Baja Seafood Chowder Recipes

SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cut the shrimp, scallops, and monkfish into bite-sized pieces and place them in a bowl with the crabmeat.
• In a heavy-bottomed pot, melt the butter; add the carrots, onions, celery, potatoes, and corn and saute over medium-low heat for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are barely cooked, stirring occasionally. Add the flour; reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring often, for 3 minutes. Add the Seafood Stock and bring to a boil. Add the seafood; reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 7 to 10 minutes, until the fish is just cooked. Add the heavy cream, if desired, and the parsley. Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve.
• Warm the oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add the shrimp shells, onions, carrots, and celery and saute for 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Add the garlic and cook 2 more minutes. Add 1 1/2 quarts of water, the white wine, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and thyme. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour. Strain through a sieve, pressing the solids. You should have approximately 1 quart of stock. You can make up the difference with water or wine if you need to.

SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place 1/2 cup milk, cream cheese, and garlic in a large pot over low heat. Cook and stir until blended. Mix in soup, green onions, carrots, corn with liquid, potatoes, parsley, and remaining milk. Season with black pepper and cayenne pepper. Simmer 25 minutes. Do not boil.
• Mix the shrimp, scallops, crabmeat, calamari, and clams, and continue cooking 10 minutes, or until seafood is opaque.

BAJA SEAFOOD STEW

Steps:

• Cook & stir onion, chiles and garlic in oil in 6-quart Dutch oven until onion is tender.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except for seafood.
• Heat to boiling, reduce heat & simmer uncovered 15 minutes.
• Add clams; cover & simmer until clams open, 5-10 minutes. (Discard any clams that have not opened.).
• Carefully stir in shrimp, cod and crabmeat. Heat to boiling, reduce heat, cover & simmer until shrimp are pink and cod flakes easily with fork, about 4-5 minutes.

BAJA SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the garlic, onion, bell pepper, jalapeno and pepper flakes. Saute until the onion is translucent, 2-3 minutes. Add the stock, wine, tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, oregano, basil, bay leaf, and potato. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the soup is thick but still fairly liquid, about 30 min. Season to taste with salt/pepper. Discard any clams that are cracked or open. Add the clams to the pot along with the fish and shrimp. Raise the heat slightly, cover and cook until the fish flakes, the shrimp turn pink and the clams open (20 minutes). Discard any clams that do not open during ocoking. Ladle into warmed bowls, garnish with cilantro and pass the lime wedges at the table.

BAJA SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat the Olive Oil over medium heat. Add the Garlic, Onion, Bell Pepper, Jalapeno and Pepper Flakes. Saute and add the Fish Stock, Wine, Tomatoes, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Oregano, Basil, Bay Leaf and Potato. Bring to boil, reduce heat to simmer and cover. Simmer about 30 minutes. Season with Salt and Pepper. Add Clams, Fish and Shrimp. Raise heat slightly, cover and cook until Fish flakes. Ladle into bowls, garnish with Cilanto and Lime Wedges.

SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large stockpot over medium heat, cook the bacon until browned. Add the butter and onions, and cook for 10 minutes. Add the flour and stir until well combined. Add 2 to 3 cups broth. Then add the potatoes, thyme, pepper, and salt and bring to a simmer. Cook until the potatoes are almost fork tender, about 10 minutes. Add the clams, haddock, shrimp, scallops, and oysters and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the half-and-half and heat through (do not bring to a boil or the chowder will curdle). When finished add parsley and serve.