Lobster and corn chowder is a rich and creamy soup that combines the sweet flavors of lobster and corn with the savory flavors of bacon, celery, and onion. This hearty soup is perfect for a cold winter day or a special occasion.
This recipe also includes instructions for making homemade lobster stock, which adds a depth of flavor to the soup. If you don't have time to make your own stock, you can use store-bought fish stock instead.
In addition to the classic lobster and corn chowder recipe, this article also includes recipes for three variations on the dish:
* **Lobster and corn chowder with roasted red peppers:** This variation adds a smoky and slightly sweet flavor to the soup.
* **Lobster and corn chowder with poblano peppers:** This variation adds a bit of spice to the soup.
* **Lobster and corn chowder with smoked sausage:** This variation adds a smoky and savory flavor to the soup.
No matter which variation you choose, you're sure to enjoy this delicious and comforting soup.
LOBSTER AND CORN CHOWDER
Provided by Emeril Lagasse
Categories main-dish
Time 4h45m
Yield 10 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 40
Steps:
- In a very large pot, render the bacon over medium heat. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Melt the butter over medium heat. Add the onions, celery, red peppers, and saute until soft, about 4 minutes. Add the corn kernels, garlic, shallots, salt, pepper, Essence, and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly, until the flour turns the color of peanut butter, about 4 minutes. Add the sherry and cook for 2 minutes. Add the lobster stock and cayenne, and stir well to incorporate. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes. Add the potatoes, stir well, and simmer until tender, about 10 minutes. Add the cream, lobster and assorted herbs, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and ladle into bowls. Garnish with reserved bacon and serve.
- In a large stockpot, heat the oil. Add the shells and stir. Cook for about 5 minutes. Add the celery, tomatoes, onion, carrot and thyme. Cut the fennel bulb in half and add to the pot. Cut the garlic head in half horizontally and add to the pot. Add enough water to cover the ingredients by about 2 inches. Season with salt and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until the liquid has reduced by half, about 4 hours.
CORN AND LOBSTER CHOWDER
Steps:
- If using thawed frozen lobster tails, cook in pot of boiling water until almost cooked through, about 6 minutes. Drain. Cool. Using kitchen shears, cut lobster shells open. Remove lobster meat; cut into bite-size pieces. Discard shells.
- Purée 4 cups corn with 1 1/4 cups broth in processor until almost smooth.
- Sauté bacon in large pot over medium heat until crisp, about 5 minutes. Transfer bacon to paper towels. Pour off and discard all but 3 tablespoons drippings from pot. Add onions to pot; sauté until light golden, about 5 minutes. Add remaining 4 cups corn; sauté 3 minutes. Add carrots, celery, and cayenne; sauté until vegetables soften slightly, about 5 minutes. Add clam juice and 1 3/4 cups broth; simmer 10 minutes. Stir in corn puré and whipping cream; simmer 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. (Lobster, bacon, and soup can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill lobster and bacon separately. Cool soup slightly; chill uncovered until cold, then cover and keep chilled. Bring bacon to room temperature and bring soup to simmer before continuing.) Remove soup from heat; stir in sour cream.
- Melt butter in medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add lobster meat and sauté just until heated through, about 2 minutes. Ladle soup into bowls. Garnish each serving with lobster pieces, bacon, and chives and serve.
LOBSTER AND CORN CHOWDER
The base of this soup has intense corn and lobster flavors, thanks to what would normally be thrown out: the cobs and the lobster shells.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Soups, Stews & Stocks Soup Recipes
Time 1h45m
Yield Makes 6 cups
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Prepare an ice-water bath. Bring 8 cups water to a boil in a large pot. Reduce heat to medium-low. Plunge lobster into water headfirst, and simmer, covered, for 9 minutes. (Do not let water boil.) Transfer lobster to ice-water bath using tongs; reserve cooking liquid. Let stand for 10 minutes to cool.
- Crack lobster claws, knuckles, and tail, and remove meat; reserve shells and body. Coarsely chop meat. (You should have about 1 cup.) Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Return shells and body to pot with cooking liquid. (For added flavor, chop body with a cleaver before returning to pot.) Add reserved cobs. Simmer, covered, over medium heat for 35 minutes. Strain stock through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard solids.
- Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook corn kernels, onion, garlic, and 3/4 teaspoon salt, covered, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 20 minutes. Add 5 cups lobster stock, and cook for 15 minutes. Let cool slightly.
- Strain soup through sieve. Set aside 1 1/2 cups corn mixture. Working in batches, puree remaining corn mixture and strained liquid in a blender until smooth. (For safety, remove cap from hole in lid, and cover with a dish towel to prevent spattering.) Strain soup through sieve, and return to pot with reserved corn and lobster meat. Cook over medium heat until warmed through. Stir in chives, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and some pepper. Serve with lemon wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 229 g, Cholesterol 35 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 19 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 770 g
MAINE LOBSTER AND CORN CHOWDER
Few things are as delicious as succulent chunks of Maine lobster vying for space in a buttery broth brimming with tender sweet corn, summer squashes, and slivered basil.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Soups, Stews & Stocks Soup Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring water to a boil in a 12-quart stockpot. Add lobsters, cover, and cook 13 to 15 minutes. Set a colander in a large bowl. Working over colander, snip the tip of each lobster claw to release juices into bowl. Separate lobster meat from shells, and cut into bite-size pieces. Reserve meat and shells separately. Strain cooking liquid through a fine sieve lined with cheesecloth into bowl with lobster juices.
- Using the same stockpot, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Add chopped leek, corncobs, and reserved lobster shells. Cook, stirring, for 4 minutes. Add reserved lobster liquid, and simmer gently for 20 minutes. Strain through a cheesecloth-lined sieve. Discard solids.
- Puree 1 cup lobster broth with 1 cup corn kernels. Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a large pot over low heat. Add sliced leek, and cook for 2 minutes. Sprinkle in flour, and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in pureed corn mixture, and cook, stirring often, until broth thickens, about 2 minutes. Add remaining lobster broth, raise heat, and simmer. Add zucchini, summer squash, and remaining 2 cups corn, and cook until squashes are tender, about 2 minutes.
- Stir in reserved lobster meat, and heat until warmed through, about 1 minute. Season with salt, and garnish with basil. Serve immediately.
LOBSTER AND CORN CHOWDER
Provided by Craig Claiborne
Categories soups and stews, appetizer
Time 1h45m
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Bring a generous amount of water to the boil, enough to cover the lobsters completely when they are added. Add salt. When the water is boiling vigorously add lobsters. When the water returns to the boil cook lobsters exactly 4 minutes. Drain. When they are cool enough to handle break off and reserve the claws and tails of each lobster.
- Carefully crack the meaty portions of the lobster, the claws, tail and so on. Remove the meat but reserve shells. Cut tails in half lengthwise and remove and discard the intestinal tract. Rinse and drain the tail portions. Set aside. Put all the shells in a kettle. Add 12 cups of water and bring to the simmer.
- Meanwhile, cut and scrape the kernels from the corn. There should be about 4 cups of kernels. Set aside.
- Cut the cobs crosswise into quarters and add them to the kettle. Do not add the kernels. Add the peppercorns, whole onion, bay leaf and thyme sprigs. Cut off the rind of the bacon and add the rind. Cook 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the liquid in the kettle, when strained, measures about 8 cups. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, cut the bacon into fine dice. There should be about 1 cup.
- Put bacon in a clean kettle and cook, stirring often, until it is rendered of fat, browned and crisp. Add the butter and coarsely chopped onions. Cook, stirring, until the onions are wilted and tender without browning.
- Meanwhile, cut each unpeeled potato into 8 pieces of approximately the same size. Add the potato, the chopped thyme, the reserved lobster liquid and the corn kernels and bring to the boil. Cook about 20 minutes or until the potato is tender but not mushy.
- Add the shelled lobster pieces and the cream. Add salt and pepper. Remove the bay leaves and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 620, UnsaturatedFat 14 grams, Carbohydrate 50 grams, Fat 29 grams, Fiber 7 grams, Protein 41 grams, SaturatedFat 14 grams, Sodium 1257 milligrams, Sugar 9 grams, TransFat 0 grams
LOBSTER AND CORN CHOWDER
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories dinner, soups and stews, main course
Time 40m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Remove the lobster meat from the shells, and cut into 1-inch pieces. Set aside. Put the shells and bodies in a large saucepan.
