{"id":5680,"date":"2021-01-06T18:20:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T18:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2025-11-21T18:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:16:25","slug":"creamy-seafood-chowder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2021\/01\/06\/creamy-seafood-chowder\/","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Seafood Chowder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yield: about 4 Quarts, 8 to 12 (2 cup) servings<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Heavily adapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/recipe\/seafood-chowder\">Larsen\u2019s Fish Market, Martha\u2019s Vineyard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My version of New England\u2013style seafood chowder. Deeply flavored, yet light. Sure to please.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 60 to 90 minutes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">shells from 1 to 2 lb of shrimp<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">6<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cups water<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Aromatics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">6<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS unsalted butter, divided<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">large onion, finely chopped<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">celery stalks, finely chopped<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS Old Bay seasoning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bd<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">tsp freshly ground black pepper, plus more<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS mirin or Shaoxing cooking wine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cups clam juice, divided<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vegetables:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1-2<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">lb potatoes (any kind), peeled, cut into \u00bd-inch pieces<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Seafood:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">lb white fish (cod, haddock or other) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">12<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">oz shrimp, peeled and deveined and cut in half<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">8-12<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">oz scallops, cut into half or quarters (depending on size)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">10 oz can whole clams<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chowder:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">6<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS butter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">6<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS AP flour<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">16<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">oz half-and-half<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>Shrimp stock: <\/strong>Add <strong>shells<\/strong> from 1 to 2 lb <strong>shrimp<\/strong> to a 2-3 quart sauce pan over medium high heat. Saut\u00e9 for 2 minutes. Add 6 cups <strong>water.<\/strong> Bring to a boil then reduce to simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Set aside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cook aromatics:<\/strong> Melt 1 TBS <strong>butter<\/strong> in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Cook <strong>onion<\/strong> and <strong>celery,<\/strong> stirring often, until translucent, about 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Mix in <strong>Old Bay<\/strong> and \u00bd tsp <strong>pepper<\/strong> and <strong>mirin<\/strong> and cook, stirring, about 1 minute. Add \u00bd cup <strong>clam juice,<\/strong> bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until <strong>vegetables<\/strong> are very soft, for about 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cook vegetables: <\/strong>Add <strong>shrimp stock<\/strong> and remaining <strong>clam juice<\/strong> and bring to a boil. Add <strong>potatoes<\/strong> (and <strong>optional carrots).<\/strong> Simmer, uncovered, adjusting heat as needed, until just tender, for 5 to 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Half-and-half mixture: <\/strong>While the <strong>potatoes<\/strong> are simmering, melt 3 TBS butter in a separate 2-quart saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in <strong>flour<\/strong> and cook, until light blond in color, for about 2 minutes. Whisk in <strong>half-and-half<\/strong> and 1 cup <strong>chowder broth<\/strong> (skimmed off the top) and bring to a simmer, whisking constantly. Reduce heat to simmer, and cook, still whisking, until thickened and creamy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cook fish and shellfish:<\/strong> Add <strong>fish<\/strong> and <strong>shellfish<\/strong> and cook, stirring gently, just until mixture returns to a simmer, for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chowder:<\/strong> Stir <strong>half-and-half mixture<\/strong> into <strong>chowder<\/strong> and return to medium heat. Bring to a simmer, stirring gently. Remove from heat, season with <strong>salt<\/strong> and more <strong>pepper<\/strong> to taste. Ladle into bowls and serve with <strong>oyster crackers<\/strong> and\/or toasted <strong>Boule<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yield: about 4 Quarts, 8 to 12 (2 cup) servings Heavily adapted from Larsen\u2019s Fish Market, Martha\u2019s Vineyard My version of New England\u2013style seafood chowder. Deeply flavored, yet light. Sure to please. Time: 60 to 90 minutes shells from 1 to 2 lb of shrimp 6cups water Aromatics: 6TBS unsalted butter, divided 1large onion, finely chopped 2celery stalks, finely chopped 1TBS Old Bay seasoning \u00bdtsp freshly ground black pepper, plus more 1TBS mirin or Shaoxing cooking wine 2cups clam juice,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2021\/01\/06\/creamy-seafood-chowder\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[256,115,212,218],"class_list":["post-5680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-clams","tag-fish","tag-scallops","tag-shrimp"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/SeafoodChowder2.jpg?fit=624%2C351&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5680"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55649,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions\/55649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}