Seattle Seafood Chowder

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 slices bacon
• 1 1/2 cups onions, chopped
• 4 carrots, scrapped and diced
• 2 celery ribs, diced
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 cup canned clams, chopped with juice
• 1 cup clam juice or 1 cup fish stock
• 1 cup wine
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 large potato, peeled and cube small
• 1 1/2 lbs fish fillets, cut into pieces
• 1/2 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/2 lb scallops, cut in half
• 3 tablespoons parsley

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp. remove bacon and crumble. set bacon aside. pour off all bacon fat in pot. place pot back on stove.
• 2 in pot, melt butter and add onion, carrots, celery and bell pepper. sauté vegetables until soften.
• 3 sprinkle flour over top of vegetable and stir to combine well. simmer mixture over low heat for 3 minutes.
• 4 add paprika, thyme and cayenne. cook another minute.
• 5 add clams with juice, clam juice, wine, water and cream. bring to a boil. stir frequently.
• 6 add cubed potatoes and simmer soup for 15 minutes, uncovered.
• 7 stir in fish, shrimp and scallops. over low heat simmer mixture for 8 minutes.
• 8 stir in parsley and bacon. add salt and pepper to taste. simmer a minute or two.
• 9 serve.