Mixed Seafood Chowder

MOM'S NOVA SCOTIA SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Fill a large pot halfway with lightly salted water; bring to a boil. Add onions and carrots; cook until slightly tender, 10 minutes. Add potatoes; cook until tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Stir in salmon, cod, scallops, shrimp, lobster, and crab; cook over medium heat until salmon and cod are firm but chunks are still slightly translucent in the center, about 10 minutes. Drain half the water from the pot and add clams, heavy cream, and half-and-half. Place butter chunks atop the soup; season with salt and black pepper. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until salmon and cod are fully cooked and flake easily with a fork, about 30 minutes.

SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cut the shrimp, scallops, and monkfish into bite-sized pieces and place them in a bowl with the crabmeat.
• In a heavy-bottomed pot, melt the butter; add the carrots, onions, celery, potatoes, and corn and saute over medium-low heat for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are barely cooked, stirring occasionally. Add the flour; reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring often, for 3 minutes. Add the Seafood Stock and bring to a boil. Add the seafood; reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 7 to 10 minutes, until the fish is just cooked. Add the heavy cream, if desired, and the parsley. Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve.
• Warm the oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add the shrimp shells, onions, carrots, and celery and saute for 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Add the garlic and cook 2 more minutes. Add 1 1/2 quarts of water, the white wine, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and thyme. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour. Strain through a sieve, pressing the solids. You should have approximately 1 quart of stock. You can make up the difference with water or wine if you need to.

SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place 1/2 cup milk, cream cheese, and garlic in a large pot over low heat. Cook and stir until blended. Mix in soup, green onions, carrots, corn with liquid, potatoes, parsley, and remaining milk. Season with black pepper and cayenne pepper. Simmer 25 minutes. Do not boil.
• Mix the shrimp, scallops, crabmeat, calamari, and clams, and continue cooking 10 minutes, or until seafood is opaque.

RICH SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add onion, celery and carrot; cook and stir until crisp-tender, 2-3 minutes. Stir in flour until blended; gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. , Add stock, potato, Worcestershire, salt and pepper; return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until potato is tender, 10-15 minutes. , Add the shrimp, clams, crab and cream cheese; cook and stir until shrimp turn pink and and cheese is melted, 4-5 minutes. Garnish with parsley.

SIMPLE SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, then add the onion and bacon. Cook for 8-10 mins until the onion is soft and the bacon is cooked. Stir in the flour, then cook for a further 2 mins.
• Pour in the fish stock and bring it up to a gentle simmer. Add the potatoes, cover, then simmer for 10-12 mins until the potatoes are cooked through.
• Add the mace, cayenne pepper and some seasoning, then stir in the milk.
• Tip the fish pie mix into the pan, gently simmer for 4 mins. Add the cream and shellfish, then simmer for 1 min more. Check the seasoning. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve with some crusty bread.

MIXED SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Bring clams, thyme sprigs, and 4 cups water to a simmer in a large pot. Cover; cook until clams open, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, discarding any that remain closed. Strain liquid into a bowl. Reserve 12 clams; coarsely chop meat from remaining ones.
• Melt butter in pot over medium. Add leeks; cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 5 minutes. Stir in vermouth; cook until almost evaporated, 2 minutes. Add celery, potatoes, and clam liquid. Simmer, partially covered, until potatoes are tender, 15 to 20 minutes; mash a few with the back of a spoon to thicken soup. Stir in cream, salmon, and all clams. Cook until heated through, 1 minute. Season with pepper and serve, topped with thyme leaves.

MIXED SEAFOOD CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Chop celery, onion, and bell pepper very fine!
• In large wok (large pot is okay too) sautee butter and seasonings until soft.
• Add peeled diced potatoe and raw seafood. Make sure to COMPLETELY shell the shrimp! Sautee 3-5 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients and seasonings to taste.
• Simmer of medium heat for 1/2 hour, stirring occasionally.

SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pan and brown the bacon well until it is crisp and golden.
• Add the onion, cover and sweat for a few minutes over a low heat. Stir in the flour and cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Add the fish stock or water gradually. Add the milk, bouquet garni and potatoes. Season well with salt, pepper, mace and cayenne.
• Cover and simmer until the potatoes are almost cooked, approximately 5-6 minutes. (The chowder may be prepared ahead to this point.)
• Cut the fish into 2.5cm cubes. Add to the pot as soon as the tip of a knife will go through a potato.
• Simmer gently for 3-4 minutes, turn up the heat and stir in the cream and add the shellfish. When boiling, remove from the heat.
• Taste, correct the seasoning and sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley and chives.
• Serve in a warmed bread trencher (crusty bread roll with the top cut off and hollowed out.)

MANHATTAN SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cut bacon into small pieces and fry in pan.
• Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
• Saute celery, red bell pepper, onions and garlic in small amount of bacon grease for several minutes to sweat.
• Add fish and lightly sear.
• Add water or chicken broth and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, clam juice, clams and simmer for 1 hour.
• Add potatoes and carrots.
• Season with paprika, red pepper flakes, Old Bay, oregano and hot sauce.
• Simmer until potatoes and carrots are almost tender.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Add shrimp 15 minutes before serving.

BEST SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large soup kettle or Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to paper towels; reserve drippings. Saute onions in drippings until tender. Add potatoes and water; bring to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes., Add the scallops, lobster, shrimp, cod and haddock. Cook for 10 minutes or until scallops are opaque, shrimp turn pink and fish flakes easily with a fork. Add the butter, salt, parsley and curry powder. Stir in milk and evaporated milk; heat through. Garnish with bacon, additional parsley, and oyster crackers, if desired.