- Gradually stir some of the cream into the cornstarch until the cornstarch is smoothly dissolved. Add the dissolved cornstarch and remaining cream to the saucepan with the shells. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer 6 to 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Add corn, potatoes and onions, and cook, stirring, 2 to 3 minutes. Strain hot cream mixture into saucepan with corn; continue to simmer 5 minutes or so, until potatoes are tender.
- Add the lobster meat, and season to taste with cayenne pepper, salt and black pepper. Simmer for another minute; serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 932, UnsaturatedFat 26 grams, Carbohydrate 43 grams, Fat 79 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 18 grams, SaturatedFat 49 grams, Sodium 1103 milligrams, Sugar 10 grams, TransFat 0 grams
SOUP- LOBSTER, SHRIMP AND CORN CHOWDER RECIPE - (4.6/5)
Provided by á-2703
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Directions In a large stock pot, over medium high heat, cook the bacon for 10 minutes. Stir in the onions, celery, and carrots. Season the vegetables with salt, and cayenne. Cook for 10-12 minutes, or until the vegetables are soft. Stir in the flour and cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add the red potatoes and corn niblets. Stir in the Old Bay seasoning. Simmer for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes tender. Stir in the whole milk, Lobster and Shrimp. Simmer the soup for 5 minutes. Add the black pepper, Lawry's seasoning salt and Worcestershire sauce. Add the cornstarch that has been mixed in water. Simmer the soup for an additional 4 minutes.
CORN AND LOBSTER CHOWDER
I have never been a huge fan of chowder. Chalk it up to a traumatic experience as a child. However, this chowder is FULL of flavor and one that I use often. To cut down on prep time, use cooked lobster meat, available in some fish markets and supermarkets, or follow the directions below for cooking frozen lobster tails. Bon Appetit 2002
Provided by tornadoes three
Categories Chowders
Time 1h
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- If using thawed frozen lobster tails, cook in pot of boiling water until almost cooked through, about 6 minutes. Drain. Cool. Using kitchen shears, cut lobster shells open. Remove lobster meat; cut into bite-size pieces. Discard shells.
- Purée 4 cups corn with 1 1/4 cups broth in processor until almost smooth.
- Sauté bacon in large pot over medium heat until crisp, about 5 minutes. Transfer bacon to paper towels. Pour off and discard all but 3 tablespoons drippings from pot.
- Add onions to pot; sauté until light golden, about 5 minutes. Add remaining 4 cups corn; sauté 3 minutes. Add carrots, celery, and cayenne; sauté until vegetables soften slightly, about 5 minutes.
- Add clam juice and 1 3/4 cups broth; simmer 10 minutes. Stir in corn puré and whipping cream; simmer 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- (Lobster, bacon, and soup can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill lobster and bacon separately.
- Cool soup slightly; chill uncovered until cold, then cover and keep chilled.
- Bring bacon to room temperature and bring soup to simmer before continuing.) Remove soup from heat; stir in sour cream.
- Melt butter in medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add lobster meat and sauté just until heated through, about 2 minutes.
- Ladle soup into bowls. Garnish each serving with lobster pieces, bacon, and chives and serve.
LOBSTER AND GREEN CHILE CHOWDER WITH ROASTED CORN-GREEN CHILE RELISH
Steps:
- CHOWDER: *Cook's note: to roast corn: Remove the silks from the corn, but leave the husks on. Soak in cold water for 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Remove corn from water, place on baking sheets and roast in the oven until tender and slightly charred, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool slightly, remove husks and kernels and place kernels in a bowl. You can also do this on a grill. Remove the claws from the lobsters. Carefully crack the claws and try to remove the meat in 1 piece and set aside for garnish. Remove the tail meat and chop into 1-inch chunks and set aside in the refrigerator. Reserve the shells. Melt butter in a medium stockpot over medium heat; add the onions and garlic and cook until soft. Increase heat to high, add the wine, lobster shells, and corn cobs and cook until completely reduced. Add 4 cups of the lobster stock and bring to a boil. Add 2 cups of the corn and let cook for 15 minutes. Remove the lobster shells and corn cobs. Transfer the soup to a food processor and process until smooth. Strain into a clean saucepan and bring to a simmer. Stir in the lobster meat, remaining 1 cup of roasted corn kernels and green chiles and cook for 5 minutes. Place heavy cream in a medium saucepan and reduce by half. Add the reduced cream to the chowder and stir until combined, if the chowder appears too thick, add some of the remaining lobster stock to thinly slightly. Season with salt and pepper and stir in the cilantro. Ladle into bowls and top with a few tablespoons of relish, a lobster claw and fresh cilantro leaves. RELISH: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Remove corn from water, place on baking sheets and roast in the oven until tender and slightly charred, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool slightly, remove husks and kernels and place kernels in a bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and stir until combined. Let relish sit at room temperature for at least 15 minutes to allow flavors to meld.
