Crawfish Crab Corn Chowder Food

CORN AND CRAB CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat a deep pot over moderate heat. Add oil and butter. As you chop your veggies, add them to the pot: potatoes, celery, onion, and red bell pepper. Add bay leaf to the pot. Season vegetables with salt and pepper and Old Bay seasoning. Saute veggies 5 minutes, then sprinkle in flour. Cook flour 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in broth and combine. Stir in milk and combine. Bring soup up to a bubble. Add corn and crab meat and simmer soup 5 minutes. Adjust the soup seasonings. Remove bay leaf. Ladle soup into bread bowls or soup bowls and top with oyster crackers, hot sauce and sliced scallions.

CRAB-AND-CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a medium-size Dutch oven over medium, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain bacon on paper towels, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings in Dutch oven.
• Add bell pepper, onion, celery, and jalapeño to drippings in Dutch oven; cook over medium-high, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 4 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk together stock and flour in a medium bowl until smooth.
• Stir stock mixture and corn into bell pepper mixture in Dutch oven. Bring to a boil over high. Reduce heat to low; simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors meld, about 20 minutes. Gently stir in crabmeat, whipping cream, salt, Old Bay, and black pepper; cook, stirring often, until crab is heated through, about 4 minutes. Stir in cilantro. Divide chowder evenly among bowls; top with bacon, and garnish with additional cilantro and oyster crackers.

CRAWFISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute green onions in butter until tender. Remove from pan, and set aside. In the same skillet, melt 1/2 cup of butter, and saute the crawfish for 5 minutes; set aside.
• In a large pot over medium heat, combine potato soup, mushroom soup, corn, and cream cheese. Mix well, and bring to a slow boil. Stir in half-and-half, sauteed green onions, and crawfish. Season with cayenne pepper. Bring to a low boil, and simmer 5 minutes to blend flavors.

CREOLE CRAB AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat; stir in onion, jalepeno peppers, celery, and a pinch of salt. Cook until onions are soft and translucent, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Stir seafood seasoning and cayenne pepper into onion mixture; cook for 30 seconds.
• Sprinkle flour over onion mixture; cook and stir until mixture is slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.
• Pour 2 1/2 cups water, 1/2 pound corn kernels, and 2 ounces crabmeat into the onion mixture; increase heat to medium-high and bring to simmer.
• Place 1 cup water, 1/2 pound corn kernels, and garlic into a blender. Cover and puree until smooth.
• Pour corn puree into the Dutch oven and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer until chowder is thicker and the color deepens, about 45 minutes.
• Stir 6 ounces of crabmeat, paprika, and heavy cream into chowder. Season with salt and pepper to taste; garnish with green onions and a pinch of cayenne pepper.

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.

CORN CRAB AND CRAWFISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Fry bacon, drain & crumble & set aside.
• Saute onions, 3/4 of the green onions, bell pepper and celery in the bacon grease (or butter).
• When onions are clear stir in the garlic and saute for 30 seconds.
• Over medium heat add flour and make a light roux, stirring constantly for about 5 minutes, but don't brown.
• Add chicken stock, milk and heavy cream then simmer until desired consistency.
• Add corn, crawfish, crabmeat, sherry, and worchestershire sauce.
• Stir well and simmer for 15-20 minutes. Season with salt, pepper to taste.
• Serve in individual bowls and garnish with bacon crumbles and reserved green onions. Enjoy!
• NOTE: Fresh cut corn makes this recipe even better. Use about 2 cups of fresh corn, with the milk from the cob. Hold the shucked corn over a bundt pan and just cut the corn from the cob. Go back over the cob with the dull side of the knife blade to get the extra milk. All of it will fall into the bundt pan for easy clean-up and transfer to your pot.

SWEET CORN AND CRAB CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat and saute the onion and celery until softened. Stir in the flour and cook for 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Gradually add the stock, whisking until you have a smooth liquid. Add the potatoes, corn, thyme, salt and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until the vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the crabmeat and heavy cream and heat the soup gently but thoroughly. Do not let it boil or the soup may curdle. Sprinkle with the chopped parsley and serve immediately.

CRAWFISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute green onions and garlic in butter until tender. Remove from pan and set aside. In the same skillet, melt 1/2 cup of butter and saute the crawfish for 5 minutes; set aside.
• In a large pot over medium heat, combine potato soup, mushroom soup, corn and cream cheese. Mix well, and bring to a slow boil. Stir in half-and-half, sauteed green onions and crawfish. Season with pepper and adjust with salt, if necessary. Bring to a low boil, and simmer 5 minutes to blend flavors.
• Top with crumbled bacon, if desired.

CRAB CORN CHOWDER IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES

Steps:

• Roast the peppers. (Place sections of peppers skin side up on low broil for about 10 minutes. When blackened, put in a zip lock bag. After cooling, skins will peel easily.) Set aside.
• Proceed to make the chowder:.
• Saute garlic & crushed red pepper in olive oil until fragrant, then add the onion and saute until softened.
• Add seafood stock and potatoes. Cover and simmer until potatoes are done (about 10 minutes).
• Remove half of the chowder and blend. Return to pot.
• Add the corn, crab, & roasted red peppers and bring back to a boil for a couple minutes.
• Add half and half.
• After chowder reheats, serve with chopped parsley.