- 1 medium onion medium dice
- 3-4 carrots, rough cut medium
- 6 celery stalks rough cut medium
- 2 medium potatoes rough cut medium
- 1 lb. shrimp peeled, deveined, and chopped
- ½ lb. crab meat ( I used jumbo lump)
- ½ lb. (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 Cup all purpose flour
- 2 quarts Fish stock
- 1 cup heavy cream
- old bay to taste
- black pepper to taste
- start a seafood stock with any fish pieces, or scrap, shrimp shells or fish bones you may have on hand. ( you may use clam juice instead)
- add the butter to a 4 quart sauce pan with all of the rough cut vegetables and allow to cook until they begin to soften.
- Add the flour to the vegetables and mix well, to make a roux, allow this to cook for at least 5 minutes to get rid of the raw flour taste.
- add the heated stock to the roux mixture and blend well.
- add in the heavy cream and season.
- add the chopped shrimp pieces and allow to cook in the chowder.
- allow chowder to simmer for 20-30 minutes.
- Before serving add in your crab meat.
Source:Ask Chef Dennis
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