NEW ENGLAND CREAMED CORN AND CHARRED LOBSTER CHOWDER WITH SUMMER TRUFFLES
Steps:
- In a deep, heavy bottomed stock pot, melt the butter and saute corn, onions, celery, and carrots. Add chicken stock and reduce by 1/2. Add cream and reduce by 1/2. Add thyme sprigs. Set aside.
- Season the lobsters with salt and pepper. Grill until the flesh becomes milky white. Heat lobster stock and blanch lobster claws for five minutes. Set aside. When cool, pick knuckle and claw meat.
- Blanch haricot vert in lobster stock. Remove from stock and place in saute pan. Add cream, truffle oil, and chopped parsley. Hold warm and reserve lobster stock.
- Place creamed corn back on the stove until it simmers. Check seasoning.
- In a saute pan place the picked meat and grill tails. Warm them with the lobster stock.
- Spoon the creamed corn into bowls. Arrange haricots verts around the edge of the bowl. Each bowl receives 2 knuckles, 2 claws, and 1 tail. Shave fresh truffles to garnish each bowl and finish with chopped parsley.
CORN AND LOBSTER CHOWDER WITH VERMONT CHEDDAR CHEESE TWISTS
I used to make this rich and yummy soup as a special fancy appetizer before our Thanksgiving dinner, until I was told by my family "no more soup on Thanksgiving"...they all ate so much of this delicious soup, that no one wanted the turkey dinner. So I now make the chowder on Christmas Eve or on a cold snowy day during the...
Provided by Lynn Hoar
Categories Chowders
Time 1h20m
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- 1. For the Chowder: Pick through lobster meat discarding any shells or odd pieces. Tear into bite size pieces, place in bowl and set aside
- 2. Puree 4 cups of corn with 1- 1/4 cups of the chicken broth in food processor until almost smooth.
- 3. Saute bacon until crisp, transfere to paper towels and crumble when cooled.
- 4. Pour off and discard drippings in pan SAVING 3 tablespoons of the bacon fat. Saute onions in drippings for 5 min until golden. Add in the 4 cups of corn sauteing for 3 minutes, then add in the carrots, celery and cayenne and continue to cook until veggies are crisp tender about 5 more minutes.
- 5. Add clam juice and the remainder of the chicken broth to the veggie mix and simmer for 10 minutes
- 6. Stir in corn puree and whipping cream...simmer for 5 minutes...season with salt and pepper.
- 7. Remove soup from heat and stir in sour cream.
- 8. Melt the 2 tbs butter in a saucepan, toss in lobster meat and saute until the meat is just heated through.
- 9. Ladle soup into bowls, garnish each bowl with lobster chunks, crumbled bacon pieces and fresh chopped chives
- 10. Serve chowder with Vermont Cheddar Cheese Twists...recipe to follow To reheat leftovers...bring soup to room temperature and simmer very gently until heated through.
- 11. For the Cheddar Twists: Mix all ingredients in a small bowl except the puff pastry
- 12. Roll puff pastry to a 18x10 rectangle ( dough will be real thin) Sprinkle 1/3 of the cheese evenly over half the pastry, fold plain dough half over the cheese half..roll out dough again to 18x10 size, sprinkle half the dough with another 3rd of the cheese and roll out one more time repeating the folding technique and sprinkling with the remainder of cheese ....roll out for the last time to 18x10 or as close as you can reasonalbly get
- 13. Transfer to unlined baking sheet and chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
- 14. Pre Heat oven to 425 degree. Position oven racks in upper third and lower third positions of oven. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- 15. Cut pastry crosswise in half, forming two 10x9 rectangles.Trim and discard uneven edges of pastry.
