Dilly Scallops And Clam Chowder Food

SCALLOP CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a small pot, brown bacon in olive oil. Stir in flour. Add onions, garlic and potatoes and cook 2-5 minutes. Add stock and cook for 15-20 minutes. Add cream and cook for a few minutes. Add scallops, heat thoroughly and finish with cilantro, salt and pepper.;

DILLY SCALLOPS AND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Drain clams, reserving juice. Add enough water to clam juice to measure 1 cup.
• Cook bacon in large saucepan until crisp. Remove bacon from saucepan; drain on paper towels. Discard all but 1 Tbsp. drippings from saucepan.
• Add potatoes, onions, dill, bouillon cube, red pepper and clam juice mixture to drippings in saucepan; stir. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 10 min. or until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Remove half the potatoes from saucepan with slotted spoon. Mash with fork; return to mixture in saucepan.
• Whisk milk and flour until smooth. Add to potato mixture along with the carrots. Cook and stir, uncovered, 4 to 5 min. or until slightly thickened. Stir in scallops and clams. Bring to boil. Simmer on medium-low heat 1 to 2 min. or until scallops are opaque. Stir in sherry and sour cream. Crumble bacon; serve sprinkled over chowder.

CREAMY SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In medium saucepan, boil the cut potatoes until they are fork tender and then drain them.
• Melt 2 tbsp of butter in a large stock pot, then add the onion and cook until they're translucent. Add the celery, cooked potatoes, basil, and pepper to the stock pot, then saute for another 10 minutes. Now, add the clam juice to the pot, bring to a boil, and simmer, uncovered for another 15 minutes. Add your shrimp and scallops to the broth and continue to simmer.
• When the broth has been simmering for about 10 minutes, begin to make your roux by melting the remaining butter in a small saucepan. Whisk in the flour then cook over low heat until it browns, stirring constantly, about 2-3 minutes.
• Ladle some of the simmering broth into the roux and whisk them together until smooth. Add this mixture to the chowder broth and allow it to simmer for a few minutes until the broth has thickened.
• Add the clams and your half and half or cream to the stockpot and simmer for a few more minutes, until the chowder is heated through and the clams are cooked. Salt to taste.

SCALLOP CHOWDER

Steps:

• In heavy-bottomed stockpot large enough to hold entire recipe, melt butter over medium flame.
• Add onions and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the flour and stir to make a roux. Cook for 5 minutes over low flame, stirring constantly. Be careful not to allow the roux to brown.
• Slowly incorporate the water while stirring with a whisk to avoid lumps. Add wine, clam base, parsley, dill, and bay leaves. Simmer for 30 to 45 minutes over low heat. Whisk in desired amount of half-and-half. Add the scallops and slowly poach just until they begin to turn opaque and firm, about 3 minutes. Be careful not to overcook scallops.

SCALLOP AND SHRIMP CHOWDER

Steps:

• Saute onion and celery in skillet or dutch oven coated with cooking spray for about 5 minutes (or until tender).
• Add minced garlic and saute another minute.
• Add diced potato, 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 3/4 teaspoons pepper; cook another 2 minutes. Sprinkle flour over potato mixture and cook another minute or two.
• Add clam juice and skim milk; bring just to a boil, stirring constantly, and then reduce heat immediately. Simmer for about 20 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.
• With a slotted spoon, remove at least 2 cups of potato/celery/onion mixture. Puree and add back to soup.
• Stir in remaining salt and pepper, as well as aniseseed and thyme. (Note re: anise -- it makes a big difference in flavor if you can buy whole aniseseed and grind it yourself. If not, just use bottled ground anise.) Simmer 10 minutes.
• Add scallops and shrimp; cook about 5 minutes, or until shellfish are cooked.
• Add half-and-half and cook a few more minutes, until heated thoroughly.

