Poblano Corn Chowder With Shrimp Recipes

POBLANO SHRIMP CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Puree onion and celery in food processor and drain liquid.
• In large soup pot, melt 2 T. margarine and once hot, add onion/celery puree and poblano pepper.
• When vegetables are softened but not browned, add shrimp, cream, half and half, pepper, chili de arbol, sugar and lobster base.
• Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer slowly.
• For Roux: In small saucepan, melt 1 stick of butter then add 1/2 cup flour in 2 tablespoon increments stirring well after each spoonful until roux is creamy, amber in color and falls lazily from the spoon. Add this in 1/4 cup increments to the soup stirring well. Simmer 3-4 minutes.
• Add corn, stir well.
• Adjust taste with salt, sugar, and chili de arbol as desired.
• May serve immediately or simmer slowly until ready to serve.

CORN CHOWDER WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Let frozen corn stand at room temperature to thaw slightly.
• In 4-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Cook onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic in oil, stirring frequently, until tender. Add broth, potato, thyme and ground red pepper. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10 minutes.
• Remove frozen corn from pouch; add corn to mixture in saucepan. Heat to boiling, stirring frequently to break up frozen corn. Using wire whisk, stir flour into milk until smooth; stir into mixture in saucepan. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered about 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender and soup is thickened. Stir in shrimp; cook 1 to 2 minutes or until hot.

POBLANO CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, puree the onion and celery; drain.
• Melt 2 tablespoons margarine in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion and celery puree and the poblano chile pepper. Stirring constantly, cook about 5 minutes, until tender. Mix in heavy cream, half-and-half cream, sugar, and lobster base. Season with chile de arbol and black pepper. Stirring often, bring to a gentle boil.
• Melt 1/2 cup margarine in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Mix in the flour, and stir constantly until thickened. Remove from heat, and gradually mix into the large saucepan. Cook and stir until the mixture is well blended and thickened.
• Mix cream-style corn and whole kernel corn into the large saucepan mixture. Stir in the shrimp, and cook 2 minutes, or until opaque. Season with salt and sugar.

POBLANO CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cut up the potatoes and remove the kernels of corn from the cobs with a knife. Set aside in a large bowl, or wherever you have room. (I held the corn IN a bowl while I cut so the kernels didn't fly everywhere so much.).
• In a large pot (this recipe makes about 14 cups, so pretty large), boil the broth and the corn cobs together for about 15-20 minutes.
• Remove the cobs and let cool. Scrape the remaining corn bits into the pot of broth. You can use a butter knife or spoon. Let this pot rest for a moment.
• In a large skillet, melt butter or use non-fat cooking spray and saute the chopped onions and bell peppers until just tender.
• Add to this skillet the garlic and poblanos and continue to saute until poblanos are tender too.
• Dump the onion/pepper/garlic mixture into the broth pot. Add the chipotle(s) (whole so they can be removed if you like) and some of the adobo sauce (2 T. is a rough estimate).
• Bring to a boil and simmer about 5 minutes.
• Add potatoes and corn and simmer until potatoes are al dente ;) Maybe 20 minutes?.
• Turn off the heat. Add cream.
• Ladle about half of the soup into a blender (you may have to do this in batches) and blend with the cheese. (I do 2 batches, so I use half the cheese in the first batch and half in the second.).
• Call everyone to dinner.
• You can offer cilantro as a garnish (or even add a bit to the soup pot if everyone likes it.).