Sarah'S Chowder

21 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 lb bacon (not maple), cut in small pcs
  • 3-4 med. potatoes, diced unpeeled
  • 1/4 c leftover clam butter (w/a little lime), if avail.
  • 2 sweet onions, sliced
  • 1.5 c celery heart, chopped
  • 1/4 c fresh parsley, thyme, & sage, chopped
  • fresh or dry tarragon
  • sea salt
  • pinch saffron
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1-2c leftover clam broth
  • 6-8c chicken broth
  • 2/3 c flour mixed with 1c milk
  • 1c beer
  • 3c+ fresh or frozen shellfish/fish
  • 3c whole milk
  • 1c heavy cream
  • cayenne
  • black pepper
  • adobo
  • oyster crackers

Directions

  1. 1
    Fry bacon pieces to crisp, then remove and drain.
  2. 2
    Brown potato dice in bacon fat, with clam butter if you have it. Remove, drain and salt.
  3. 3
    Brown onions in remaining fat; add celery & herbs and fry until tender. Remove, discard remaining fat.
  4. 4
    Deglaze pot, discard char. Add broths and flour paste to pot, cook for a while to thicken.
  5. 5
    Add beer, bay leaves, saffron, potatoes and onions, then seafood, then milk & cream, heating just to boil after each.
  6. 6
    Season to taste with cayenne, black pepper, adobo.
  7. 7
    Serve immediately with oyster crackers.

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