SCALLOP CHOWDER

Steps:

• In large stockpot, cook bacon until crisp; remove from pan, drain on paper towels, crumble, and set aside.
• In drippings, place scallops and cook for 3-4 minutes until opaque (8-9 minutes for sea scallops).
• Remove scallops from pot and set aside.
• In drippings in pot, add onion, potatoes and celery and cook for 3-4 minutes.
• Add fish stock and bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 8-10 minutes until potatoes are tender.
• In medium bowl, combine flour, marjoram, pepper, and milk and mix with wire whisk until blended.
• Add to pot along with drained corn and bring to a simmer.
• Cook over medium heat for 12 minutes, stirring often, until soup has thickened and vegetables are tender.
• Add cooked scallops and simmer for 3-4 minutes until scallops are thoroughly heated.

CHEF JOHN'S BAY SCALLOP CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir until fat renders and bacon is slightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Add onion to bacon; cook and stir until soft and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir celery and garlic into onion mixture, cook until fragrant, 1 minute.
• Pour clam juice, chicken broth, potato, cayenne pepper, and black pepper into bacon mixture; bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium low, and cook until potatoes are almost tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Stir cream and chile pepper into potato mixture; bring to a simmer and cook until potatoes are completely tender and chowder flavors combine, about 5 minutes. Season with lemon zest and salt.
• Stir scallops into chowder and cook over medium heat until scallops are tender and white, 1 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in tarragon.

TRIPLE SEAFOOD CHOWDER WITH DILL

Steps:

• Stir salt pork pieces in heavy large pot over medium-low heat until crisp and golden, about 20 minutes. Using slotted spoon, remove salt pork pieces and discard. Add chopped onion, chopped celery and dried thyme to drippings in pot. Increase heat to medium and sauté until vegetables are pale golden, about 10 minutes. Add crushed crackers and stir until beginning to color, about 3 minutes. Add reserved juices from clams, potatoes and 2 1/2 cups bottled clam juice to pot. Bring mixture to boil. Reduce heat to low, partially cover pot and simmer until potatoes are almost tender, about 15 minutes. Add cod fillet pieces; simmer until fish is cooked through and potatoes are tender, about 5 minutes longer. Add 1 cup half and half, whipping cream and canned baby clams. Cook just until heated through, about 5 minutes (do not boil). Mix in chopped dill. Season chowder to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle seafood chowder into serving bowls. Top each bowl with heaping tablespoon of Smoked Salmon Butter and serve immediately.

SCALLOP, CORN AND BACON CHOWDER

Steps:

• Blend parsley, oil and salt in food processor until smooth. Pour into small bowl. (Parsley oil can be made a day ahead and refrigerated but be sure its room temperature before you use it.).
• Cook bacon in heavy large pot over med-high heat until crispy and brown. Using a slotted spoon, remove bacon and place on paper towel to drain. Pour off all but 3 tablespoons of bacon drippings from pan.
• Add leeks, garlic and thyme to pot and saute until leeks begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add corn and saute 2 minutes. Add potatoes, clam juice and cream. Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Crumble bacon. Add scallops and bacon to soup, and simmer until the scallops are opaque in the center, about 5 minutes, not more. Season with salt and pepper.
• Ladle chowder into bowls.
• Drizzle 1 teaspoon parsley oil over chowder in each bowl and serve.

NANTUCKET SCALLOP CHOWDER

Steps:

• Sauté bacon in heavy large saucepan over medium heat until crisp, about 6 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels and drain well. Drain all but 2 tablespoons bacon fat from saucepan. Add onions and thyme to same saucepan and sauté over medium-high heat until onions are light golden, about 10 minutes. Add 4 cups clam juice, 1/2 cup white wine and potatoes. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Add cream and half of bacon and bring to simmer. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to simmer before continuing.)
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add half of scallops and sauté until light golden, about 2 minutes. Add scallops to chowder. Repeat with remaining butter and scallops. Season chowder to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle chowder into bowls. Sprinkle with paprika and remaining bacon and serve immediately.