Hearty Scallop Chowder Recipes

SCALLOP CHOWDER

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large stockpot, cook the bacon until crisp; remove from the pan, drain on paper towels, crumble, and set aside.
• In the drippings, place the scallops and cook for 3 to 4 minutes (8 to 9 minutes for sea scallops) until opaque. Remove the scallops from the pot and set aside.
• In the drippings in the pot, add the onion, potatoes, and celery and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the fish stock and bring to a boil; reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes, until the potatoes are tender.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, marjoram, pepper, and milk and mix with wire whisk until blended. Add to the pot along with the drained corn and bring to a simmer. Cook over medium heat for 12 minutes, stirring often until the soup has thickened and the vegetables are tender.​
• Add the cooked scallops and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes until the scallops are thoroughly heated.
• Ladle into bowls and sprinkle the cooked bacon on top. Serve and enjoy.

SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add salt pork and cook for 10 minutes; drain.
• Heat olive oil in a medium Dutch-oven over low heat. Add pork and cook for 5 minutes. Add onion and celery and cook, stirring, until soft. Add fish stock and bay leaves, and bring to a simmer. Add potatoes and cook until just tender, about 15 minutes. Add shrimp, clams, and fish, and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Heat cream in a small saucepan over medium-low heat; add to Dutch-oven. Season chowder with cayenne, salt, and white pepper. Serve hot.

HEARTY NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place haddock in a Dutch oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Add the shrimp and scallops; simmer 10 minutes longer. Drain, reserving 2 cups cooking liquid; set liquid and seafood aside., In a soup kettle, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp; drain on paper towels. In the drippings, saute onions until tender. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually stir in reserved cooking liquid. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat. Add potatoes; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender., Add the milk, seafood, butter, parsley, salt, lemon-pepper and pepper; heat through. Sprinkle with bacon.

CREAMY SCALLOP CHOWDER

Steps:

• Wash and drain scallops. If scallops are large, cut in half. In a small stock pot, melt butter over medium-low heat. Saute onions and mushrooms until tender.
• Stir in flour. Pour in milk and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Add wine, scallops, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Serve topped with Swiss cheese and parsley.

HEARTY HALIBUT CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, and cook until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the potatoes and garlic, and continue cooking until the potatoes have softened slightly, about 10 minutes.
• Pour in the chicken stock, tomatoes, and carrots. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the milk and cream, season to taste with salt and pepper, then stir in the halibut. Continue simmering uncovered until the halibut is flaky and no longer translucent in the center, about 10 minutes. Gently stir in the Cheddar cheese and red pepper flakes until the cheese has melted. Serve immediately.

BEST SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large soup kettle or Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to paper towels; reserve drippings. Saute onions in drippings until tender. Add potatoes and water; bring to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes., Add the scallops, lobster, shrimp, cod and haddock. Cook for 10 minutes or until scallops are opaque, shrimp turn pink and fish flakes easily with a fork. Add the butter, salt, parsley and curry powder. Stir in milk and evaporated milk; heat through. Garnish with bacon, additional parsley, and oyster crackers, if desired.

HEARTY SCALLOP CHOWDER

Steps:

• Put first 10 ingredients into large saucepan. Simmer, stirring often, to dissolve bouillon cubes and cook vegetables. Remove bay leaf. Cool a bit and run mixture through blender. Set aside in saucepan.
• Combine butter and mushrooms in frying pan. Sauté until mushrooms are beginning to brown.
• Add scallops and wine. Cover and steam fry about 1 minutes, stirring 2 or 3 times. Add to pureed vegetables.
• Stir in cream. Heat but don't boil. Garnish with parsley or chives and little fish crackers if you wish. Makes about 6 cups chowder.
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HEARTY FISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Blanch the salt pork in boiling water for 10 minutes. Drain. In a heavy 4-quart casserole, cook the pork over low heat for 5 minutes. Add the onion and saute until soft. Add the fish stock and bay leaves and bring to a simmer. Combine the potatoes with the stock mixture and cook until the potatoes are barely done. Add the scallops, shrimp, and fish and simmer for 5 minutes. Heat the cream and add it to the soup. Season with cayenne, salt, and white pepper. Serve very hot.

IRISH SCALLOP CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add scallops and cook, in batches, for 5 minutes, until just opaque. Remove from pan and set aside.
• Add the bacon to the pan and cook 3-4 minutes, until it starts to brown.
• Add the onion, celery, carrots and potatoes. Season with salt and pepper, cover and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables start to soften.
• Add thyme and 2 tablespoons of the parsley to the vegetables. Pour in broth and cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• Remove thyme sprigs; discard. Lightly crush some of the vegetables with the back of a wooden spoon. This will help thicken the liquid. Pour in the scalded milk.
• Add the scallops and mixed cooked seafood to the pan. Cook until heated through but do not let mixture boil.
• Check seasonings, and add lemon juice.
• Ladle into warm bowls and sprinkle with remaining parsley.