Seafood Chowder

(18 December 2016)

I tried several recipes before settling on this one.

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 2 slices bacon
• 1 can tomato sauce (6oz)
• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped (about 1 cups)
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 stalk celery
• 1/4 cup dry white wine, or Sherry, or Beer
• 2 large potatoes (about 3/4 pounds), peeled, cut into ¾-inch cubes
• 1 cups clam juice
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon sage
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon Old Bay
• 3/4 lbs cod, fillets cut into 2-inch pieces
• 4 oz can lump crab meat
• 4 oz can small shrimp
• 4 oz can clam pieces
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup flour or corn starch

Preparation

• Peel and dice potatoes
• Peel and dice onion and garlic
• Dice celery
• Dice bacon

Instructions

1. Fry bacon over medium heat in large pot. Remove bacon when crisp and set aside, leaving fat.
2. Add onion, garlic, and celery to pot and sauté until onion is translucent
3. add diced potatoes and saute for a few minutes
4. Add wine and reduce a small amount
5. Add clam juice and water from any other canned seafood
6. Add diced tomatoes and juice from can
7. Add tomato paste
8. Add all dry seasonings and bacon
9. Boil for about 10 minutes on medium-high heat (until potatoes are soft)
10. Add fish, seafood, and cream. Bring to slow simmer.
11. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring as little as possible.
12. Thicken with water in flour/corn starch in the last 5 minutes