- 16. Cut each rectangle crosswise into 1/2 inch wide strips. Twist each strip a few times and lay the twist on the parchement spacing them a little less than an inch apart...bake for a total of 10 minutes, rotating baking pans halfway through baking. Serve warm or at room temperature. Store any leftovers tightly wrapped in foil at room temperature.
CORN AND LOBSTER CHOWDER
Provided by Christopher Idone
Categories dinner, one pot, soups and stews, main course
Time 1h35m
Yield Six to eight servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Husk the corn and remove all the silk. With a sharp knife, remove the kernels from the cob, slicing from the top of the ear downward and not too close to the cob. Place the kernels in a mixing bowl and reserve.
- In a large soup kettle, add the milk, chicken broth and cobs and place over high heat. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for one hour. Remove the cobs with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add the corn kernels, salt and sugar and continue to simmer over very low heat, for about 10 minutes or until the cobs are cool enough to handle. Use a small spoon to scrape the pulp from the cobs and add it to the soup mixture.
- Meanwhile, clean and finely chop the scallions, including most of the green. In a small skillet, melt four tablespoons of butter over medium heat. Add the scallions and saute briefly and set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine the remaining tablespoon of butter with the flour, making a smooth paste. Raise the heat under the chowder, and when it begins to steam, whisk in the flour mixture, season with pepper and cayenne, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Fold in the lobster meat and continue to cook another five minutes or until the meat is warmed through. Fold in the scallions and serve in heated soup plates.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 292, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams, Carbohydrate 25 grams, Fat 14 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 19 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 895 milligrams, Sugar 13 grams, TransFat 0 grams
ROASTED CORN AND LOBSTER CHOWDER
Provided by Food Network
Time 1h10m
Yield 1 1/2 quarts chowder.
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Cut the roasted corn off of their cobs, reserving the corn to add later. Melt the butter in a large, heavy bottomed soup pot. Add the corn cobs, the onion, celery, leek and peppers, and saute until the vegetables are soft, but not browned. Add the cumin, coriander, vanilla, salt and cayenne and cook for 2 to 3 minutes to release the flavors. Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and add the reserved corn cobs along with the lobster body that has been tied in cheesecloth. Cook 40 to 45 minutes, remove the cobs and the lobster body. Add the hacked lobster and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes before stirring in the creme fraiche. Serve immediately.;
LOBSTER AND CORN CHOWDER
Steps:
- Bring 4 quarts of water to a boil in a 6 to 8 quart soup kettle. Add lobster, cover and boil about 10 minutes. Remove the shells and carcass for stock. Cut lobster meat into 2 inch pieces. (Can wrap and refrigerate meat and shells overnight) Peel and cut potatoes into 1/2 inch dices, mince the onion (1 cup). Remove the corn kernels from the cob (or drain and set aside thawed corn) Put the reserved lobster shells and carcass in a large saucepan with the half and half. Bring the half and half to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside. Melt the butter in the soup kettle, add the potatoes, onions and corn kernels and saute over medium low heat until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Strain the lobster cream over the vegetables, bring to a simmer and then simmer slowly until the potatoes are tender about 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in the lobster meat, cayenne pepper, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Simmer just until lobster meat is hot, about 5 minutes. Ladle into bowls and serve with corn crisps.
Tips:
- Choose the freshest lobster possible. This will ensure that your chowder has the best flavor.
- Use a variety of vegetables. This will give your chowder more flavor and texture.
- Don't skimp on the cream. It's what makes the chowder so rich and creamy.
- Season your chowder to taste. Add salt, pepper, and other spices to your liking.
- Serve your chowder with a side of crusty bread or crackers. This will help to soak up the delicious broth.
Conclusion:
Lobster and corn chowder is a classic New England dish that is perfect for a cold winter day. It's easy to make and can be tailored to your liking. With a few simple tips, you can make a lobster and corn chowder that will impress your friends and family.
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