How to Make SEAFOOD CHOWDER Recipe

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SEAFOOD CHOWDER

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 medium onion, chopped (3/4 to 1 cup)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup clam juice
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups diced potatoes
• 3/4 cup lobster meat or shelled, deveined shrimp
• 3/4 cup (about 6 ounces) bay scallops or cut-up sea scallops
• 1/2 pound haddock, cod or flounder fillets
• 2 cups light cream or half and half cream
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• chopped fresh parsley and chopped fresh thyme

DIRECTIONS:

1. Saute onion in butter in saucepan over medium -low heat until tender. Add clam juice, water and potatoes.
2. Simmer until potatoes are tender, about 10 to 12 minutes. Add more water if needed. Cut seafood and fish into chunks. Add to potato mixture. Heat just enough to cook seafood, about 2 minutes. Stir in cream.
3. In a small bowl, combine flour with 1/2 cup water.  Mix until smooth.  Stir this mixture into the soup.  Heat and stir until slightly thickened.  Taste, and add salt and pepper as needed for seasoning.
4. Ladle into bowls. Sprinkle with fresh parsley and thyme.

TIPS:

• Alternately, you can use 2 cups of mixed seafood in place of the specific fish noted in the recipe.