Indulge in a culinary journey to the depths of seafood delight with our collection of the world's best seafood chowder recipes. From the classic New England clam chowder, bursting with tender clams, potatoes, and a creamy broth, to the rich and flavorful Manhattan clam chowder, featuring a vibrant tomato broth and hearty chunks of clams, our recipes offer a symphony of tastes. Explore the zesty flavors of Portuguese seafood chowder, where succulent shrimp, firm fish, and an aromatic broth create a harmonious blend. For a taste of the Pacific Northwest, try our creamy seafood chowder, brimming with tender salmon, succulent crab, and a velvety broth infused with herbs and spices. And for a unique twist, our creamy corn and seafood chowder combines the sweetness of corn with the briny goodness of seafood, creating a harmonious and comforting dish. Each recipe is crafted with care, using fresh, high-quality ingredients to ensure an unforgettable seafood chowder experience.
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SEAFOOD CHOWDER
A creamy chowder full of flavor! Of course regular ingredients may be used for those not watching their waistline.
Provided by MyVintageMommy
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Chowders
Time 1h
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 16
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 313.7 calories, Carbohydrate 32 g, Cholesterol 157.8 mg, Fat 5.1 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 34.6 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 1237.4 mg, Sugar 6.1 g
FAVORITE FISH CHOWDER
Economics had a lot to do with what we ate when I was growing up in New Hampshire during the Depression. Money may have been scarce, but fish was plentiful and affordable, so that's how we began eating this fish chowder. When meat rationing came along in World War II, fish chowder again became a staple in our household. -Fran Gustafson, Bethesda, Maryland
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 35m
Yield 16 servings (4 quarts).
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a Dutch oven, saute onion in butter. Add water and bring to a boil. Add potatoes; cook for 10 minutes. Add fish and lemon juice; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add milk, evaporated milk, salt and pepper. Sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 192 calories, Fat 8g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 48mg cholesterol, Sodium 496mg sodium, Carbohydrate 16g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 12g protein.
MY BEST CLAM CHOWDER
A delicious, traditional, cream based chowder, this recipe calls for the standard chowder ingredients: onion, celery, potatoes, diced carrots, clams, and cream. A little red wine vinegar is added before serving for extra flavor.
Provided by PIONEERGIRL
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Seafood
Time 50m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Drain juice from clams into a large skillet over the onions, celery, potatoes and carrots. Add water to cover, and cook over medium heat until tender.
- Meanwhile, in a large, heavy saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in flour until smooth. Whisk in cream and stir constantly until thick and smooth. Stir in vegetables and clam juice. Heat through, but do not boil.
- Stir in clams just before serving. If they cook too much they get tough. When clams are heated through, stir in vinegar, and season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 501.2 calories, Carbohydrate 28.4 g, Cholesterol 136.6 mg, Fat 32.7 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 23.9 g, SaturatedFat 19.7 g, Sodium 712.3 mg, Sugar 2.4 g
SEAFOOD CHOWDER
Provided by Ina Garten
Time 2h10m
Yield 3 quarts
Number Of Ingredients 26
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.
SIMPLE SEAFOOD CHOWDER
A chunky, creamy soup with salmon and smoked haddock, mixed shellfish and potatoes - a hearty meal
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dinner, Main course
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 14
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 422 calories, Fat 19 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 21 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 9 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 41 grams protein, Sodium 2.3 milligram of sodium
MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER
You either like Manhattan clam chowder or you don't. James Beard famously called it "horrendous." But the chowder has its fans - the acidity of the tomatoes helps temper the salinity of the broth, and offers a pleasing sweetness besides. Green peppers and carrots add to the effect, and the garlic and red-pepper flakes speak to New York's immigrant past. It is certainly not a new development in the long history of clam chowder. Recipes for similar red-hued versions date back to the days of Delmonico's in the late 19th century.
Provided by Sam Sifton
Time 1h
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Put the clams in a large, heavy Dutch oven, add about 4 cups water, then set over medium-high heat. Cover, and cook until clams have opened, approximately 10 to 15 minutes. (Clams that fail to open after 15 to 20 minutes should be discarded.) Strain clam broth through a sieve lined with cheesecloth or doubled-up paper towels, and set aside. Remove clams from shells, and set those aside as well.
- Rinse out the pot, and return it to stove. Add butter, and turn heat to medium-low. Add bacon or salt pork, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the fat has rendered and the pork has started to brown, approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove pork from fat, and set aside.
