and water into bacon fat and simmer, covered, until potatoes are tender and most of water is evaporated, about 15 minutes.
• While mixture is simmering, pick over crab meat, removing any bits of shell and cartilage.
• Stir milk and cayenne into mixture and return just to a simmer.
• Add crab and salt and pepper to taste and bring chowder to a simmer.
• Serve chowder garnished with parsley and bacon.

ROASTED CORN AND CRAB CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or dutch oven melt butter over medium high heat and add garlic and onion.
• When onion is begining to become translucent add clam juice and potato flakes.
• Cook, stirring occasionally until thickened slightly.
• Reduce heat to simmer; add corn, cream, thyme, seasoning mix, salt and bacon.
• Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add crab and heat through, around 5 minutes.
• Serve in hot bowls, top with cheese and a sprinkle of cajun mix.

CORN CHOWDER WITH BACON

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels; drain, reserving 1 teaspoon drippings. , In the drippings, saute the onion, celery and green pepper until tender. Add the potatoes, broth, salt, thyme and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender., Combine flour and cream until smooth; stir into pan. Add corn. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in bacon.

BACON CORN CHOWDER WITH POTATOES

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large pot over medium heat 8 minutes or until crisp. Drain on paper towels; reserve bacon drippings in pot.
• Add onion and celery to pot; cook and stir 3 to 4 minutes or until almost translucent. Increase heat to high; add 1/2 cup of the broth, stirring to scrape up any browned bits from bottom of pot. Add reserved corn cobs, remaining 1 1/2 cups broth, potatoes, thyme, bay leaves, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Cover; reduce heat to low.
• Simmer 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender; uncover.
• Add milk and hot sauce; simmer 5 minutes.
• Add corn kernels; simmer 3 to 4 minutes.
• Remove and discard corn cobs and bay leaves.
• Stir in bacon just before serving.

BACON AND CRAB CHOWDER

Steps:

• Put a medium pot over med-high heat, add a drizzle of olive oil and cook the bacon until it is crisp. Remove and drain on paper towels.
• Pour off a little of the bacon fat. Add the potatoes, onion, celery bell pepper and bay leaf, season with salt and pepper and cook until the vegetables are softened.
• Stir in flour and cook for 2 minutes. Add the chicken broth and stir with a wooden spoon, scraping up all the brown bits at the bottom of the pan.
• Add the milk and bring to a simmer.
• Break up the crab meat with your fingers, removing any shell bits. Combine with the thyme and Old Bay.
• Stir the crab meat into the pot and simmer 6-7 minutes, until the potatoes are fork-tender and the soup has thickened.
• Finish the chowder with the sherry and serve with the bacon, chives and oyster crackers.

BEST CORN CHOWDER WITH BACON

Steps:

• Put bacon and onion into a pot and saute together until onion is clear and limp.
• Add next 6 ingredients.
• Bring to a boil.
• Cover and simmer until potato is cooked.

CRAB & CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or medium pot, cook pancetta over moderately low heat until crisp. (10 minutes).
• Add onion and celery to pan. Cook over low heat until softened. (12 minutes, do step #3 while you wait).
• Meanwhile, in a food processor or blender, puree 1 cup corn with 1 cup milk.
• Add corn puree to saucepan along with remaining 2 cups each of corn & milk and the potatoes. Simmer on low heat until potatoes are tender. (about 20 minutes).
• Stir in cream, chives, and crab meat. Season with salt, pepper, & Tabasco and keep warm.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Top with scallops & chives and serve!