Seafood Chowder

Name: Seafood Chowder
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter; 1 stalk celery, minced; 1 small onion, minced; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme; 1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram; 3 tablespoons flour (I use buttermilk baking mix) or 3 tablespoons baking mix (I use buttermilk baking mix); 3 1/2 cups milk (or more if you like a thinner soup More milk can be added as needed after soup is completed.); 2 (10 1/2 ounce) cans condensed cream of potato soup (undiluted); 1 1/2 1 1/2 lbs clams (whatever you want your soup to be I like to use shrimp, scallops and whole baby clams.) or 1 1/2 lbs crab (whatever you want your soup to be I like to use shrimp, scallops and whole baby clams.); chopped fresh parsley (to garnish)

11 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1 stalk celery, minced
1 small onion, minced
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram
3 tablespoons flour (I use buttermilk baking mix) or 3 tablespoons baking mix (I use buttermilk baking mix)
3 1/2 cups milk (or more if you like a thinner soup More milk can be added as needed after soup is completed.)
2 (10 1/2 ounce) cans condensed cream of potato soup (undiluted)
1 1/2 1 1/2 lbs clams (whatever you want your soup to be I like to use shrimp, scallops and whole baby clams.) or 1 1/2 lbs crab (whatever you want your soup to be I like to use shrimp, scallops and whole baby clams.)
chopped fresh parsley (to garnish)

Directions

1

Melt butter in 3-quart saucepan over low heat.
2

Saute' celery and onion until tender.
3

Add cayenne pepper, thyme, marjoram and flour or baking mix and stir until smooth.
4

Add milk and condensed soup and stir until piping hot.
5

Meanwhile clean and chop seafood as you like.
6

I usually halve the shrimp and then cut one half in half and leave the other half whole.
7

If using extra large scallops I usually quarter them.
8

When soup is piping hot add seafood and stir on medium heat until seafood is cooked through.
9

Serve in bowls topped with some fresh parsley along with some crusty bread or oyster crackers and a nice salad.