- Add onions, garlic, celery, green peppers and carrots to the fat, and cook, stirring frequently, until the vegetables are soft but not brown, approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in potatoes, and continue cooking until they have just started to soften, approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Add 4 cups of clam broth, reserving the rest for another use. Add the sprigs of thyme and the bay leaf.
- Partly cover the pot, and simmer gently until potatoes are tender, approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Using the back of a wooden spoon, smash a few potatoes against the side of the pot to release their starch and help thicken the broth.
- Meanwhile, chop the clams into bits that are about the size of the bacon dice.
- When potatoes are tender, stir in tomatoes, and heat them through. Add chopped clams and reserved bacon, stirring to combine. Add black pepper to taste. Let chowder come to a simmer, and remove from heat. Fish out the thyme and the bay leaf, and discard.
- The chowder should be allowed to sit for a while to cure. Reheat it before serving, then garnish with chopped parsley. Serve with oyster crackers.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 243, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 28 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 630 milligrams, Sugar 5 grams, TransFat 0 grams
SEAFOOD CHOWDER
This chowder of root-cellar vegetables, clams and fish is one of the easiest and best things to cook for a weekend dinner with family and friends. Use a mixture of butter and the powdered dried seaweed called dulse as the flavored fat in which you sauté the vegetables before deglazing them, and each individual flavor in the resulting stew will pop - from carrot to leek, parsnip to potato, bacon to clam to scallop to fish. The seaweed is a powerful flavor enhancer. You can omit it if you want, but really, you shouldn't.
Provided by Sam Sifton
Categories soups and stews, main course
Time 1h
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Put the clams in a large, heavy Dutch oven, add about 4 cups water, then set over medium-high heat. Cover, and cook until clams have opened, approximately 10 to 15 minutes. (Clams that fail to open should be discarded.) Strain clam broth through a sieve lined with cheesecloth or doubled-up paper towels, and set aside. You should have 5 or 6 cups. Remove clams from shells, and set aside as well.
- Rinse out the pot, and return it to the stove. Add 1 tablespoon of the butter, and turn heat to medium-low. Add bacon, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the fat has rendered and the pork has started to brown, approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove pork from fat, and set aside.
- Add the dulse and the leeks to the fat, and cook, stirring frequently, until the leeks are soft but not brown, about 10 minutes. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, then stir in the carrots, parsnips, potatoes and wine, and continue cooking until wine has evaporated and the vegetables have just started to soften, approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Add enough clam broth to just cover them, approximately 4 to 5 cups, reserving the rest for another use. Add the thyme and the bay leaves.
- Partly cover the pot, and simmer gently until vegetables are tender, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, chop the clams into bits about the size of the bacon dice. When the vegetables are tender, add the cream, and stir in the chopped clams and reserved bacon. Add black pepper to taste. Let come to a simmer. (Do not let chowder come to a full boil.) Remove the thyme and the bay leaves, and discard.
- If serving right away, slip the fish fingers into the chowder, place the scallops on the surface and allow them all to cook into translucence in the heat, approximately 5-7 minutes. But chowder improves mightily if it sits overnight to cure. If you have the time, don't add the fish and scallops right away, but allow the chowder to chill in the refrigerator overnight, then reheat it to a bare simmer before adding and cooking them through. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve, garnished with the chopped parsley.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 495, UnsaturatedFat 12 grams, Carbohydrate 27 grams, Fat 32 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 21 grams, SaturatedFat 18 grams, Sodium 656 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 0 grams
Tips:
- Use fresh seafood. This will give your chowder the best flavor. If you can't find fresh seafood, frozen seafood will also work.
- Don't overcook the seafood. Seafood cooks quickly, so be careful not to overcook it. Otherwise, it will become tough and rubbery.
- Use a variety of vegetables. This will add flavor, texture, and color to your chowder. Some good vegetables to use include potatoes, carrots, celery, onions, and corn.
- Use a flavorful broth. The broth is the base of your chowder, so it's important to use a flavorful one. A good option is to use a combination of fish stock and clam juice.
- Season your chowder to taste. Add salt, pepper, and other seasonings to taste. You can also add a splash of cream or milk for a richer flavor.
- Serve your chowder hot. Chowder is best served hot, so make sure to reheat it before serving if you're making it ahead of time.
Conclusion:
Seafood chowder is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that's perfect for a cold winter day. By following these tips, you can make the best seafood chowder that will warm you up from the inside out. So next time you're looking for a comforting and flavorful meal, give seafood chowder a try!
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