Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Seafood Chowder

1 small onion
3 Tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon parsley
1/2 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
2 Tablespoons flour
1 cup evaporated milk
4 cups cream
2 hard boiled eggs, diced
2 stalks celery, sliced
4 medium potatoes, diced
2 teaspoons pepper
1/2 teaspoon Nature's Seasoning
1 cup crab meat
1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 cup small scallops
3 cups regular milk
2 cups chicken broth

Use a large pot! Saute onion and celery in butter until tender. Add chicken stock, potatoes, parsley, pepper, salt, Old Bay and Nature's seasoning. Cook over medium heat uncovered for 12 minutes, to let some liquid evaporate. Sprinkle flour over the potatoes and stir. Add scallops, shrimp and crab meat, evaporated milk and regular milk, stir and simmer very low for 30 minutes or more until potatoes fall apart and thicken the soup. Add hard boiled eggs and sprinkle with parsley before serving.

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